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American Penmanship Blog

New ways to learn to write with your arm

Over the past few months, I’ve been busy creating content at ThePalmerMethod.com about the Palmer Method, a method of penmanship that was used to teach more Americans to write with their arm than any other. First, I created The Palmer Method Intro Series. This 6-part series gives you all the background info you need to…

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American Penmanship terminology 101

American Penmanship Terminology 101: Palmer Method, Spencerian, Business Penmanship, American Cursive – What do these terms mean?

I see various terms referring to different scripts or styles of penmanship get thrown around with little understanding about what those terms mean or where they came from.

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Highlights from The Zanerian Exponent (1895 – 1898)

In 1895, Zaner published the first issue of The Zanerian Exponent, the journal that later became known as the Business Educator. Recently, I read through the first 4 volumes of Zaner’s journal. Here is what I found.

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Recap of Visit to University of Scranton Library

On October 21st, 2019 I visited the Weinberg Memorial Library at the University of Scranton in Scranton, PA. I heard this library has an amazing collection of penmanship specimens and I was not disappointed with my visit.

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Visit to the Newberry Library

On April 20th, 2019 I visited the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois. This independent library is open to the public and contains one of the best collections of American penmanship from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.

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Have you heard of the Palmer Method?

The Palmer Method is one of the most popular systems of handwriting ever taught in America. On my other website, ThePalmerMethod.com, you can watch a 6-part intro series on the Palmer Method.

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