Hi /r/Handwriting ,
In my journey to become a better penman I looked everywhere but Reddit and I feel a little silly now, probably should've come here first.
When I said I'm on the journey to be a better penman, it would perhaps have been better to say I am just setting out on the journey to become a penman at all. I don't know where to proceed from here, other than the fact that I want to learn business penmanship. The only resources I've found up until now is a (fantastic) website called "In Pursuit of Penmanship" and this subreddit. While the website is an excellent resource to learn business penmanship I don't think it's meant to be replacement for an entire textbook (is it?). However, given the vast number of textbooks which are listed on the website (Champion, Wells, Tamblyn, Palmer (also mentioned in the sidebar) et al), I am a little confused as to which one I should use. I would be grateful if someone familiar with these texts could weigh out their pros and cons as media for self-instruction. If I absolutely must refer to all these textbooks to become a better penman, I will, but if I could only use only one, which one is recommended?
While I just complained about there being too many books to refer to, are their any other resources that the novice penman must absolutely go through (pertaining to business penmanship, that is)?
Also, are there any other handwriting related subs which would be good for someone trying to improve their handwriting? Any communities which aren't on Reddit at all?
A last question on behalf of my father who suffers from carpal tunnel syndrome. Wrist based writing is failing him and gets tougher every day. Would business penmanship (which to my understanding is entirely based on forearm/arm movement) help him at all?
Thank you very much!
Considering the advancement of technology, the promotion of its uses and lack of teaching penmanship (they just pulled cursive from curriculum in my county), I think it could very well get lost in the next couple of generations. Thoughts?
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My wife and I are out of town, I didn't want to post this on my regular account since I've spoken on the sub about what there is to do here and I want to protect everyone's privacy. The timeline here is also not exact just for privacy reasons.
My wife is 26, we've been married for 5 years and have a great and fun marriage. Her "free pass" has always been John Krasinski which I always thought was kind of a fun little joke between but after the way she's been acting since yesterday I'm starting to think she might be serious.
So here's how it went down. We were out and I ran into JK (just because I don't want to type Krasinksi out again) outside a men's room. It was one of those "wow" moments because it was really him. I sort of gave him a nod and turned around to make sure it was him and another woman came up to him and asked for a picture and he told her bluntly but politely that he was there with his wife and had promised her he was like 100% hers that day. The girl was like "oh my god that's so sweet, nice to meet you anyways." So when I got back to where we were sitting I told my wife "you aren't going to believe this but JK is here." She was totally hung over but she like instantly had a shot of coke and perked up. She spotted where he was and was like "oh my god it's really him, of course he's with the hottest woman ever." I was like "yeah babe, they've been married for like 20 years." She replied with "I know, stupid." I was like wow... She grabbed her phone and tried to run over and grab a pic with him.
I was like no, no, no I just heard him say that he didn't want to take any pictures. She said she didn't care. I grabbed the back of her dress and sort of guided her back to sitting down. I told her what he had just said by the bathroom. She didn't want to believe me and then accused me of asking for the picture and "ruining it for her." I told her that actually no a more rational and sane woman had asked for the picture and JK had politely shut her down. My wife snapped at me and told me "that bitch obviously wasn't a big a fan I am." I begged her to at least calm down and we'll wait until JK and his wife are outside and we'll try to politely catch them on the street. My wife got all pouty and put her sunglasses on as I guess her hangover had caught back up to her. Our server came over and asked for our order and in that time JK and his wife had left. Wife went sprinting out of the restaurant with her phone but came back sulking so I guess s
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