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Title: THE MISSING INK
THE LOST ART OF HANDWRITING, AND WHY IT STILL MATTERS
By: Philip Hensher
Format: Hardback

List price: £16.99


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ISBN 10: 0230767125
ISBN 13: 9780230767126
Publisher: PAN MACMILLAN
Pub. date: 1 October, 2012
Edition: Unabridged edition
Pages: 300
Description: A smart, funny book about the rise and slow death of the art of handwriting; and why it still matters
Synopsis: 'The wisest and wittiest argument imaginable for the preservation of handwriting. I have learnt so much, and by it have been so happily entertained, that I am compelled to recommend it to everyone.' Diana Athill The simple pleasure of picking up a pen and writing is a skill that has existed for thousands of years - but that skill is slowly dying. Where once we would have reached for a pen and paper to commit our innermost thoughts to a diary, to send a letter home or to slip a note to a loved one, instead we now stare at tiny screens, typing with our thumbs. And all that typing looks the same. The Missing Ink is a book about the characters who shaped our handwriting, and how it in turn shaped us. From Victorian idealists, preaching the moral worth of italic copperplate, to great modern educational reformists such as Marion Richardson, throughout history the style in which we write has influence the way we learn, behave and communicate. But this is also a book about the physical act itself: about the pots of ink, treasured pens and chewable Biros that we used to take for granted, and whether the style of our writing really does reveal anything about our true selves.Hugely entertaining, witty and thought-provoking, The Missing Ink is itself a love letter to the warmest of technologies, and the place it still has in our lives.
Illustrations: Illustrations
Publication: UK
Imprint: Macmillan
Returns: Returnable
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