Handwriting today isn't the art form it used to be. Here's how penmanship has evolved — or rather, declined — throughout history.

Spencerian cursive was the preferred writing style of clerks in the U.S. government. Here are 12 examples of handwriting so perfect it could be a font. 4 / 12.

A.N. Palmer and John Robert Gregg, believing Spencerian writing was too difficult, developed the more plain, muscular movement of the Palmer method, Tufo said. By 1920, ...

Soon, Spencerian handwriting was all the rage, and was widely taught in American schools and used in U.S. business correspondence. The rise of industry and technology helped cursive spread, ...

From the mid 1800s until the 1920s, Spencerian penmanship was the most common style taught in American schools. After 1900, the schools in this area adopted a style known as the Palmer Method ...

"Spencerian was very fussy and time consuming. You had to get the shading just write," said Thornton. "So, it was slow." We know Spencerian today as the script used in the Coca-Cola logo.

"The Spencerian method of penmanship was based on fluid movements observed in nature and was widely taught in schools beginning in 1850," the museum wrote on a blog post published in February 2022.

OXFORD, NY (WBNG) -- Retired Oxford Academy Music Teacher Merritt Russell was looking for a new hobby. He decided to give writing in American Ornamental Penmanship a try. Merritt Russell found the ...

In the 19th century, it was the Spencerian method (the original Coca Cola logo is an example) ... “Cursive handwriting supports students’ efforts in areas the Common Core Standards measure, ...