Research reveals that handwriting is more than just putting pen to paper, and that it may be a secret mirror of our personalities. In a world increasingly dominated by digital communication, the art ...

Many movie or TV plots often have a climax where they catch the bad guy, using nothing more than handwriting comparison. But does your handwriting actually reveal things about you? The art of studying ...

“Handwriting was initially the first means of preserving information that was previously only passed down orally,” explains Donica. Before the invention of the printing press, copying information or ...

Hard-to-read handwriting is causing problems in America’s workplaces, according to new research. A new study examining handwriting usage in both professional and personal circumstances has found that ...

I never liked writing by hand. Growing up, I envied the girls in my class whose squeezably round printed letters strung together like garlands, while I could barely keep my words inside the lines of a ...

Two and a half millennia ago, Socrates complained that writing would harm students. With a way to store ideas permanently and externally, they would no longer need to memorise. It is tempting to ...

Think back to the last time you jotted down a quick note or made a grocery list. Chances are, it wasn’t with pen and paper. Over the past decade, keyboards and screens have quietly replaced ...

Hetty Roessingh receives funding from SSHRC. A Werklund School of Education Teaching and Learning Support Grant provided funding for the development of the resource discussed in this story. University ...