A script or handwriting script is a formal, generic style of handwriting (as opposed to personal handwriting), within a writing system. A hand may be a synonym or a variation, a subset of script.
There are a variety of historical styles in manuscript documents, Some of them belonging to calligraphy, whereas some were set up for better readabiliy, utility or teaching (teaching script). see History of the Latin script.
Historic styles of handwriting may be studied by palaeography.
Personal variations and idiosyncrasies in writing style departing from the standard hand, which may for example allow the work of a particular scribe copying or writing a manuscript to be identified, are described by the term handwriting (or hand).
List of hands
- Chancery hand
- Round hand
- Secretary hand
- Court hand
- Library hand
- Blackletter
- Humanist minuscule
- Carolingian minuscule
- Roman cursive
- Uncial script
- Insular script
- Beneventan script
- Visigothic script
- Merovingian script
References
- Archival Skills: Palaeography
- Types of Script, Harvard's Geoffrey Chaucer Website
- Wang, Pin (2023). "Calligraphy and Painting". In Shei, Chris; Wang, Bo (eds.). doi:10.4324/9780367565152-RECHS4-1.
{{cite book}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - Pidd, Helen (29 June 2011). "German teachers campaign to simplify handwriting in schools". The Guardian.
Sources
- Florey, K.B. (2013). Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting. Melville House. ISBN 978-1-61219-305-2. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- Douglas, A. (2017). Work in Hand: Script, Print, and Writing, 1690-1840. Oxford Textual Perspectives. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-250621-4. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- Thornton, T.P. (1996). Handwriting in America: A Cultural History. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-07441-3. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
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A script or handwriting script is a formal generic style of handwriting as opposed to personal handwriting within a writing system A hand may be a synonym or a variation a subset of script There are a variety of historical styles in manuscript documents Some of them belonging to calligraphy whereas some were set up for better readabiliy utility or teaching teaching script see History of the Latin script Historic styles of handwriting may be studied by palaeography Personal variations and idiosyncrasies in writing style departing from the standard hand which may for example allow the work of a particular scribe copying or writing a manuscript to be identified are described by the term handwriting or hand The evolution of the minuscule Latin handList of handsChancery hand Round hand Secretary hand Court hand Library hand Blackletter Humanist minuscule Carolingian minuscule Roman cursive Uncial script Insular script Beneventan script Visigothic script Merovingian scriptReferencesArchival Skills Palaeography Types of Script Harvard s Geoffrey Chaucer Website Wang Pin 2023 Calligraphy and Painting In Shei Chris Wang Bo eds doi 10 4324 9780367565152 RECHS4 1 a href wiki Template Cite book title Template Cite book cite book a Missing or empty title help Pidd Helen 29 June 2011 German teachers campaign to simplify handwriting in schools The Guardian SourcesFlorey K B 2013 Script and Scribble The Rise and Fall of Handwriting Melville House ISBN 978 1 61219 305 2 Retrieved 2024 06 16 Douglas A 2017 Work in Hand Script Print and Writing 1690 1840 Oxford Textual Perspectives OUP Oxford ISBN 978 0 19 250621 4 Retrieved 2024 06 16 Thornton T P 1996 Handwriting in America A Cultural History Yale University Press ISBN 978 0 300 07441 3 Retrieved 2024 06 16 This writing system related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte
