George Bickham's Penmanship Made Easy (Young Clerks Assistant) Book

Practicing cursive has been so much fun and very relaxing during lockdown. I'd highly recommend this book one to anyone who is interested in learning or perfecting.

I got my copy from Townsends. Which is printed on textured paper and bound together with stitching. A very nice touch.

I've wanted to continue to practice for many years and have finally picked it up again, I'm especially finding it helpful for adding a bit of elegance to my crafts/card-making activities.

Originally published in 1787, this booklet is for those who want to learn the art of penmanship.

It has fancy scripts ranging from Italian to Roman style, Round-hand, German, Square Text, Old English- which is a more heavy-handed gothic serif of sorts calligraphy, to more whimsical, infinity loops/scroll, all very beautiful.

I loved the comparisons of alphabet letters, the instructions that were presented with verses, as well as story poetry lines.

Really loved that the letter "x" is not xylophone, instead the example spells Xerxes. That's how kids learned the letter back then.

I particulary found it helpful to develop my style of: P, A, D, X, L, Q, G, C, R, S, J, f, d.

I'm looking forward to practicing some more.