This is a practical guide to improved handwriting, which has been specially written for adults. It covers self-diagnosis, penhold, the particular problems of left-handers and the impediments caused by medical conditions. It does not attempt to impose a particular handwriting model, but offers alternatives and encourages readers to experiment and chose how best to improve their legibility and speed. Dr Sassoon is a handwriting consultant specialising in both medical and educational aspects of this skill. She is also the author of "The Practical Guide to Children's Handwriting" and "Handwriting: A New Perspective". Dr Briem is a designer and expert in Icelandic lettering.

Better handwriting (Teach yourself books)

Business & Money

Rosemary Sassoon

Skills

Teach Yourself

This practical and informative book will help readers improve their handwriting and develop their own mature and individual style. Teach Yourself Better Handwriting includes self-diagnosis tests to identify problems, "before-and-after" examples illustrating common faults, and a detailed section on holding the pen. It also offers advice to those with special circumstances that may affect their handwriting, such as being left-handed or having a medical condition.

Better Handwriting

- Improve your handwriting style to write with ease and confidence - The only book available designed to help the adult to develop their handwriting - Many practical examples and short courses to help you improve - Authored by the world-renowned expert on handwriting, Rosemary Sassoon The way we write mirrors our mood and character. It is the way we project ourselves to the world - and other people often judge us by our handwriting. The aim of Teach Yourself Better Handwriting is for people with any style of writing to be able to relate to the book and learn from it. This practical and informative book will help you to improve your handwriting and develop a mature and individual style. It is specifically written for adults and uses self-diagnosis test to identify problems, and 'before' and 'after' examples to illustrate common faults. This book covers everything from holding a pen, to the difficulties that left-handers face and problems that may be caused by medical conditions. Teach Yourself Better Handwriting does not try and inpose any particular handwriting model. Instead, it offers alternatives and encourages you to experiment and choose the one that suits you best. This edition includes a revised introduction and epilogue, as well as even more practical exercises to assist the reader.

Teach Yourself Better Handwriting (Teach Yourself - General)

Self-Help

Stress Management

The Practical Guide to Calligraphy

Introduces the tools, materials, and basic alphabets of calligraphy, and offe tips on flourishes, display lettering, and layouts.

Thames and Hudson Ltd.

This is a handbook for teachers which gives advice on identifying the causes of poor handwriting, along with mechanisms for improving it. There are photocopiable sheets for the use of older pupils to allow them to identify, understand and correct personal handwriting, emphasizing the importance of legibility, speed and individual style. There are also graded, photocopiable exercises to provide practice for selected letter shapes and joins. The material is for use at Key Stage 2, and also for use by Special Needs Co-ordinators in Secondary Schools.

Helping with Handwriting (Key Strategies)

John Murray Educ

Specially written for adults, this practical and informative book will help the reader improve the manual mechanism that mirrors mood, character, and personality.

Better Handwriting (Teach Yourself Series)

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Improve Your Handwriting Teach yourself

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