October 2010
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How Twitter made handwriting cool →
Wohlgefühl: it’s one of those enigmatic words the German language excels in constructing. It can mean ‘wellbeing’ or ‘good feeling’, but it is the word Meike Wander, owner of Berlin’s RSVP stationery shop, uses to describe the timelessly simple delight of handwriting: of pen in hand, ink on paper and skin on surface as thoughts and images transfer from the imaginative to the material.
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Old Weather - Our Weather's Past, the Climate's... →
Project to crowdsource transcriptions of old ship logbooks to collect worldwide weather data and improve climate model predictions.
Logbooks are difficult for a computer to analyse accurately. Reading handwritten text is a skill that people and not computers excel in. Handwriting is often confused and misinterpreted by them, which can lead to errors in the data. Humans are also better at...
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The Writing on the Wall →
Poring over the previously unseen diaries of Marilyn Monroe means searching for hidden meaning, even in her penmanship: in the world of handwriting science, fat, loopy t’s and squat, cursive d’s can signify a whole host of mental demons. VF.com spoke with an expert in the science, who analyzed Monroe’s words without knowing they were hers. A graphological investigation.
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How Handwriting Boosts the Brain →
Other research highlights the hand’s unique relationship with the brain when it comes to composing thoughts and ideas. Virginia Berninger, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, says handwriting differs from typing because it requires executing sequential strokes to form a letter, whereas keyboarding involves selecting a whole letter by touching a key.
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Honami Koetsu →
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Above is a detail from a work of calligraphy by Honami Koetsu (1558 - 1637). It’s no secret that many writers look towards past masters for inspiration. Think about Melville with Shakespeare. Kundera’s idealization of Rabelais or Cervantes, for example. Colm Toibin with Henry James.
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