--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > A bit of trivia: I know the widow of one of the last Copperplate writing masters who > learned it directly from a retired accountant, that being the last profession where > impeccable handwriting was required. Just about all calligraphers these days learned it > from someone who recreated it from studying the books, not from the 19th Century > writing masters.
Having even readable, let alone beautiful, handwriting is becoming less and less necessary with the ubiquity of computers. In a few years it'll be something only artists and craftspeople are capable of, I'd guess. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
