Bad handwriting cure

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I have PA, mainly in my spine. I watched my handwriting deteriorate

over the years, so I write with a slow, careful block print. Someone

suggested I try calligraphy. Oh yeah, that's a great idea, I thought,

assuming the worst.

Despite early frustrations (calligraphy IS hard, even for people with

normal spines), I discovered I could write better with a calligraphy

pen than with a ballpoint. I learned Irish half uncial on my own.

Those letters looked terrific! Why was that?

I finally figured it out. Calligraphy pens have square ends, and not

pointed. The square end gives the hand more support. Irish half

uncial uses a very wide square nib, so the pen supports and does most

of the work.

I know I can't go through life being the scribe of the Lindisfarne

gospel. But it made me feel so much better knowing that I CAN write.

It doesn't upset me anymore to draw my block print letters if I have

to use a ballpoint pen.

norell