Interesting And Unknown Facts About The Invention Of First Ever Handwriting In The World
1. The History Of Handwriting
1. History Of Handwriting Today…
Our generation has got it easy, isn’t it? Our modes of communication are mostly online these days, but down the years when there was no internet, have you wondered about the ways in which people would communicate?
This leads us to ancient times of letters and carvings, none of which would be possible without handwriting. Without handwriting being the basis of communication, human evolution just wouldn’t have been possible. To know what Handwriting exactly is and the different fonts of Handwriting click on this link.
2. Let’s dive down the lane of ancient times to its origin.
Scholars agree Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) is the earliest origin of handwriting dating back to 5,500 years.
The first ever form of handwriting, cuneiform writing was created by using a reed stylus to make wedge-shaped indentations in clay tablets.
Their script was written on 38 L clay tablets and was called 39 A cuneiform.
With cultural and language diversities, there were other forms of handwriting that were found in various places.
Following Mesopotamia cuneiforms, the Egyptians started writing various forms of handwriting with the help of papyrus and reeds brushes. The use of this made their writing more smooth and hassle-free.
Post this around 1500 BC the ancient Phoenician alphabet was developed. It comprised 22 phonetically based symbols. It was widely used under the rule of the great Alexandre. By 800Bc it was widely spread to parts of Egypt, Persia, and India.
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3. History Of Handwriting, Many Centuries Ago
Time and again there were more diversities leading to better and more elegant forms of writing. Handwriting became an asset and people who excelled in the art of beautiful handwriting came to be called as penmen. There were colleges established just for learning good handwriting and various handwriting styles. Most of the official documents such as land deeds, marriage, and birth were written by Master penmen who gained their penmanship through learning how to write beautiful handwriting.
Zenarian college of penmanship was one such college established by Charles zenar, which produced Mater penman who excelled in the art of good handwriting.
Dating centuries back, it used to be a symbol of status and people were trained for it. Manuscripts that were handwritten were standardized. Going further, in the 17th-century professional penman who was trained with excellent handwriting were appointed to write documents of the US declaration of independence.
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In Simple Words Handwriting Is That Form That The Writing Instrument Takes When Placed And Freely Moved On Paper. It Can Be Called As Writing Using Pen Or Pencil Which Is Held In The Hand.
