{"id":634,"date":"2006-03-15T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-15T22:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=634"},"modified":"2006-03-15T22:42:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-15T22:42:00","slug":"634","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=634","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

A fine italic hand<\/strong><\/p>\n

After thirty years, the idea of teaching schoolchildren to use a type of italic handwriting instead of (ugh) this<\/a> seems to have migrated eastward across the Rockies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coloradans mainly have the late Reed College art professor Lloyd Reynolds<\/a> and other Oregon calligraphers to thank. <\/p>\n

But the really thankful people might be patients, pharmacists, nurses, and others dealing with doctors who take this course<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tags: Calligraphy<\/a>, Italic handwriting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A fine italic hand After thirty years, the idea of teaching schoolchildren to use a type of italic handwriting instead of (ugh) this seems to have migrated eastward across the Rockies. Coloradans mainly have the late Reed College art professor Lloyd Reynolds and other Oregon calligraphers to thank. 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