Handwritten letters are performances on paper. Elegant flourishes of cursive sashay across a page; bold strokes of calligraphy shout for attention. These lively impressions take shape in endless ...

LETTER-WRITING is commonly bemoaned as a lost art, for which explanations abound. Where people once wrote letters, they now make long-distance calls. Press, radio, and television now broadcast news ...

Though writing by hand is increasingly being eclipsed by the ease of computers, a new study finds we shouldn't be so quick to throw away the pencils and paper: handwriting helps people learn certain ...

The art of letter writing is not dead. Rachel Syme, a New Yorker staff writer, learned that during the early days of the pandemic. Longing for human connection, she asked her followers on social media ...

Emails, texts, tweets, posts – in the 21st century, we write more than ever but without putting pen to paper. We frequently and casually fire off digital messages using generic text speak and ...