The missing ink : the lost art of handwriting /

When Philip Hensher realized that he didn't know what one of his closest friend's handwriting looked like, he felt that something essential was missing from their friendship. It dawned on him that, having abandoned fountain pens for keyboards, we have lost one of the ways by which we come...

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Main Author: Hensher, Philip
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Faber and Faber, 2012.
Edition:1st American ed.
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