- Sébastien Morlighem is a teacher, researcher and coordinator of the postgraduate course EsadType at the École supérieure d’art et de design d’Amiens (FR). A founder of the Bibliothèque typographique for Ypsilon Éditeur, he has coauthored a few books and written many articles. He has also curated several conferences and exhibitions on graphic design, typography, and type design. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Reading (UK).
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- Modern handwriting: IntroductionPart 2
New Approaches in Great Britain
This second part offers an overview of new approaches developed in Great Britain during the 20th century, inspired by writing history or modern pragmatism. - Modern handwriting: IntroductionPart 1
Modern handwriting: a historical survey
The opening essay of series of five articles about the many aspects of handwriting, from the late 19th century to the present day, examining the emergence of new handwriting schemes in Europe and the United States, developed for the sake of public health, or for business. - Modern handwriting: IntroductionPart 3
Models from Americas and Western Europe
This third part explores the movement of certain models from North America to South America and then to Western Europe, as well as their often lasting entrenchment. - Modern handwriting: IntroductionPart 5
Cursive handwriting in Central Europe
This fourth part reveals other traditions of cursive writing in Central and Northern Europe, much different from Western Europe models previously discussed. - Modern handwriting: IntroductionPart 4
Cyrillic and Greek handwriting
This final part describes the influence of Latin script on other writing systems, namely Cyrillic and Greek, and especially on their cursiveness.