Story of Writing

Contents: The origins of writing -- The emergence of the alphabet -- Rome -- Writing in the Dark Ages -- The Carolingian minuscule -- The Middle Ages -- The scribe and the printer -- Copperplate and the writing masters -- Writing in a machine age -- Writing as art -- Personality and the pen. Subject: Writing - History. Paleography. Calligraphy - Alphabet - to 1980 Lettering and penmanship. Writing implements and accessories.