and wrote a series of bestselling books and pamphlets. After he died in 1864, his many children carried on that work. (You can read a copy of Spencerian Key to Practical Penmanship [1866] on the ...

In 19th Century classrooms, Tufo explained, the Spencerian style ... development of fluent handwriting,” he said. “Almost all commercial (penmanship) books are digitized now.

Soon, Spencerian handwriting was all the rage ... Students learned Spencerian script from their teachers, through “copy books” filled with examples, and through rote repetition, in keeping ...