The typewriter is one of the great inventions of the modern world. A marvel of industrial engineering and ingenuity, it revolutionized communication and was an essential tool for countless writers. To ...

Research and experience show that handwriting activates the brain in ways typing never can—and this activation plays a ...

There was a time when writing was unmistakably physical. Words didn’t simply appear on a screen; they were struck into ...

New research has analyzed brainwave patterns in both children and young adults while they wrote by hand and as they typed on a keyboard. The results revealed distinctly different brain patterns ...

“Handwriting was initially the first means of preserving information that was previously only passed down orally,” explains Donica. Before the invention of the printing press, copying information or ...

BEND, Ore. — Long before the advent of tablets, laptops and, heck, fax machines, the sound of clacking typewriters, with their telltale “dings” and whooshing carriage returns, filled offices across ...

Unlike fonts, handwriting is unique. It reflects mood, pace, and habit. Signatures, notes, and margins carry personal meaning that digital text cannot replicate, which is why handwritten letters, ...

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 ...