A Proposition for Education in Letterforms and Handwriting

Abstract

Education should provide the means to find a personal form of expression through letterforms; it should not be restricted to an established system for copying existing styles. A new starting point for creating letterforms (as well as for design in general)—based on a system of regular pattern in the widest sense—would create a system allowing the greatest freedom and flexibility. Utility and self-expression are equally important in teaching a child to write—and, at the same time, to recognize patterns and the basic rules of form and shape.