One of The Enquirer's first editors in the 19th century also left a mark as one of the town's strangest men – and was known throughout the country for his bizarre handwriting. George M.D. Bloss was ...

Like a time machine between two covers, longtime Elm City resident Kitty Burns Florey's new novel "The Writing Master" (White River Press, $20) transports readers to mid-19th century New Haven. Set in ...

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, but the calligraphy belongs to Timothy Matlack, a beer-bottler from Pennsylvania. Source: Public Domain Image Sometimes modest subjects resound ...

During the 15th century, the Italian humanists developed a graceful script that slanted obliquely to the right and featured the joining of letters. This “italic” penmanship, one of whose virtues was ...