The painting 'Man Writing a Letter' by Gabriel Metsu (Wikimedia) July 5, 2016. ... Some words stretch into a nearly flat line, punctured by the occasional ascending or descending lines.

Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of ditching this age-old practice, especially for kids.

The firm used software to plot the shape and motion of each letter, and has analysed a total of 868,496 characters from 113 countries at the time of writing. This was taken from more than 400,000 ...

To the letter, handwriting makes a connection. By Kim Arlington . June 9, 2012 — 3.00am. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later.