Spencerian script

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Spencerian script is a handwriting script that was used in the United States from approximately 1850 to 1925, and was considered the de facto standard writing style for business correspondence in the United States prior to the widespread adoption of the typewriter. Spencerian script, a form of cursive handwriting, was also widely integrated into the school system as an instructional method until the "simpler" Palmer Method replaced it. President James A. Garfield called the Spencerian script "the pride of our country and the model of our schools."

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