Handwriting

The invention of the alphabet was a significant step in the human history. It constituted a better way of representing speech in any articulated language. It allowed all words to be fixed in written form with only a small set of phonetic signs. Before the advent of printing press, knowledge was transmitted only through hand written manuscripts and the mistakes were also meticulously carried over to the next generation. Employees were recruited with legible hand writing as the sole criterion to undertake such cumbersome work. All of them were rendered redundant with the invention of print medium. The practice of linking characters of the alphabet to produce the small letters used today in writing originated in the monasteries.
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