VERTICAL OR INCLINED HANDWRITING.
A French commission formed for the purpose of making comparative studies of the vertical and inclined styles of handwriting, with regard to the health of school children, unanimously reported in favour of the inclined style, which is asserted to be far simpler and less fatiguing than the vertical style, and less likely to cause spinal curvature and other evil results. In writing by the vertical system, the right arm is held in an unnatural position, which makes it impossible for the child to maintain a normal and hygenic posture. Vertical writing is performed very slowly and laboriously, and may seriously injure children who are predisposed to spinal curvature and other deformities or to writer's cramp. The oculist of the commission denies that vertical writing presents any advantage over inclined writing with respect to the prevention of short-sightedness.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 321, 17 December 1910, Page 2
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141VERTICAL OR INCLINED HANDWRITING. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 321, 17 December 1910, Page 2
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