Wednesday, July 30, 2014

GOOSE QUILL PEN and INK : WHAT THOSE HARD TO READ LEDGERS WERE WRITTEN WITH

Found this one on Google Images linking to
Jane Austin World... 
 
When you see those handwritten documents, oh how charming they are
compared to typewritten documents!  Though I think it can be time-
consuming, I find I'm very good at making out bad handwriting
and I prefer to read it myself rather than count on someone else's
interpretation of a name.  When that person doesn't even have a clue
about Hungarian names they may wing it.  If you're wondering, most of
those inky handwritten documents you're looking at
were written with GOOSE QUILL PENS!