WRITE NOW: The Getty-Dubay Program for Handwriting Success

by Barbara Getty, Inga Dubay

Overview

It's so natural and easy to have better handwriting.

WRITE NOW is a self-instructional course in modern italic handwriting, containing everything you need to improve the legibility, ease and look of your handwriting — a complete workbook for adults and professionals.

This popular book in the United States is now available internationally with this new edition.

Improve the legibility, ease and look of your handwriting with this complete workbook for adults and professionals. Learn a fast, efficient and practical handwriting style that eliminates the loops and flourishes of conventional cursive.

Italic is a modern handwriting system based on Italian Renaissance letterforms that are highly suited to rapid and legible writing, where rhythmic patterns follow the natural movement of the hand. Italic’s handsome letters are as easy to write as they are to read.

Send handwritten notes you can be proud of. Friends and business associates will appreciate receiving legible and distinctive handwritten messages.

Poor handwriting isn't your fault. The looped cursive handwriting most of us were taught was simply not designed to accomplish the necessary combination of legibility, speed, and ease.

WRITE NOW is a self-instructional course in modern italic handwriting.

• A complete program for adults.
• Contains instructions, practice exercises and tips. The new edition includes a supplementary section with a complete review of basic and cursive italic.
• An easy way to develop a better hand at your own pace.
• Write directly in the book. No special tools are required — just your favorite pen or pencil.
• Includes instruction in edged-pen writing (edged pen required for this section).
• Also includes the historical development of letters.
• Entire book is handwritten.

“It’s a breakthrough at last!” — Betty Edwards, PhD, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

“When one consciously chooses to communicate, this remarkable script forces the writer to think more clearly, fostering greater mental discipline and organization. Italic handwriting is legible and handsome – I find it soul-satisfying. I recommend Write Now – the book to use. Long live legibility!” — Paul O. Jacobs, M.D.

“Write Now by Barbara Getty and Inga Dubay is the best book on italic handwriting — or any handwriting — I’ve come across. Handsomely handwritten, wondrously clear, easy to use, and even witty, WRITE NOW is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to learn Italic or (as I did) improve a deteriorated script.” — Kitty Burns Florey, author Script & Scribble: The Rise and Fall Of Handwriting

"The hospital staff calls it a miracle. I can now communicate my ideas to other physicians. My wife tells me she can read my love letters. All of this accomplished by improving the legibility of my handwriting with Getty-Dubay.” — Stephen Caplan, MD

International edition 101 pages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780964921511
Publisher:	Handwriting Success, LLC
Publication date:	07/18/2019
Pages:	102
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.21(d)

About the Author

Barbara Getty, BA, MAT, was an adjunct professor at Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon, for 28 years, where she taught calligraphy and handwriting. She also taught at Lewis & Clark College. She attended Lewis & Clark College and Portland State University. The authors have conducted hundreds of seminars nationally and internationally. They are also co-authors of the Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting Series, published by Getty-Dubay Productions, and Italic Letters: Calligraphy and Handwriting. They have been featured in numerous publications including American Medical News, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post as well as on ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, NPR and PBS.

Inga Dubay, BA, was an adjunct professor at the Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon, where she taught calligraphy for 25 years. She also taught at Portland State University. She studied at Mills College, the University of Oregon, and the Art Academy in Oslo, Norway. The authors have conducted hundreds of seminars nationally and internationally. They are also co-authors of the Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting Series, published by Getty-Dubay Productions, and Italic Letters: Calligraphy and Handwriting. They have been featured in numerous publications including American Medical News, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post as well as on ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, NPR and PBS.

Table of Contents

Table of contents

Preface 3

Basic Italic and Cursive Italic 6

Introduction 7

Personal Handwriting Samples 12

Part One: Getty-Dubay Basic Italic & Numerals

1. Lowercase Families 14

2. Capital Families 18

3. Numerals 20

4. Writing Practice 22

5. Handwriting Tips 25

Part Two: Getty-Dubay Cursive Italic

1. Transition to Cursive Lowercase 28

2. Capitals 29

3. Join 1 33

4. Join 2 34

5. Join 3 36

6. Join 4 37

7. Join 5 38

8. Join 6 40

9. Join 7 41

10. Join 8 42

11. Lifts, Review 43

12. Writing Practice 44

13. Timed Writings 50

14. Adaptations 51

15. Guidelines 52

16. Advantages of Italic 56

17. Options 57

18. Samples 58

Part Three: Edged Pen Italic

1. Italic Handwriting with the Edged Pen 62

2. Basic Italic 63

3. Cursive Italic 65

4. Chancery Cursive 71

5. Pangrams 73

7. Personal Correspondence 76

7. Greeting Card, Booklet 77

8. Samples 78

Part Four: Development of our Alphabet

1. Capitals and Lowercase 82

2. Impact of Major Historical Scripts 89

Glossary 90

Bibliography 91

Writing Lines 93

Review 96

Editorial Reviews

“It’s a breakthrough at last!” — Betty Edwards, PhD, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

“When one consciously chooses to communicate, this remarkable script forces the writer to think more clearly, fostering greater mental discipline and organization. Italic handwriting is legible and handsome – I find it soul-satisfying. I recommend Write Now – the book to use. Long live legibility!” — Paul O. Jacobs, M.D.

“Write Now by Barbara Getty and Inga Dubay is the best book on italic handwriting — or any handwriting — I’ve come across. Handsomely handwritten, wondrously clear, easy to use, and even witty, WRITE NOW is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to learn Italic or (as I did) improve a deteriorated script.” — Kitty Burns Florey, author Script & Scribble: The Rise and Fall Of Handwriting

"The hospital staff calls it a miracle. I can now communicate my ideas to other physicians. My wife tells me she can read my love letters. All of this accomplished by improving the legibility of my handwriting with Getty-Dubay.” — Stephen Caplan, MD

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