I got in late on the last cursive writing post, but your comment about punctuation and spelling reminded me of somethings I saw in the railroad museum in Durango Co.
They had some hand written, in cursive, legal documents. These were, best I recall, about 2 feet wide and 3 to 5 feet long. Beautifully done, in ink, no erasing allowed. If an error were made a single straight line was drawn through the word, but there was a strict limit of, I think, 2 errors allow or it was disallowed and started over. This looked like something done with a computer, every word was perfect, exact size and straight, but it was all hand written with, I assume, a fountain or cartridge pen.
They also had a hand drawn, on a piece of white linen, complete working layout of the entire rail line from Durango to Silverton. This was about a foot wide and about 8 feet long, designed to be carried on the job as the track was being laid. It had all the information needed, grade, degree of bend, length of run, things I didn't recognize... Anyone not familiar with this, it is a narrow gauge RR following a river canyon through some of the roughest mountain terrain in America!
All this was done with what appeared to be some type of paint. Extremely detailed, tiny print but every letter clearly recognizable, not an error or correction to be found! This was recently found, fallen behind a file cabinet, during a remodel.
I would venture to say, I doubt very seriously that anyone alive today could equal the talent required to create such art, that was just a job 100 years ago!
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