Alphabet: The Story of Writing, 4 -- Writing: Everyman's Art

Narrator, Susannah York; producer and director, Jeremy Bennett

Calligrapher Donald Jackson presents an historical overview of various writing implements from the invention of steel nibs in Birmingham, England, during the Industril Revolution to the development of the fountain and ball-point pen to the typewriter and word processor of today. Describes how calligraphy has become an art form

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