Sébastien Morlighem is a teacher, researcher and coordinator of the postgraduate course EsadType at the École supérieure d’art et de design d’Amiens (FR). A founder of the Bibliothèque typographique for Ypsilon Éditeur, he has coauthored a few books and written many articles. He has also curated several conferences and exhibitions on graphic design, typography, and type design. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Reading (UK).
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Modern handwriting: IntroductionPart 2New Approaches in Great Britain
Essays by Sébastien MorlighemThis second part offers an overview of new approaches developed in Great Britain during the 20th century, inspired by writing history or modern pragmatism.
Modern handwriting: IntroductionPart 1Modern handwriting: a historical survey
Essays by Sébastien MorlighemThe opening essay of series of five articles about the many aspects of handwriting, from the late 19th century to the present day, examining the emergence of new handwriting schemes in Europe and the United States, developed for the sake of public health, or for business.
Modern handwriting: IntroductionPart 3Models from Americas and Western Europe
by Sébastien MorlighemThis third part explores the movement of certain models from North America to South America and then to Western Europe, as well as their often lasting entrenchment.
Modern handwriting: IntroductionPart 5Cursive handwriting in Central Europe
by Sébastien MorlighemThis fourth part reveals other traditions of cursive writing in Central and Northern Europe, much different from Western Europe models previously discussed.
Modern handwriting: IntroductionPart 4Cyrillic and Greek handwriting
by Sébastien MorlighemThis final part describes the influence of Latin script on other writing systems, namely Cyrillic and Greek, and especially on their cursiveness.