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Before she could assign me penmanship drills, I went to find Klawde.

The process might have felt impersonal to an adult, but as a child, receiving dozens of little envelopes that were addressed to me, in the individual penmanship of each of my classmates, felt heavenly.

Lousy penmanship didn’t stop me from becoming someone whose profession depends on shaping letters.

His collection became a private conceit, scrupulously named and dated in the penmanship of a monk, stored in boxes and metal bins like a man in a film hiding riches in the shadows.

Schoolchildren have also competed for prizes in arts, crafts and penmanship.