The Pen’s Comeback: Handwriting in the Digital Age

The Pen’s Comeback: Handwriting in the Digital Age

The Pen may be mightier than the sword, but it brought a knife to a gun fight. The phrase "The pen is mightier than the sword" was coined by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in his 1839 play Richelieu; Or the Conspiracy The art and practice of writing by hand has been under siege for quite a while.  The first shot came from Johannes Guttenberg in 1450 with his printing press, but the battle really started around 1885 when typewriters became commonplace.  Th…