design Shake: a typeface of letters written by someone with Parkinson's disease David Pescovitz

art Nastygrams shut down site that created fonts of famous songwriters' handwriting Andrea James

design Fantastic demo of hand lettering with ingenious shadow effect technique David Pescovitz

writing How to hand letter like an architect David Pescovitz

handwriting Reddit's "penmanship porn" is loaded with stunning handwriting examples Mark Frauenfelder

makers I made my own ink for the apocalypse Meg Elison

libraries Card catalogs had their own elegant standardized handwriting Andrea James

Kids What's the provenance of the stylized S from school? Andrea James

art How pros make gradient calligraphy on iPads Andrea James

art Gorgeous calligraphy using iPad and modified Apple Pencil Andrea James

fbi Newly released documents show that the FBI used standard FBI tactics on Michael Flynn Thom Dunn

Gadgets Transform your handwritten notes into editable digital text with this writing pad Boing Boing's Shop

trump Tiny Hand: free font based on Trump's unusual handwriting Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Microsoft's ARM laptop is slim but not so fast Rob Beschizza

cheaters Parenting advice author Jane Buckingham sentenced to prison for college admissions scam Mark Frauenfelder

privacy Why we should ban facial recognition technology everywhere Cory Doctorow

fixed it for you Scholar finds John Milton's copy of Shakespeare, marked up with corrections and improvements Clive Thompson

useful stuff What does writer and human guinea pig AJ Jacobs keep in his bag? Mark Frauenfelder

gifts "People To Kill" notebook Rob Beschizza

robotics Mother discovers, then destroys Chinese high school student's handwriting robot Mark Frauenfelder