What happens to handwriting when you lose the ability to read?

This is a 3 minute video about a Canadian author who had a stroke. When he awoke, he had lost the ability to read, but not to write. Fascinating

http://www.openculture.com/2012/10/the_writer_who_couldnt_read.html

Handwriting, penmanship and general appearance

Another excellent article, this time by D. Carbonell Basset, on cursive v. print.

http://www.voxxi.com/handwriting-penmanship-appearance/

Shared by Iris Hatfield. 

A new book by Philip Hensher on the importance of handwriting.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/07/missing-ink-handwriting-art-hensher-extract