 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Young Friend Is Writing: In the picture alternately titled Paula and Sun Rays, Berlin, Stieglitz records a new, personal vision: in a room filled with sunlight broken into bands of brilliance and shadow by the partly closed shutters of a Venetian blind, his young friend is writing at a table. It was a technical problem to retain detail in the extremes of light and dark. On the Wall Paula pinned up two prints of The Approaching Storm, which Stieglitz made of Lake Como in 1887.
(6) the uniformity (or lack of it) in the writing; (7) alignment, that is, the relationship of the writing to a real or imaginary base line; (8) spacing between letters, words, and lines of writing, as related to each other and to the overall size; (9) the speed and manner of execution; (10) the basic writing system employed, such as Palmer Method, Spen-cerian, or modern manuscript writing; (11) the proportional size of letters and their component parts; (12) raising of the pen from the paper; (13) patchings (or reworking of strokes) and re-tracings; (14) tremor, hesitation, and uncertainty; (15) position of the pen; (16) arrangement of the writing on the paper; (17) indications of unusual writing position and the degree of apparent care in preparation; and (18) the influence of fatigue, sickness, age, intoxication, or other modifying factors.
Many schools begin with the printed form of writing, called manuscript writing, which seems easier for beginners and may aid them in learning to read and spell. Freeman (42, 1954) recommended that children change from manuscript to cursive writing in the latter half of the second grade or the first half of the third grade. After it has been learned, cursive writing is more efficient.
|
|
|
|
