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Charles Snell (1667-1733)[1] writing master.
Snell was writing master at the Sir John Johnson's Free Writing-School on Forster-Lane, London.[2]
Snell educated Joseph Champion, penman.[3]
Snell wrote several books including The Pen-man's Treasury Open'd (1693) and The Art of Writing; in it's Theory and Practice (1712). Merchants accompts, in the true Italian method (1701)[4]
In 1966, Matthew Carter created Snell Roundhand, a modern typeface, inspired by Snell's work. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Charles Snell (1667-1733), writing master". Victoria and Albert Museum.
- ^ Morison, Stanley (2009). "Selected Essays Ont the History of Letter-forms in Manuscript and Print". Cambridge University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0521183162.
- ^ Champion, Joseph in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 10, "(Champion) was educated ... under the eminent penman, Charles Snell, who kept Sir John Jolmson’s free school in Foster Lane, and with whom he served a regular apprenticeship."
- ^ Merchants accompts, in the true Italian method. 1701.
- ^ Snell Roundhand Linotype from MyFonts
Category:English calligraphers
Notes
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