But it wasn’t until the 50s that they really pushed fountain pens to the side. I wonder how many teachers realized that the Palmer method’s insistence on right-handed writing was based on the old (pre-Quink) slow drying inks that would continue to smear several minutes after writing.
But it wasn’t until the 50s that they really pushed fountain pens to the side. I wonder how many teachers realized that the Palmer method’s insistence on right-handed writing was based on the old (pre-Quink) slow drying inks that would continue to smear several minutes after writing.