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> Do many people really write large scale texts letter by letter with space between each? As an anecdata, Alfred Wainwright did all his books like that (and ju

• sago 6y ago
  I love his books. Gorgeous. I think this was more his graphic design style for his books. As you say, the justification shows there's nothing impromptu about it. Here's how he wrote his letters, notes, drafts and so on: https://www.grough.co.uk/lib/img/editorial/wainwrightmanuscript.jpg https://www.grough.co.uk/lib/img/editorial/wainwrightmanuscr... I'm not splitting hairs on what 'handwriting' means. I'm fascinated by that era when books with complex text/visual interactions were far cheaper to create by hand. An example of an old magic book I have: https://imgur.com/a/8Bu9ML1 https://imgur.com/a/8Bu9ML1 It's hard to beat Wainwright though.