1895, F. Marion Crawford, Taquisara Chapter , It was still early in the morning when Elettra brought her a letter, bearing the postmark of the city, and addressed in one of those small, clear handwritings which seem naturally to belong to scholars and students.
1893, Joseph B. Lightfoot, Essays on "Supernatural Religion" Chapter , In some handwritings of the seventh or eighth century, where the letters have a round form, the substitution of OT for EG would be far from difficult.
1914, P. S. Allen, The Age of Erasmus Chapter , Great libraries are only just beginning to gather up the manuscript minutiae which their books contain; to identify handwritings; to decipher monograms; to collect facts.
Text that was written by hand.
Synonyms
(the act or process of writing done by hand) longhand
