Handwriting Article Threw Her for a Loop

Please note an inaccuracy in the otherwise excellent Jan. 26 story on handwriting, “Write of Passage.”

You state incorrectly that the Zaner-Bloser Co., which publishes handwriting materials, has this year dropped loops from its cursive handwriting texts.

Although Zaner-Bloser did indeed drop certain ornamental loops from some cursive capitals, there are still a multitude of loops (and other complications) remaining in both the lower and uppercase of Zaner-Bloser cursive (as well as Scott-Foresman D’Nealian and similar models).

There are loop-free cursive methods--I advocate them, as do others mentioned in your piece--but Zaner-Bloser’s is simply not among them.

KATE GLADSTONE

Handwriting Repair

Annual American Handwriting Competition

Albany, N.Y.