Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Life with Letters—as They Turned Photogenic

Edward Rondthaler
Hastings House, 1981
Page 76: 1951
The there was a lull, broken a few years by an unprecedented renaissance in calligraphy. This brilliant renaissance, encouraged by professionals such as Paul Standard, Jaenyee Wong [sic], Ismar David, Paul Freeman, Guillermo Rodriguez-Benitez, Bob Boyajian, Sandi Governali and others, reached far down into grass roots America. It reached down even to the Croton high school where I, caught at last by the calligraphic bug, took a night course in company with other enthusiasts of all ages.