Thomas Edison's beautiful penmanship

[duende]

This site has some snapshots of Edison's to-do list, written in a relaxed and pleasing script: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.p...-do-list-1888/

[KrazyIvan]

It looks like a flexy pen was used. Very nice!

[etoyoc]

sure does look nice.. his to do list looks better than anything I have ever written

[writingrav]

It looks beautiful, but is rather intimidating. Mine usually has things like take out the trash or stop at the supermarket.

[duende]

It looks beautiful, but is rather intimidating. Mine usually has things like take out the trash or stop at the supermarket.

My list says, take a siesta.

[KrazyIvan]

Mine says post on FPGeeks. Hit F5 and look for more to post.

[John the Monkey]

That's a heck of a to do list!

If you like that, the US National Archives have a tumblr blog ("Today's Document") that often features handwritten documents from years past - it's worth watching - some of the copperplate on the earlier documents they post is just beautiful.

[tiffanyhenschel]

His script looks so neat and relaxed that it makes me wonder if writing it was a way of relaxing and clearing his mind. Obviously, this list was not the first time he thought of these things. If I have a lot to do, sometimes taking time to deliberately make a list is relaxing and helps me focus. For this reason, my "To Do" lists tend to be some of my best handwriting.

[duende]

His script looks so neat and relaxed that it makes me wonder if writing it was a way of relaxing and clearing his mind. Obviously, this list was not the first time he thought of these things. If I have a lot to do, sometimes taking time to deliberately make a list is relaxing and helps me focus. For this reason, my "To Do" lists tend to be some of my best handwriting.

This is an excellent observation. I have seen his other lab notes and they appear hurried and not so neat. I can see Edison kicking back with a glass of red, turning on one of his experimental electric illuminators, and writing his masterful to-do list on a wooden desk strewn with the odds and ends of his inventions.

Here's another excellent article on How to Take Notes like Thomas Edison

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/com...as-edison.html

[Bogon07]

"Ink for blind" !!!
Impressive list and hand writing.

After about for or five entries I usually end up tearing out the page and starting again.