The book itself is the complete program covering everything needed to learn a legible handwriting style. Write Now™ requires no special equipment - any writing instrument will do. The Write Now™ book is the adult version of the Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting Series condensed into one volume, containing complete instructions as well as practice exercises and tips.

Write Now™ concentrates more on improvement of everyday handwriting, although there is a chapter devoted to edged pen writing. Italic Letters emphasizes some of the more elaborate styles of italic calligraphy (Basic, Formal, Chancery, and Cursive Italic) often used for wedding and dinner invitations, special announcements, and more formal correspondence. It offers examples of each in both monoline (any regular pen or pencil) and edged pen (calligraphy pen with a straight edge).

Portland State University does not offer a scheduled class at this time, however we do offer a free three-hour workshop once a year on the Saturday in January closest to John Hancock's birthday.

• anyone who wants to improve their handwriting
• occupational therapists who use it with their clients
• physicians who want to write a legible prescription
• teachers who want to learn it before they teach it to their students
• administrative assistants who want to write legible messages, or encourage their bosses to learn to write more legibly
• students who want to take legible notes

Virtually anyone not satisfied with their current handwriting interested in communicating legibly with the handwritten word should have a copy of Write Now™.