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sample of the popular Zaner-Bloser teaching cursive
Date 	1800s

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The Zaner-Bloser (also Zaner-Bloser Method) is a teaching script 
for handwriting based on Latin script as well as a system of penmanship 
instruction, which originated around 1904 at the Zanerian College of 
Penmanship in Columbus, Ohio. Charles P. Zaner (1864–1918) and 
Elmer W. Bloser (1865–1929), originally a Spencerian Method instructor, 
developed their teaching script with the aim of allowing learners 
an easier transition from print writing to cursive. 

The Zaner-Bloser Method first teaches block letters and then cursive 
in order to enable written expression as quickly as possible and thus 
develop the ability to write. 
Material relating to the method of instruction practiced by Zaner and 
Bloser is still being published by the Zaner-Bloser Company, a subsidiary 
of Highlights for Children. 


