[1][4][5][6][7] The Scotsman wrote in 1956 that the society "did a good deal to rouse public interest and make “scribes” of ordinary or indifferent penmen".
[8] In 1954, the society's aims were said to be "to extend the use of cursive hands based on Renaissance models and to increase the pleasure and skill of its members in writing", and "to help teachers who would like their pupils to write an italic hand but are perplexed to know how best to make a beginning".
Those who cannot draw, but take pleasure in appearances, are afforded an inviting and welcome opportunity to add to the production of things that give visual satisfaction.
Clarity and speed are obvious requirements, but how delightful to find that one can be a calligrapher and add grace to penmanship.
Now grace and delight are bidden to take part, if only in a commonplace activity.The membership subscription in 1952 was ten shillings.