The Foundation's principal activities are the promulgation
of publicity about handwriting, and the distribution of
booklets, which are sent on request and sold for small
sums to help defray the costs of the organization.

The Society for Italic Handwriting was inaugurated in
1952 through the initiative of the Society of Scribes and
Illuminators. Its aim is to spread the practice of the Italic
script, and to this end it issues an illustrated quarterly bul-
letin, with articles on teaching of handwriting and on
Renaissance scripts, it holds meetings, and it arranges ex-
hibitions, etc. The membership is over 1,000 and represents
30 different countries.

In 1955 the Society assembled and sponsored an exhibi-
tion called A Better Handwriting for American circulation
under the direction of Mr. Richard King, 90 Plenge
Drive, Belleville, N. J. The exhibition has been shown
throughout the United States and Canada ever since, and
is available without charge on application to Mr. King.

Founded in 1921, the Society has as its main object the re-
establishment of a tradition of craftsmanship in the pro-
duction of MSS, books, and documents. Candidates for
membership must submit at least three original pieces of
work, one on skin and showing raised gilding, and no
candidate is elected unless three quarters of the votes are
cast. Lay membership is open to those who wish by their
interest to forward the objectives of the Society. Of the
180 members, over half are lay members, including 14 in
the United States.