My favorite activity leading up to the New Year is ordering my favorite planner — the Techo Cousin from Hobonichi — and getting it all set up for January 1. I buy a protective cover from Etsy, some ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Handwriting can tell us a surprising amount about a person.

According to the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA) over three billion retractable ball point pens and over 500 million mechanical pencils were shipped in the US in 2007. Many have ...

For anyone who loves writing by hand, there’s nothing like a good pen to give their penmanship a little boost. Though cursive handwriting is no longer a required part of current curriculums, and the ...