History of Handwriting

Before writing, information was passed on orally, and it wasn't written down in any way recognizable as handwriting until the Phoenicians, early Mediterranean traders, whose alphabet was spread across the Eastern Mediterranean area due to their trading industry.

The Greeks adopted and altered the Phoenician alphabet and later the Greek alphabet was became the basis of many other alphabets in Europe. Since it was people of the European origin who colonized North America, the alphabet we use now is based on the Greek alphabet.