User:DutchTreat/sandbox/Charles Snell

Charles Snell (1667-1733) writing master.

Snell was writing master at the Sir John Johnson's Free Writing-School on Forster-Lane, London.

Snell educated Joseph Champion, penman.

Snell wrote several books including The Pen-man's Treasury Open'd (1693) and The Art of Writing; in it's Theory and Practice (1712). Merchants accompts, in the true Italian method  (1701)

In 1966, Matthew Carter created Snell Roundhand, a modern typeface, inspired by Snell's work.