Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

590. Writing — N. writing &c v.; chirography, stelography†,

cerography†; penmanship, craftmanship†; quill driving; typewriting. writing, manuscript, MS., literae scriptae [Lat.]; these presents. stroke of the pen, dash of the pen; coupe de plume; line; headline; pen and ink. letter &c 561; uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, Ogham, Runes, hieroglyphic; contraction; Brahmi†, Devanagari, Nagari; script. shorthand; stenography, brachygraphy†, tachygraphy†; secret writing, writing in cipher; cryptography, stenography; phonography†, pasigraphy†, Polygraphy†, logography†. copy; transcript, rescript; rough copy, fair copy; handwriting; signature, sign manual; autograph, monograph, holograph; hand, fist. calligraphy; good hand, running hand, flowing hand, cursive hand, legible hand, bold hand. cacography†, griffonage†, barbouillage†; bad hand, cramped hand, crabbed hand, illegible hand; scribble &c v.; pattes de mouche [Fr.]; ill-formed letters; pothooks and hangers. stationery; pen, quill, goose quill; pencil, style; paper, foolscap, parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, slate, marble, pillar, table; blackboard; ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well; typewriter. transcription &c (copy) 21; inscription &c (record) 551; superscription &c (indication) 550; graphology. composition, authorship; cacoethes scribendi [Lat.]; graphoidea†, graphomania†; phrenoia†. writer, scribe, amanuensis, scrivener, secretary, clerk, penman, copyist, transcriber, quill driver; stenographer, typewriter, typist; writer for the press &c (author) 593. V. write, pen; copy, engross; write out, write out fair; transcribe; scribble, scrawl, scrabble, scratch; interline; stain paper; write down &c (record) 551; sign &c (attest) 467; enface†. compose, indite, draw up, draft, formulate; dictate; inscribe, throw on paper, dash off; manifold. take up the pen, take pen in hand; shed ink, spill ink, dip one's pen in ink. Adj. writing &c v.; written &c v.; in writing, in black and white; under one's hand. uncial, Runic, cuneiform, hieroglyphical†. Adv. currente calamo [Sp.]; pen in hand. Phr. audacter et sincere [Lat.]; le style est l'homme meme [Fr.]; nature's noblest gift - my gray goose quill [Byron]; scribendi recte sapere et principium et fons [Lat.] [Horace]; that mighty instrument of little men [Byron]; the pen became a clarion [Longfellow].