Teaching Kids Handwriting to Help Them Read ... And letter shapes also vary widely depending on the font. ... the experiments taught 5-year-olds the Greek alphabet.

Free Penmanship Print Font Helps Kids Smarten Up Their Handwriting. By Clare Brandt. Jul 27, 2012 3:15 pm PDT.

French pen maker BIC analysed 868,227 characters from 111 countries to create an average typeface alphabet. It can be explored by gender, age and country (pictured).