Overview Lloyd J. Reynolds (1902-1978) attended the University of Oregon and Oregon State before arriving at Reed as an Instructor in English and Creative Writing in 1929. He became interested in italic calligraphy in the 1930s and taught it informally until 1948, when Reed offered his course for credit. Through his wide-ranging studies, he developed interests in Zen and Eastern philosophies, art history, the history of handwriting and scripts, self-responsibility, and a broad world view, which he...