More than twenty years of advancements on Frontiers in handwriting recognition

In this paper the results of the research in handwriting/handwritten character recognition in about the last quarter of a century are reported, illustrating the results presented during the International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR) and the International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (ICFHR). The most relevant scientific results achieved in the IWFHR and the ICFHR are presented.Emerging research trends in handwriting recognition are identified.Contributions which are not easily retrievable are examined.