Joe.. I have 622 fonts in the 'handwriting' folder, many of which are more like 'fancy printing'.

Ok...now I have a font that the experts in alt.binaries.fonts say is 'very close' to Palmer. It is called AbcCursive..in 6 styles, including with the sort of lines a teacher would use to define letter height. (They didn't have one either, as of 2010)The commercial version of the genuine Palmer is $49.95.

I can send it to anyone who wants it.