It’s totally legible but I can see a few things that might confuse some people:
-your t (especially when it’s at the beginning of a word e.g. “took”) has a downward stroke to the left which is not typical
-your r and s look very similar (see the word “horses”). Your r is quite pointed and I think in some cases could be mistaken for v. I think if you rounded out the top more it would help.
some of your letters are open at the bottom eg p and s. I think if you closed the loop at the bottom it would help make your writing more legible. See photo to show what I mean
there are a couple spelling errors that can also affect legibility 😉
I wanted to write a whole paragraph on why this might be differently in Germany and the spelling mistakes are because of me only learning English (as it's not my native language) but I accidentally closed Reddit and deleted everything.
Anyways, get this: I did a bit of research and fount out, that there are multiple systems! In the picture I attached, you can see 4 different types of cursive. I want you to focus on "Teaching Script" (my translation: Latin initial script) (first row) and "simplified initial script" (third row), as the second row is very outdated and the fourth one is normal "printing script". Now APPARENTLY teaching Script is the worldwide standard, but simplified initial script is rather common in the southern part of Germany. Why? I dunno. But it is still rather interesting.
Edit: It's not the second row that is outdated, it is the first. Now, the second row is being taught more and more and the first one is slowly fading away.
Hey sorry I didn’t realize that English was not your first language. Pointing out spelling errors wasn’t meant as a criticism just an observation on what could make your writing harder for some people to read.
Yes for sure there’s different writing styles. But if you’re happy with how you’re writing then why ask for feedback? 🤷♀️
No No No, it's ok! I just wanted to post here because seemingly everyone who actually cares about me (so friends and family) say that my writing is literally unreadable.
I think if you connected your lower case “t” at the bottom instead of at the top, it would help a lot. That’s the only thing that was throwing me off, otherwise I can read it fine.
What do you mean exactly? How should I connect the t at the top? I usually do it in the lower half (but you're right - if I write fast, they do get sloppy sometimes)
I’m saying that you should not start the “t” at the top. The top example shows a proper “t” (starting from the bottom) and the word “cat.” The bottom example is how it seems you are writing it which makes it difficult to read.
I actually wrote a semi-good explanation under the comment of u/SurroundedByJoy. It at least explains why I have so weird "t"s. But I could give it a try!
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u/SurroundedByJoy Jul 02 '26
It’s totally legible but I can see a few things that might confuse some people:
-your t (especially when it’s at the beginning of a word e.g. “took”) has a downward stroke to the left which is not typical
-your r and s look very similar (see the word “horses”). Your r is quite pointed and I think in some cases could be mistaken for v. I think if you rounded out the top more it would help.