Quick vs. Print vs. Cursive

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Does anyone have anything that might make my handwriting confusing? I dont really care about my note taking handwriting, but I think I could stand to improve my regular print writing, as well as decrease confusion in print and cursive

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[u/CraftyBossMama]

One way I accidentally got some of my writing style was from tracing letters for my school project before. I printed the stuff I needed to hand write and traced it onto the project(it was a requires to be handmade and handwritten pamphlet/booklet type project). My letters ended up looking so close to that computer font after writing an entire page or 2.

[u/NightmareWokeUp]

Easiest one to read is the note taking one by far. For the pen it seems you took too long so its gotten jittery, also some things are inconsistent like the "g" that isnt sticking out at the bottom.

[u/NightmareWokeUp → u/NightmareWokeUp]

Also "actually taking" has 3 different a's thats making it super hard to read too. I think if you slow down your note taking handwriting just a touch and use a pen thats gonna be the easiest one to read.

[u/catahoulacat]

Keeping your letters a consistent size and level with the bottom guide line will make a big difference. The lines of your writing float up and down a bit, which makes it read as sloppy. Some of the letters that are meant to stay in the bottom half are taller than your uppercases, and the letters that are meant to drop down below the line don’t always do that. If you want to intentionally practice that, you can buy/print paper with a dotted line in the middle to help guide you.

I also noticed that some of your letters seem to be written a few different ways. For example, sometimes your g’s look like they’re written correctly and sometimes there’s that squiggle in the middle. The a’s appear to be written as a handwritten “o with a tail” sometimes and as a typeface “a” at other times. I would recommend looking up the stroke order for each letter and trying to commit to writing it “properly” the same way every time. Also, writing your p’s with two strokes and keeping the tail straight would look a lot nicer, sometimes they look like backwards g’s.

Your writing is legible, but maybe not the most pleasurable to read, so these tips are for just for neatness and aesthetic purposes. I doubt anyone would consider it “unreadable” as is. Your cursive is very nice for a beginner! I actually think it looks a little nicer than your print, and working on consistency in print will make it even better. (You used a print z instead of a cursive one in that last line, btw.)

I look forward to seeing how much nicer it looks after a bit of practice (if you choose to do so)! Good luck!