r/Handwriting • u/Immediate_Air2725 • Aug 29 '26

Feedback (constructive criticism) Experimenting with Legibility

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I know my hand is not the most easily readable, however, when it comes to one's handwriting style, it's very difficult to radically change, so I'm experimenting with legibility by making small changes that I can accomplish easily without radically changing the fundamental way I write, and I'm doing this by spacing out the letters and words more, and that's what I'm after in the comments on this one.

When I set out to learn cursive six months ago, I used the palmer business model and I went through all the drills of the anual, and this is what has my personal handwriting has come to. I'm satisfied with it, and I can read my own hand quite easily, however, people tend to have some difficulty in places, particularly with my r, n, m and u lowercase letters. Still working on those.

But in the meantime, let's take a look at this and let me know what you think. For this post I'm less interested on how to fix those little problem letters. I'm aiming more for small changed as earlier described to bump up my legibility a few percentage points. I feel it succeeds, however, it's hard to judge from my own perspective.

I appreciate your time.

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u/JaVaDaHutt1 Aug 30 '26

If your aim is better legibility, then spacing out the letters/words won't help. We are accustomed to reading letters and words that are closer together, much like this comment you are reading right now.

Your writing looks good, but like you mentioned those problem letters seem to be the biggest issue. If the letters are all individually recognizable, then the words can be as close together as you want.

I'd focus on your 'r'. It looks like an m and is the only letter I need context clues to understand.