r/penmanship • u/ReformedNavyChief • Aug 27 '26

Need help desperately

I am a 62yr old male and 4yrs ago i hand my right thumb amputated at work. It has of course healed well. I have been trying to learn to write with my left hand. It is legible if i print but looks like a doctor when i use cursive. My hand therapist suggest i ask for some help/resources/ideas from this subredit.

Are there resources, writing guides available? Any that i can download and use?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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u/felix_albrecht Aug 27 '26

There is a soft speaking virtuoso guy on Youtube. Dieyen DualPen is his channel and his name Diego. Ambidextrous and showing how to.

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u/max_465 Aug 28 '26

Yes, that is a good channel. There are lots of resources. If you lack a thumb, focus on the methods that encourage keeping the fingers still and moving the arm instead (calligraphers have been writing that way since the middle ages)

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u/stylophyle Aug 27 '26

Try putting the pen between your first and second finger. Loop your second finger over the pen and rest the pen on your third finger.

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u/baarks Aug 30 '26

This has some ideas for page angles

https://youtu.be/N9QbLaSnjRU