Improving Your Cursive Handwriting

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A couple of quick tips to improving your cursive handwriting -- which seems to be something almost everyone wants to do after they get their first fountain pen.

The pen I'm writing with is a Pilot Metropolitan with a Fine nib.

The writing style is something I derived from one commonly used in the age of dip pens -- when it was important, if not imperative, to be legible since it was your only option. I call it CJ Roundhand.

Here's a video I (finally) made about it:

And a demo:

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I was one of the "smart" kids in science class. I used to write all my notes in cursive so that nobody could ask for my notes to borrow. And my plan went perfectly all throughout that class.

amathystlightmoon
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I started practicing my handwriting during highschool out of nowhere because it soothed my anxiety. When I was 18, while working at a store, an elderly men got very surprised and complimented my cursive handwriting with "you just don't see it like that anymore". Then it struck me that I'd unconsciously development a skill, and such diligence and care is actually appreciated. Today I study chinese calligraphy as well, very fun.

babyangelic
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My dream is to write a novel, in longhand, in beautiful cursive. It may never get published but the mere act will be satisfying.

dragonchr
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That akward moment when you are doing your history homework, then you accidentally write the Declaration of Independence🤦‍♂️

bleach
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my handwriting could probably be scanned as a barcode at the grocery store

RiyadandSaeed
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Me: writing in English.
Teacher: I never told you to write in Arabic.

ML-cbti
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I write in a mix of cursive and print :D

yeralmuzika
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Your handwriting is absolutely beautiful.

JohnSmithTheExplorer
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Since your video 9 years ago, I practiced my cursive handwriting every day. And I'm now at the point that writing a very neat cursive handwriting comes natural. Instead of making me stop practicing, I noticed that it made me even want to write more. So I started practice with a dip pen.

MrPleers
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Looks like he wrote the bill of rights.

khalifadre
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Beautiful!
I heard schools stopped teaching cursive handwriting, which is a damn shame.

morlockmeat
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i was forced to learn cursive in grades 4 & 5. i absolutely hated it because it seemed so mundane & useless to me. it was hard to read & hard to write. as i’ve aged, i’ve become thankful that i was taught. it’s a lot faster to scribble in cursive during college classes & a plus is that no one pesters you to take a photo of your notes. my boyfriend bought me a beautiful journal & fountain pen as an early birthday present. it came in today & i found myself watching this video. it only confirmed what i knew i had to do anyways; practice. my cursive is scratchy & messy. it is riddled with extra loops & lines due to a habit of writing too quickly. my hands are always very shaky, so i must learn to not fight but incorporate the trembling somehow. good luck to everyone who is practicing!

marsofficial
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I'm a college student so I can't really slow down 😫

PoundTheAlrm
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I write a distorted comic sans, you cant fix the perfection

hardboiled
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Well, i am indian.
Here parents and teachers start encouraging the kids to improve writing from a very early age.

I remember, when i was 7 years old one my uncle gifted me a kind of pen which was made of stick. he carved it himself and a pot of ink. He told me from now you will practice with this.
I was very excited about this because it was like writing with feather of bird in old times ( old scriptures are written like this).

Then i got fountain pen...i was very specific about my pens...sometime i used to modify the nib of my pens. it was really fascinating. and i was the only one in the class who wrote with fountain pen in school and the college.

Still i have my favourite pens which i carved and modified in my teenage.

Sorry for long note. but i can't help when it comes to handwriting or fountain pens. i really get excited.
😂🙂🙂

abhishektripathi
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When I was in grade 4, my teacher tried to show me how to draw in cursive since my normal looked unreadable at times, I learned cursive FAST, literally the first 3 minutes she started teaching me how to draw in cursive, I got the hang of it quickly, now my cursive 4 years later looks really good even though I dont work on it, I give all my respects to my teacher she taught me how to learn in beautiful cursive, anyways, have a good day!

proxythecyborg
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One day while visiting a farm way out in the countryside, I dropped my notebook just outside of the henhouse. Half a dozen chickens wandered over and immediately started reading my lectures notes.

dustymiller
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in my high school I'm one of the few kids in my school who actually can read and write cursive, it's sad...

sammieperegrino
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I was taught cursive in school and I quickly learned to love it a great deal more than printing. I now find myself being one of very few people who know how to write in cursive. I often get compliments from strangers about how beautiful it looks. But the truth is I have used cursive for so long that I can't write in print anymore. If I try it usually ends up barely legible. But I still love cursive and I enjoy sometimes just writing what ever comes to mind just to keep my practice up and my writing as well done as my teachers taught me many years ago. It's a shame that schools no longer teach cursive. But I guess with learning about computers becoming the most needed skill these days I can understand why.

Soulessdeeds
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When he said “focus, ” me and my adhd decided that my messy handwriting will continue on living.

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