Uniform Handwriting...

[will96]

Hello again. I seem to have a bit of trouble getting all my letters to be the same proportion and height. I have gotten a little better, but still, there's plenty of room for improvement. So, I was wondering if there is some sort excercise or something I could do to get more uniform handwriting.

[mbankirer]

Find a template online or make one yourself that has all the lines you need for guidance....and practice, practice, practice!

[oregano]

I've been told my handwriting looks uniform, despite it being illegible to most, and my guess is that it developed from writing a lot by hand (probably using the whole arm rather than 'finger writing') so that writing at an even pace became a habit. My totally unscientific advice is to practice writing sentences in a blank journal. I think developing a knack for writing in straight lines (without having lines for guidance) also somehow helps develop uniform letters.

[GClef]

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Edited October 21, 2013 by GClef

[TPK]

GClef, sorry to be obtuse, but what exactly was the "as opposed to" difference(s) you were pointing out?

 

Few other questions while I'm here:

 

1. What are the first two styles?

2. You seem adept at those, but also at cursive italic (the third). So which is faster, given the high legibility you achieve in your examples: the first looped style (since you say it's faster than the second), or the cursive italic?

3. What is nib style (stub, itlalic?) and width did you use for the italic?

4. What is the rule separation on that paper?

 

 

[GClef]

GClef, sorry to be obtuse, but what exactly was the "as opposed to" difference(s) you were pointing out?

 

Few other questions while I'm here:

 

1. What are the first two styles?

2. You seem adept at those, but also at cursive italic (the third). So which is faster, given the high legibility you achieve in your examples: the first looped style (since you say it's faster than the second), or the cursive italic?

3. What is nib style (stub, itlalic?) and width did you use for the italic?

4. What is the rule separation on that paper?

 

 

 

Not at all TPK, I tried to illustrate the positions I write. The top picture shows the pad rotated to the left, so that the left edge is about 30 degrees from the edge of the table, and I'm holding my pen so that it's perpendicular to the lines. When writing in this position, I am sort of writing under the letters -- if that makes sense -- I am able to better control the letter strokes, and I have a better range of motion with my hand and arm.

As opposed to the second picture, where the pad is more vertical than in the first picture, and the pen is angled so that it is pointing to the upper left corner of the pad. When writing in this position, I noticed that I am writing with the pen "leading" the writing (again, hopefully, that makes sense, because it does to me), and I have to adjust where my hand and arm is more often to make room for writing.

 

1. The first two styles are plain cursive.

2. Cursive is faster, because of the reasons stated above.

3. Sheaffer No Nonsense "F" Italic nib.

4. Wide ruled.

[TPK]

 

2. Cursive is faster, because of the reasons stated above.

 

Ah, I wasn't careful enough in looking at the pictures. I now see the last example was *non-cursive* italic.

Do you ever write with *cursive* italic? If so, how do you think speed compares with the kinds of looped cursives you showed in samples 1 and 2?

[GClef]

Ah, I wasn't careful enough in looking at the pictures. I now see the last example was *non-cursive* italic.

Do you ever write with *cursive* italic? If so, how do you think speed compares with the kinds of looped cursives you showed in samples 1 and 2?

If by "cursive italic", you mean where the letters connect for more fluidity, sometimes -- especially if I write quickly, but it's not very pretty.

Another thing, I haven't been able to get the hang of the slope that the more practiced italic-izers have accomplished. So, at my level, my cursive beats out my italic by a wide margin.

I'm sure if I were to put my cursive up against someone like caliken's cursive italic in a race, he'd blow me away.

[TPK]

If by "cursive italic", you mean where the letters connect for more fluidity, sometimes -- especially if I write quickly, but it's not very pretty.

Yes, that's what I meant.

 

Another thing, I haven't been able to get the hang of the slope that the more practiced italic-izers have accomplished.

Me neither, although it's improving. I suspect in my case it's partly because I'm applying too much pressure. When I force myself not to press too hard (which is difficult -- it means I have to work hard not to work too hard) the difference between my broad and narrow strokes is much more pronounced and aesthetically pleasing.

 

I think I may also be relying too much on finger movement rather than wrist movement, which is part of the reason for pressing too hard. Hard to say though.

[mboschm]

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[GClef]

 

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