What Does Your Handwriting Look Like

[GClef]

[paraphrase]: "Watch and learn, watch and learn."

 

 

I'm working on it - an hour tonight learning to emulate your strokes - but WOW are you way ahead of the pack!

http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/gclef1114/0513011001.jpg

[GClef]

Here's a sample of my norma, everyday handwriting:

 

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3478/script1.jpg

 

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(Kaweco Sport, F Nib).

 

Here I've decided to have some fun with a ballpoint pen:

 

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I wouldn't even know how to call that kind of writing - maybe Spencerian-inspied? lol

 

There's some beautiful handwriting here, and some very nice colors too!

 

Very, very nice!

Would you...could you please post a sample of the alphabet you used with the ball pen?

[genpen]

Well here is my sample.

Edited May 14, 2011 by genpen

[dcpritch]

here is my sample

 

Well, I can't see too much of your writing because it is blocked from view by that beautiful Aurora nib, but what I see I like! And great photography, too. It looks like the Aurora puts down a really wet line. Great work! DAVID

[genpen]

Thanks for the compliment David! A man who knows his nibs I see. How refreshing. Maybe I'll post a longer example, you're right, I'm not showing a lot here.

 

genpen

[SigmaZuiko]

My normal handwriting is nothing fancy and I will eventually upload a picture that isn't from a webcam, but here is a sample of me trying to write in some mangled mix of Spencerian Copperplate Script and some uppercase engravers script I found on Google Images:

 

 

I am used to writing with a .5mm and .3mm mechanical pencil so my current nib is too thick for my liking, but when I use two lines to write, I'm fairly satisfied by my work since my start two weeks ago!

Edited May 17, 2011 by SigmaZuiko

[neutral]

http://pohl.ececs.uc.edu/~jeremy/handwriting/new_handwriting.jpg

 

My old grip:

 

http://pohl.ececs.uc.edu/~jeremy/handwriting/old_grip.jpg

 

My new grip that I learned from this site:

 

http://pohl.ececs.uc.edu/~jeremy/handwriting/new_grip.jpg

 

Perhaps a thread about ways we hold our pens would be neat? (If it doesn't already exist)

[Sleepy]

 

My new grip that I learned from this site:

 

Perhaps a thread about ways we hold our pens would be neat? (If it doesn't already exist)

 

Your new grip is much better. Try to relax and lengthen the fingers that are gripping the pen (so your thumb and forefinger form a long oval shape rather than a circle. I find that this relaxes my hand more and it makes writing more pleasant.

[CatBookMom]

 

My new grip that I learned from this site:

 

Perhaps a thread about ways we hold our pens would be neat? (If it doesn't already exist)

 

Your new grip is much better. Try to relax and lengthen the fingers that are gripping the pen (so your thumb and forefinger form a long oval shape rather than a circle. I find that this relaxes my hand more and it makes writing more pleasant.

 

 

+1 It takes time for your muscles to learn a new pattern. Be patient. Take time-outs and shake out your hand if you find it getting achy. You want to have more of the first joint of your forefinger touching the section of the pen, not just the tip.

[Blizzard42]

@GClef

Your handwriting is fantastic! Could you also provide all of your uppercase letters, maybe shot in a more straight angle, so I can print it out to emulate it?

[hemdale]

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab19/yuckkie/Scribblings/CDASaffron01.jpg

 

Happy New Year everyone !

Leo

 

 

Leo,

 

Your handwriting is absolutely SUPERB ! A true masterpiece. I'm very very very impressed (and the color of the ink makes things even better !)

Congratulations.

[hemdale]

Ok, now ...here is a sample of mine:

 

http://i24.servimg.com/u/f24/11/04/01/70/scan_10.jpg

[CatBookMom]

Ok, now ...here is a sample of mine:

 

 

I am far from one of the best writers on this forum, but here are my comments, for what they may be worth.

 

Your handwriting has a lot going for it and isn't difficult to read, even at the size it is in your post, without enlarging it. The slant is consistent, the spacing between words is good, your ascenders and descenders are about equal length, but they don't cross (your lines are far enough apart), and the size of the lower-case (minuscule) letters is generally even. It seems that your letters become a bit smaller as you write more lines, from the first in a paragraph to the last. If you wrote this without a horizontal line guide behind the page, your straight lines are wonderful and I am envious of your skill with this.

 

There are a few places where I see awkward phrasing, which I'm sure is due to the fact that English isn't your first language, but these aren't bad mistakes.

 

You write that you understand that writing slower leads to better handwriting, and that is an important point. I don't know exactly how you would like to change your handwriting, but others here are full of excellent advice and links to helps for improvement. Bien fait!

 

Bienvenue a FPN!

[River]

Here is my regular handwriting with a few different pens. It is small and fast, and I legible to me (most of the time ).

 

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/Riversplitter/RegularWriting.jpg

Edited June 2, 2011 by River

[River]

Here is my attempts at nicer writing, but not careful calligraphy. I'm writing slower, but not doing it stroke by stroke.

 

1 Lamy Italic on legal pad 2 & 3 Pilot Falcon Flex on CF Triomphe pad.

 

 

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/Riversplitter/ItalicWriting.jpg

 

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/Riversplitter/Falconwriting.jpg

 

http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/Riversplitter/FalconBetter.jpg

[CatBookMom]

Here is my attempts at nicer writing, but not careful calligraphy. I'm writing slower, but not doing it stroke by stroke.

 

 

 

You're making a good start. It was difficult for me to keep my writing speed very slow - yes, sometimes letter by letter - when I started improving my own handwriting and developing a cursive italic script. After 5 months of daily practice, I have a variant of CI that I'm happy with (at the moment) and that is nearly instinctive.

 

Keep at it, and be sure to use all the free assistance that you can find in the pinned posts on the Penmanship forum. I used the Dubay-Getty italic handwriting books, found them at Amazon. They are very good, and you can copy the lesson pages to do over and over as much as you like.

[Ink Sandwich]

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I decided to have some fun with my new Pilot 78g, F nib, Pelikan Brilliant Black

[watch_art]

Here's my alphabets and how I draw some of the letters. I can never decide just exactly which way I want to draw some of the letters. I'm getting there though...

 

[CatBookMom]

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I decided to have some fun with my new Pilot 78g, F nib, Pelikan Brilliant Black

 

 

Very nicely done! Easy to read, smooth and consistent. And done with a 78G F nib, which I have but can't get that thick a line with; mine looks like a baby's hair curled on the page.

[CatBookMom]

Here's my alphabets and how I draw some of the letters. I can never decide just exactly which way I want to draw some of the letters. I'm getting there though...

 

 

Frustrating, isn't it? Happens to many of us, so don't feel alone.

 

I just wrote a handful of letters and cards and discovered that my handwriting without lines or text to follow is a different critter than when I'm doing my handwriting practice copying from a book. My initial 't' and 'f' lose their curves, 'A' does the same as your's - sometimes rounded, sometime angular. And postcards, oh, boy, trying to write legibly but smaller than my average.

 

Since I've now got nearly a dozen PC and letter pals, guess I'll get more practice.