What Does Your Handwriting Look Like

[Abner C. Kemp]

I figured the best way to demonstrate my "daily" hand was to open up a notebook and take a picture. My handwriting has improved quite a bit over the past year but I'm still not happy with it. Interestingly I think my handwriting looks better with a broader nib but I prefer finer nibs for note taking. I was also a "printer" for most of my life and have finally begun using cursive as a daily hand. Please excuse the rather boring subject matter.

 

Pen: Lamy Safari EF

Ink: MontBlanc 90th Anniversary Permanent Grey

 

Any suggestions or comments would be greatly welcomed.

Edited October 22, 2014 by Abner C. Kemp

[silver ink]

http://i1368.photobucket.com/albums/ag175/ink00/translation2_zps04236cd9.jpg

[Ernst Bitterman]

This is from a few years ago when I decided it was time to set to some practice. I can now claim that unless I'm really rushing, this is pretty much the normal look of it:

http://ravensmarch.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/pnmnshp_0001.jpg

 

...which is not stellar, but good enough for getting along on.

[zuerincolour]

Went back, saw my old post (page 38) and was so shocked to see how my writing has transformed! So I decided to post an updated version. Medium not a fine nib. (oops)

 

http://i58.tinypic.com/9h2m89.jpg

[n2o_spark]

This is what is used to look like ( ignore the actual words i was just writing thoughts when i got my first FP )
http://i57.tinypic.com/oh1com.jpg

This is what it looks like now mostly:
http://i59.tinypic.com/jkjf3l.jpg

[Freddy]

written at breakneck speed without incident.....................................

 

Fred

[maverick777]

My current handwriting. Still working to get more consistency.

 

http://i.imgur.com/tMHZOC9.jpg

[CSG]

Here's a recent sample of my cursive. I'm a lefty overwriter without much of a hook. I tilt my page the same way as righties do. The pen was a Waterman Charleston with a Fine nib (although it seems more like a medium to me). Ink is Waterman Mysterious Blue. Cheap legal pad (thus the see through to the next page).

 

 

I'd really love to hear some feedback. I've mostly printed over the past few decades and only recently have tried writing in cursive again.

Edited November 2, 2014 by CSG

[idazle]

Went back, saw my old post (page 38) and was so shocked to see how my writing has transformed! So I decided to post an updated version. Medium not a fine nib. (oops)

 

http://i58.tinypic.com/9h2m89.jpg

 

Nice achievement! This is a legible, pretty and efficient handwriting.

[Freddy]

 

Fred

Help me, Cassius, or I sink ~ William Shakespeare

[musicman123]

http://i.imgur.com/NJmH9a3.jpg

[Freddy]

At the present time..looks like the followin'.........................................................

 

Fred

..we are engaged in a generational battle today....

whose beginning we are closer to than its end....

~ Timothy Geraghty

[2pence]

I know 2 of these are reposts and old and not my hand writing but I just had to express my absolute love for the following:

 

 

Especially the black, I love how it is uniform but also with some imprefections letting the character come through (could be a little more scribbled for my taste )

 

http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy107/crewel/WritSample2.jpg?t=1274418235

 

This one below had me literally drooling for quite some time, I love it such scribble with great character.

 

 

Then there is the following (note mine!), my neighbours' in Belgium some 10 years ago, this is just an extract from a note she gave me.

 

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx115/accjnt/Cursive/Cursive1_zps5ae6d7a1.jpg

For me personally this is the holy grail of attainment, if I could write like this! It combines elegance with something of a loose hand (or scribbled as I like to call it)

Edited November 5, 2014 by 2pence

[Vlad Soare]

Personally, I don't like the last one. I find it messy and just barely legible.

I love the first one. It's precisely the kind of handwriting I'm pursuing, though mine is still far from that beauty and neatness.

Edited November 5, 2014 by Vlad Soare

[Freddy]

 

Fred

Sincerely ----The Moonglows

Edited November 6, 2014 by Freddy

[zuerincolour]

 

Nice achievement! This is a legible, pretty and efficient handwriting.

Thanks!

[Freddy]

 

Fred

[LJ50]

For pretty much the last decade or so I have written with a PIlot Hi-Tec C (or G-Tec C4 as it's known in the UK) and people frequently commented on my distinctive, spidery scrawl. Note I say "commented", not "complimented". About 6 months ago I decided to try writing with a fountain pen, as I just think they look really quite elegant. Sadly, they haven't made my writing so.

 

Below is a few samples of my writing, having been reading it for the past fews months, I'd really appreciate feedback and also if anyone can recommend a method that will need as little adaptation from my natural style as possible, but which will look rather better.

 

http://i57.tinypic.com/2jfaosp.jpg

[Thirston]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/thirston/CursiveSample.jpg

[Freddy]

three days later..like this....

 

Fred