Is this the most beautiful handwriting in the world?

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Said to be the most beautiful handwriting, produced by a year 8 student in Nepal,

 

It is worth studying closely to see how they have shaped their letters, stunning work.

 

[knarflj]

That is very beautiful work, thanks for sharing.

[inkstainedruth]

My handwriting was NEVER that good.  EVER (and my husband's chicken scratching is so bad that even HE can't read it sometimes...).

What would "Year 8" be the equivalent to as far as the US school system?  Middle school (grades 6-8)?  High school (grades 9-12)?  [Elementary school would be kindergarten through grade five; or, roughly -- age-wise, from about 5 to 10 years old; so middle school would be about ages 11-13, and then high school would be up to about to age 17 or 18....]

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

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Year 8 in Nepal is the final year of Primary education in Nepal Ruth, so aged 14, secondary Education starts at age 15 and is 4 years, grades 9-12.

 

I think that the handwriting is remarkable, not only for the shape of each and every letter and word but the spacing of each letter and the uniformity of the words on the page. The writer has considered how longer words might fit on the line without the need for a hyphen and completion of the word on the line below.  Additionally, there is a huge amount of style and refinement on every capital letter.

 

A lot of skill in one so young.

 

 

[Carrau]

Remarkable, indeed.

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We wax lyrical about the handwriting nuances of stubs, itallics, flex and other specialist nibs.

 

This work was done with a humble Parker Vector.

 

The writer beat entrants from all over the world.

 

 

[inkstainedruth]

  A Parker Vector?  I'm even MORE impressed (unless the kid had a calligraphy set Vector, but even then....)

Of course, at the same time I'm more than a little smug at the people who sneer at Vectors (and stuff like Lamy Safaris, and Sheaffer No-Nonsense pens) as being "school pens"....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Duffy]

14 hours ago, Beechwood said:

The writer has considered how longer words might fit on the line without the need for a hyphen and completion of the word on the line below.

 

 

This is something I am concentrating on myself. Sometimes I do a "dummy run" to check if I can fit it in. Sometimes I miscalculate. 

 

As for the above writing itself....beautiful !!👏✍️

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45 minutes ago, Duffy said:

This is something I am concentrating on myself. Sometimes I do a "dummy run" to check if I can fit it in. Sometimes I miscalculate. 

 

As for the above writing itself....beautiful !!👏✍️

 

 

I was taught handwriting when I was eight years old and one of the objectives was to justify the right hand margin. This was achieved by  minutely altering the spacing of the words so that the final letter on each written line was directly under the final letter on the preceding line, not easy, especially when your head was thinking about lunch and watching Popeye the Sailor and Boss Cat.

 

We were encouraged to try your suggested dummy run to perfect the spacing and work on the basis of 0.5 inches per small word, including spacing, one inch for longer words  and working to an available space of six inches across the page you knew how many words could fit on the line. We drew a pencilled line down the page on the right hand side  one inch from the edge of the page which would be erased when the ink had dried thoroughly.

 

[inkstainedruth]

Yikes!  I don't think I ever had to worry about justified lines until I was in college and taking graphic design classes....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

 

[Alexandra]

That is completely gorgeous.

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1 hour ago, Eleano233 said:

I had bad handwriting in the 8th grade. I could barely understand what I wrote.

 

About 10 years ago I met someone who asked for advice on improving their handwriting. They were working in construction and their job involved taking notes of a meeting, forming an action plan and then circulating the Minutes of the meeting, up to 20 attendees at a meeting. They were really put on the spot when they read their notes the following day and could not read a single word of their notes and had to go round to other people asking 'what do they remember'.

 

They practiced hard, bought a lined notebook and really worked at producing legible and consistent handwriting, including the line of 88888s and OOOOOs, keeping control of long tailed lower case letters and even spacing through the page, even skipping a line between each line of notes.

 

Their handwriting is now a joy to read and they keep their handwritten notebooks from year to year.

 

I was involved in a Court Case around 1998 and was asked to produce evidence of instructions from a client. I had kept my notes in what I called a Day Book and had to submit my notes to a Judge who made the comment, 'This is the only evidence that I would have accepted, computer records or typed notes would not have been admissible as evidence'. Fortunately my handwriting was legible.

 

 

[avlisyar]

Incredible for such a young individual!