My Hand-Writing.. Is It That Bad ?

[h.farmawi]

http://imageshack.com/a/img89/5364/ywct.jpg

[Charles Rice]

Better than mine.

[DC Kate]

Perfectly legible--I can read it with ease. That is the most important characteristic, in my opinion. If you'd like it to be more *attractive* (which is a different animal from *legible*), I'm sure you'll get some good advice here.

 

I'm in the same boat as you--my handwriting is legible, but not at all "pretty." I would like it to be both!

[h.farmawi]

Perfectly legible--I can read it with ease. That is the most important characteristic, in my opinion. If you'd like it to be more *attractive* (which is a different animal from *legible*), I'm sure you'll get some good advice here.

 

I'm in the same boat as you--my handwriting is legible, but not at all "pretty." I would like it to be both!

i need some practice i hope ill get both one day

[h.farmawi]

Better than mine.

still need to work on it i think i have a long way to get through

[ac12]

If you want attractive,

• Take a look at the various writing templates, and find one that has a style that you like.
• Then spend 30-60 minutes a day practicing.
  • Sometimes just individual letters (to get the form),
  • Sometimes words and sentences (to keep from getting bored writing individual letters).
• When you practice, relax and go SLOW, don't rush.
  You want to try to develop your muscle memory to the new letter form. This WILL take time, but keep at it.
• I suggest using WIDE ruled paper and a F nib pen. This way you can see the path the pen is taking, and you can see your mistakes. I found that using a wide nib or narrow ruled paper will hide some of the mistakes.
• When you do a letter or word really well, stop and enjoy it, then try to repeat it several times.

gud luk

[h.farmawi]

If you want attractive,

• Take a look at the various writing templates, and find one that has a style that you like.
• Then spend 30-60 minutes a day practicing.
  • Sometimes just individual letters (to get the form),
  • Sometimes words and sentences (to keep from getting bored writing individual letters).
• When you practice, relax and go SLOW, don't rush.

  You want to try to develop your muscle memory to the new letter form. This WILL take time, but keep at it.

• I suggest using WIDE ruled paper and a F nib pen. This way you can see the path the pen is taking, and you can see your mistakes. I found that using a wide nib or narrow ruled paper will hide some of the mistakes.
• When you do a letter or word really well, stop and enjoy it, then try to repeat it several times.

gud luk

thanks Sir. for your advise gonna work with it, hope i get better

[Stompie]

You can also use squared paper.
On that sort of paper you will be able to size your letters to fit each square which will give you a more consistent size to your letter and spacing between words and letters.

[Charles Rice]

Though I do not have great handwriting skills, I have changed the way I write certain letters by doing it over and over again no matter how unnatural it seems to me at first. Now, those letters come out the way I want them without any thought. In fact, writing them the older way is what seems un-natural now.

[ac12]

 

Though I do not have great handwriting skills, I have changed the way I write certain letters by doing it over and over again no matter how unnatural it seems to me at first. Now, those letters come out the way I want them without any thought. In fact, writing them the older way is what seems un-natural now.

 

+1

Over time my letters drifted away from standard, and some were UGLY.

I did just what Charles said, and got some of them looking much better.

 

I started my quest to fix my handwriting in Aug of 2013. It is MUCH better, but as it gets better my eye sees more things to fix.

Then it is the writing technique that also changes. I used to be finger writer, then I "tired" to change to arm writing. That was HARD, VERY HARD, it took me 3-4 months of constant writing, an hour or more every day, before it became somewhat natural. Even today, more months later, I still have to watch myself, so I don't regress and finger write.

I found that I cannot handle changing more than 2 things at the same time, or it gets hard to concentrate on fixing the problem. For me, better is to address ONE problem at a time. Solve that problem, then move on to the next problem/challenge.

There is always something more to fix.

 

gud luk

[h.farmawi]

here is some of my progress ive shearched the internet watched some videos got some stuff i liked still have some problems sometimes off the lines still have a problem with writing an SS or an FF letters in a decent way but i think after a few months ill skip a level and start a more advanced one.
here is a picture of some of my pens names :http://imageshack.com/a/img853/3686/j9pe.jpg

[ac12]

Hey, not bad

Watch the capitals. In your example the P and to a lesser degree the S.

When I write, I normally do not leave blank lines between my writing, so ascenders and decenders can and do crash into each other. In your case the ascenders would crash into anything in the line above.

 

The S can be a bit more consistent, and the decender of the f looks stunted compared to the decender of the g.

These are just minor stuff to work on.

All in all, a BIG difference...good job.

 

BTW, I like your P, it looks nice. That is a good example of individual styling. But can you do that fast? I am thinking normal speed writing. You could have 2 different shapes

• One for when you have time to be fancy (the example above), and
• Another one for when you are doing work and need to write somewhat fast. Similar to when you wrote the first example at the top.

[h.farmawi]

 

Hey, not bad

Watch the capitals. In your example the P and to a lesser degree the S.

When I write, I normally do not leave blank lines between my writing, so ascenders and decenders can and do crash into each other. In your case the ascenders would crash into anything in the line above.

 

The S can be a bit more consistent, and the decender of the f looks stunted compared to the decender of the g.

These are just minor stuff to work on.

All in all, a BIG difference...good job.

 

BTW, I like your P, it looks nice. That is a good example of individual styling. But can you do that fast? I am thinking normal speed writing. You could have 2 different shapes

• One for when you have time to be fancy (the example above), and
• Another one for when you are doing work and need to write somewhat fast. Similar to when you wrote the first example at the top.

 

Thanks for your support Sir.

i will work on your advise for sure, and yeah this is kinda slow writing so i can get a good shape that i like and till my hands are taken for these shapes ill try to go faster, here in this example the last P in Platignum is the fastest one and i think its better than al of the others .

still thinking of a way to get a nice capital A,M and N i think im getting the A also the N wont be a hard one to find a good looking shape for it i think the M will be kinda problem suggestions would be nice for a capital M

will keep you posted on the capital A and N

PS : the P is not totally mine

Edited April 15, 2014 by h.farmawi

[h.farmawi]

here is some of my A,N and M that i found they might be nice, the first A is from my individual styling and i dont think ill go for it i think ill go for the 3rd A, The 2nd and 3rd N are also form my individual styling and i think ill go for the 3rd one also ''the first N looks like the small n that i dont like'' and for the M the seconed one is from my individual styling and i think ill go for it the first one is from the interne like the first n...
so ill practise ont the one i told you guys about, any advice ?http://imageshack.com/a/img834/7483/yaoz.jpg

[ac12]

WOW you have a nice hand.

MUCH nicer than my plain writing.

For some of my writing I have alternate letter forms; one for fast writing (like your top row N) and one for slower more relaxed writing (like your bottom row N). But my slow letter forms are not as ornate as yours. Hmmmm maybe I should work on making it more ornate.

I found some of my letter forms by looking around. Example, my L is based on the L in the Leica logo, and my G is based on the General Mills logo. So my writing does not stay static. If I find a letter form that I like, I might adopt it, and replace a letter form that had been using.

[Gloucesterman]

Take some time and compare where you started and where you are now.

 

One of the greatest challenges an "improving" writer confronts is that they/we compare ourselves to the masters, the ones in the books and guides. That's why it's very important (imho) to keep your practice sheets, from the beginning. Think of yourself as striving to reach you "Personal Best".

 

Check out the 2 or 3 of each letters you have done well. Carefully copy each of those at the beginning of a practice line. Use the beginning letters on each line as your guide, take your time and work slowly in copying the letter. Picture in your mind how you want it to look.

 

Do this with letters you like as well as the ones that challenge you.

 

Finally, if you don't keep a journal now, start one. Begin to use your new and improving skill to have fun and create something you might want to keep for a life time.

 

Enjoy and keep up the good work. Your progress is impressive.

 

-S-

[h.farmawi]

WOW you have a nice hand.

MUCH nicer than my plain writing.

For some of my writing I have alternate letter forms; one for fast writing (like your top row N) and one for slower more relaxed writing (like your bottom row N). But my slow letter forms are not as ornate as yours. Hmmmm maybe I should work on making it more ornate.

I found some of my letter forms by looking around. Example, my L is based on the L in the Leica logo, and my G is based on the General Mills logo. So my writing does not stay static. If I find a letter form that I like, I might adopt it, and replace a letter form that had been using.

Really thanks for your support , im trying to do the same thing keep checking how lettets look in logos i pass by on the streets or on anything i find its kinda helpful

i bought a scanner yesterday so i can make some more detailed photos insted of taking them by my phone

[h.farmawi]

Take some time and compare where you started and where you are now.

 

One of the greatest challenges an "improving" writer confronts is that they/we compare ourselves to the masters, the ones in the books and guides. That's why it's very important (imho) to keep your practice sheets, from the beginning. Think of yourself as striving to reach you "Personal Best".

 

Check out the 2 or 3 of each letters you have done well. Carefully copy each of those at the beginning of a practice line. Use the beginning letters on each line as your guide, take your time and work slowly in copying the letter. Picture in your mind how you want it to look.

 

Do this with letters you like as well as the ones that challenge you.

 

Finally, if you don't keep a journal now, start one. Begin to use your new and improving skill to have fun and create something you might want to keep for a life time.

 

Enjoy and keep up the good work. Your progress is impressive.

 

-S-

Thank you Sir. for your advice, im keeping all my practice sheets so i can see how far im going also i think i might get some benefit from them.

wish me luck

thanks

[h.farmawi]

here are some letters i wrote today when i had some free time at my shop i didnt expect them to be beautiful somehow some of these letters rellay looke nice i liked the A, B, C, D, E, N, L and the blue M the W was bad i think , i used paint to cut them from anothe photo i scanned so i upload one pichure
so what do you think ?

http://imageshack.com/a/img838/4155/e3wo.jpg

Edited April 16, 2014 by h.farmawi

[Sasha Royale]

Your writing is easily readable. As you have noticed, H.Farmawi deliberately practices the shape of his letters, so they look

the way he (she ?) wants them to appear. It is a temptation to write faster, since you can think of words much faster than you

can write. I am learning to be slow and deliberate.

 

Practicing on lined paper is helpful, but actual writing is more pleasurable practice. Whenever possible, I hand-write memoranda

and shopping lists, and personal letters. Personal letters have many other benefits, beyond practicing penmanship. On my grocery

list, instead of "bananas", I write, "Buy two yellow bananas and two green bananas," or "Milk, milk, milk --one for the house, one for

mother, one for the refrigerator at work."

 

Write slowly, deliberately, and with joy in your heart.