Practise Sentences Please

[BookCat]

Hi, I've searched out many pangram sites but find them either too short or too tedious. I want sentences, or perhaps short paragraphs, for practising handwriting. I'm sure that many others would find these helpful too. Perhaps something easy to remember? I've written out the words to 'The Owl and the Pussycat' so many times that it is really starting to pall. Most song lyrics are depressing, so I've avoided those.

 

Help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

[danieln]

I use two, the famous 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' and 'The five boxing wizards jump quickly'. Shakespear's sonnets are also a nice way to practice.

[knarflj]

Shakespear's sonnets are also a nice way to practice.

+1 Also a lot of the famous soliloquies, Psalms, and other poetry. The bonus is that if you write those often enough, you end up memorizing some really good writing.

 

There are also a lot of suggestions in this thread: https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/251594-do-you-have-a-test-phrase/

[D B Holtz]

Alphabet sentences.txt

 

These are the sentences I use for practice.

 

DB

 

 

[BookCat]

Thanks for the suggestions so far. The only problem with Shakespeare's Sonnets is that they're not always ready to hand, otherwise this is a great suggestion.

[dms525]

Not all song lyrics are depressing. Here's an old music hall song. I think my Father learned it from some RAF flyers during WW II.

 

 

 

There are lots more verses. Excuse the writing. I did this a few years ago when I was just starting to practice italic writing.

 

David

[Randal6393]

For practice, I usually copy out poetry. Or quotes.

 

My earliest was Beowulf, have done The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, and am currently writing out Rabindarath Tagore's works.

 

In between, a lot of Shakespeare, Kipling, and Gandhi.

 

Just grab a book you like and start copying.

 

Enjoy,

[BookCat]

dms525, love the poem and wouldn't have realised that this was an early attempt at italic, it looks great to me.

 

There are some occasions when I don't have a book (or ereader) to hand. Maybe I should learn some poetry or Lear's limericks for this purpose.

 

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

[FayeV]

Some more ideas for you can be found in this thread:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/261301-difficult-words-practice-sentences/

 

 

I like to sit down and practice one of those paragraphs when I have some free time.