What Does Your Handwriting Look Like

[CatBookMom]

By the way CatBookMom, The Boss in your avatar on the bookcase is beautiful!

 

Thanks. Midnight was a lovely cat, though my husband used to say she was proof that blondes come in all colors.

 

About sending letters with practice lines, I expect it depends on the recipient, though someone who would complain about getting a beautifully written letter having lines on it may have some slightly skewed priorities, IMO

Edited April 5, 2011 by CatBookMom

[Emoo]

 

/cringes. Yeeeeep. That's mine alright. It's so weird. I've been trying to improve for ages, but nothing doing.

[Flaneurette]

Emoo - that is honestly the loveliest handwriting I have ever seen, totally charming!

[Emoo]

Emoo - that is honestly the loveliest handwriting I have ever seen, totally charming!

 

Aww, thanks. Still wish my handwriting was a little more regular though. But my random long tails on *certain* letters make me giggle. Like n's and s's. XD

[bass clef]

Broke the nib on my pen, reground it with rotary grinder. Kind of like the results.

[SBicknell]

Currently I am trying to improve my cursive into my daily hand. Currently I'll flip between this and a scrawling manuscript. I'm also considering changing over to a left underhand monoline or Spencerian for any slow careful writing. I'm currently a lefty over-writer. Paper is Rhodia No. 18 and Lamy safari EF with Lamy Blue Ink. I hope the photos show as this is my first ever attempt.

Cheers.

Scott

 

Edited April 20, 2011 by SBicknell

[CatBookMom]

Currently I am trying to improve my cursive into my daily hand. Currently I'll flip between this and a scrawling manuscript. I'm also considering changing over to a left underhand monoline or Spencerian for any slow careful writing. I'm currently a lefty over-writer. Paper is Rhodia No. 18 and Lamy safari EF with Lamy Blue Ink. I hope the photos show as this is my first ever attempt.

Cheers.

Scott

 

 

Your handwriting is very legible and quite consistent. I remember all the hassles grade school teachers gave the lefties in class, so unfair. If you look at the topics pinned at the beginning of this forum, you will find a lot of helpful sites if you wish to polish your handwriting. As I understand it, learning Spencerian will be a slow process, but it produces beautiful writing.

[CatBookMom]

Broke the nib on my pen, reground it with rotary grinder. Kind of like the results.

 

That's a very nice result! And especially when you restored a broken nib.

[SBicknell]

Currently I am trying to improve my cursive into my daily hand. Currently I'll flip between this and a scrawling manuscript. I'm also considering changing over to a left underhand monoline or Spencerian for any slow careful writing. I'm currently a lefty over-writer. Paper is Rhodia No. 18 and Lamy safari EF with Lamy Blue Ink. I hope the photos show as this is my first ever attempt.

Cheers.

Scott

 

 

Your handwriting is very legible and quite consistent. I remember all the hassles grade school teachers gave the lefties in class, so unfair. If you look at the topics pinned at the beginning of this forum, you will find a lot of helpful sites if you wish to polish your handwriting. As I understand it, learning Spencerian will be a slow process, but it produces beautiful writing.

 

Thank you. I realise how much work is involved with Spencerian. I will likely be a long project, but fun.

[LexieS]

My icky cursive and my so-so print.

[waterman1924]

Lexie, There is nothing wrong with your cursive writing....

[omicron]

http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k541/surrealdeal4/pix-1.jpg

[Makar]

http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k541/surrealdeal4/pix-1.jpg

 

 

Hey Omicron - that reminds me of my late evening after-dinner, cigars and port(s) hand Are you able to read it the next day? I never can...

[wrkerr]

All I can say is "wow" ! After seeing these samples, I have much to practice. I spent the past 34 years in law enforcement and everything, and I mean everything, had to be printed in all upper case using black ink. I have literally forgotten how many letters connect in cursive.

 

I welcome the challenge. Let the games begin.

[omicron]

 

Hey Omicron - that reminds me of my late evening after-dinner, cigars and port(s) hand Are you able to read it the next day? I never can...

 

I can read about 75% of it easily, the rest of it by context. Maybe a few words per page undecipherable.

 

>Tennis elbow, Carpal Tunnel, Arthritic knuckles, neuropathy, and lack of fine motor coordination secondary to diabetic motor cortex inflammation.

 

[ I only contribute to these threads for the sake of increasing the sample population size. /shrugs ]

[waterman1924]

 

Hey Omicron - that reminds me of my late evening after-dinner, cigars and port(s) hand Are you able to read it the next day? I never can...

 

I can read about 75% of it easily, the rest of it by context. Maybe a few words per page undecipherable.

 

>Tennis elbow, Carpal Tunnel, Arthritic knuckles, neuropathy, and lack of fine motor coordination secondary to diabetic motor cortex inflammation.

 

[ I only contribute to these threads for the sake of increasing the sample population size. /shrugs ]

 

Dang omicron, That hurts just thinking of it.....

Edited April 21, 2011 by waterman1924

[Wickwack]

Lexie - I love the block printing! A very personal style.

[dcpritch]

Here is a quick sample of my handwriting, using most of the pens I have inked today. I find that the bigger nibs enhance my writing, while the smaller (in this case, the Aurora Hastil M nib) reveal the deficiencies. Maybe that's why I gravitate toward wide nibs!

 

Suggestions?

 

[Wickwack]

dcpritch - quirky, easy to read, individual style - don't think you need any suggestions! Your writing is YOUR writing...

Edited April 21, 2011 by Wickwack

[LexieS]

Lexie - I love the block printing! A very personal style.

 

Thank you, Wickwack. As it says, my dad and his dad both printed in the same way. It makes me feel close to my grandfather again.