Palmer Style of Handwriting

[delray48209]

Example of my Palmer style handwriting.

[crouse-tn]

Example of my Palmer style handwriting.

 

I agree, your writing is nice and easily read. I seem to switch sometimes also between a version of italic and a version of cursive that is something like Palmer. Maybe switching between different writing styles is more common than one would think.

[kathleen]

In fifth grade we were instructed in cursive writing and each student had a Palmer method workwork in which to practice. I remember pages where we just produced rows and rows of ascending loops and pages where we produced closed counter-clockwise circles, then words, then phrases. Always our paper was to be at a slant.

My handwriting over the past fifty years has not strayed far from the form I was taught. I can still hear my teacher, Mrs. Higginbotham saying, "Penmanship matters, you must produce legible writing!"

Here is a page from one of my notebooks.

 

 

Edited March 22, 2011 by kathleen

[CatBookMom]

In fifth grade we were instructed in cursive writing and each student had a Palmer method workwork in which to practice. I remember pages where we just produced rows and rows of ascending loops and pages where we produced closed counter-clockwise circles, then words, then phrases. Always our paper was to be at a slant.

My handwriting over the past fifty years has not strayed far from the form I was taught. I can still hear my teacher, Mrs. Higginbotham saying, "Penmanship matters, you must produce legible writing!"

Here is a page from one of my notebooks.

 

 

 

 

Very pretty, extremely legible and a nice quotation.

[Porcher]

I remember being introduced to the Palmer Method of cursive writing in the second grade. I was expected to excel because the teacher was my grandmother's sister. Family ties did not insure favoritism! There would be an example written on the chalk board. We were to copy it into our notebooks. What I appreciate now is that the passage was actually a brief story about an art print that was also attached to the board. We students had a miniature print with a gummed backing to accompany our writing lesson. Thus, we were practicing our Palmer method - and learning about the Old Masters without being aware of it!

[PacificCoastPen]

We learned cursive (Zaner-Blosser style) in 4th grade (Montgomery County, MD) with Shaeffer student pens. (circa 1964)

 

My cousin (same age as me) learned the Palmer style in Boston, MA.

 

http://www.drawyourworld.com/lessons/cursive-manuscript.html

 

The Zaner-Blosser style has more closed loops starting capital letters.

 

Kids these days are learning D'Nealian cursive without the little loops.

 

I print-cursive now...speedier and very legible.

 

Sad to say, that school are thinking of not teaching cursive any longer with some kids in college now not able to read cursive. The late boomers and before are the last bastions of cursive???

[PacificCoastPen]

We learned cursive (Zaner-Blosser style) in 2nd grade (Montgomery County, MD). Circa 1964. We used Sheaffer school fountain pens in 4th grade? Ball point pens were banned in class until middle school.

 

My cousin (same age as me) learned the Palmer style in Boston, MA.

 

http://www.drawyourworld.com/lessons/cursive-manuscript.html

 

The Zaner-Blosser style has more closed loops starting capital letters.

 

Kids these days are learning D'Nealian cursive without the little loops.

 

I print-cursive now...speedier and very legible.

 

Sad to say, that schools are thinking of not teaching cursive any longer with some kids in college now not able to read cursive.

Edited April 10, 2012 by PacificCoastPen

[hark40]

Delray48209 that is very nice handwriting - far better than mine!!

 

PacificCoastPen, that web site is very interesting for a couple of reasons. Its an American based site, but the examples on that page you linked to include some styles used in various state schools here in Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.) The Linked-New South Wales style is what I was taught at school back in the early 70s (using ball point pens) with two minor changes. The lowercase s I learned was different (angled stroke upwards to the right, with a loop back down and around back up to meet the upstroke). The 4 I learned was closed. Then I learned Tech Drawing (drafting) at high school and that changed some letters, so my current writing style is a mish mash of a couple of different styles, sometimes printed, sometimes cursive. Its a mess..... I don't dare show any examples here.

 

I just take great pleasure in seeing nice examples here.

[HildyZ]

Learn something new every day. I always thought I learned Palmer method in school, but I think it was closer to D'Nealian. I still hate that goofy little boat on the bottoms of the "F's" and "T's".

 

That's a really useful website.

Edited April 11, 2012 by HildyZ

[Gcouch]

That's the same method that we learned in 2nd grade. I made my own hybrid by combining it with print for note taking.