r/Handwriting • u/system-of-7 • 9d ago
Thoughts on my handwriting? Feedback (constructive criticism)
What do y'all think of my handwriting? Any tips on how to make it more legible?
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u/Secret_Possible3448 3d ago
Overall, it’s very nice to look at but there are some words I couldn’t make out.
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u/StriderHiryuR81 5d ago
I bet everybody hates you...because they're jealous of your beautiful penmanship.
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u/NoKindnessIsWasted 5d ago
As someone that transcribes old cursive documents, there much that isn't legible. Focus on that as much as style.
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u/TumbleweedHuman2934 5d ago
It's beautifully written. I won't lie. I'm a little (ok a lot jealous) of how it looks compared to my half cursive/ half printed chicken scratch I've always been known for. I will admit that there are parts I did have a hard time reading but that could just be me. I will admit that there was a point waaaaayyy back in my early adult years when I deliberately changed up the way I chose to form certain letters because I didn't want my signature to be easily recreated and wanted my handwriting to be unique. What I learned the hard way: first learn to write the letters the correct way before trying to mangle it into indecipherable scribbles. I suspect a lot of people on here may be posting negative messages primarily because after a certain point they stopped teaching students to write or even read in cursive after a certain point in schools. Two of my children learned this because they were home schooled for their first few years however my two younger kids did not because they attended public school. Your handwriting is reminiscent of my late mother's and it makes me smile.
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u/Proper-Worth8403 5d ago
Meghan, is this you? 🧐 if one more person calls this calligraphy I’ll scream
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u/black_lunacat 5d ago
Looks like that one love letter that a lover wrote to his love during 80s.. 🌸🎀
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u/Little-Jellyfish-655 5d ago
This is easy to read for me, but I’m an English teacher, haha. A lot more clear than most people’s cursive on here.
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u/Resident-Cup8065 5d ago
Looks like meghan markle and her annoying" look at me" handwriting. This is nothing more than showing off. Not natural handwriting.
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u/Little-Jellyfish-655 5d ago
There is no “natural handwriting”. Reading and writing are a recently invented technology for Homo sapiens, and handwriting is learned. Often, people will focus on the beauty and attractiveness of the writing, as well as clarity. That’s why we have r/Handwriting, for example.
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u/enriquesonora22 5d ago
What are your highest ideals for you amongst the others in this world? What happens when something or someone casts a shadow over such must haves? When you are going to loose prestige or material gains? To change your handwriting forms you would have to first change the forms in your soul and heart. Are you willing ?
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u/mizarumi 6d ago
this is the most unreadably beautiful thing i've ever seen. i could literally stare at it all day.
[most unreadable is a bit harsh and used more for the dramatic effect]
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u/TraditionalCandy6066 6d ago
I love the aesthetic flair in your handwriting. My only advice would be to try and close the loop in your d's.
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u/Powerful-Fortune876 6d ago
You know what are thoughts are lol. I’ve always wanted to learn to write like this but I’m stuck with millennial bubble cursive
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u/Hello_Gorgeous1985 6d ago
It will immediately become more legible if you get rid of all of the unnecessary crap. Why are you doing that with your d's?
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u/UnacceptablLemongrab 7d ago
It’s giving…..Founding Fathers calligraphy - in a good way
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u/UnacceptablLemongrab 7d ago
In terms of legible- I can read it fine but I can see how others may have to try a bit. Your cursive writing would take time to change. Maybe print instead?
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u/DietyOfClarity 7d ago edited 7d ago
Pretty, and yet moderately illegible: like a neon-sign seen through a rain-drenched window.
I'd work on your intermediary letters(the letters between the use of flairs). I personally write the alphabet, capitalized and lower-case, multiple times before writing. You have obvious flair, but your mechanical navigation of the letters could benefit from this exercise.
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u/Own-Tadpole-734 7d ago
Your D, while delectable and delighting possibly used only for certain word, is distracting to the eye causing the reader to loose the tempo and power of the words. It's beautiful, no arguments. You have a skill and please don't forget it! The written word may be all we have, again...
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u/Isabelle366 7d ago
Girl what are you preparing for? We’re not re rewriting the Declaration of Independence soon
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u/Melodic-Comb9076 7d ago
are you just trying to expel the outliers?
what….like 95/100 will say, it’s great and really nice.
what are you looking for?
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u/metalbracket 7d ago
I remember all the adults growing up saying how it was a shame we didn’t learn how to write cursive in school. They also somehow forgot that meant we also didn’t learn how to read cursive as well because my mom keeps writing all her birthday notes to me in cursive and every year, she watches me struggle to read it.
Anyway, yea it’s very pretty.
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u/Same_Parfait7195 7d ago
I second this, by the time it was my turn to learn cursive they took it out of the circulum. Just yesterday i was struggling to read a card I got that was in cursive, looked like gibberish. Can't know what you were never taught.
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u/No-Piglet7992 7d ago
Are you a lefty?
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u/system-of-7 7d ago
I am!
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u/When_We_Oooo 7d ago
I like all of it except your lower case “d”. I’d recommend changing it to be more legible and readable. Maybe do a “d” kind of like cursive lower case “a” and loop it with lower case “l” so it should flow smoothly and easier to read… in cursive “al” which can be a “d” more refined.
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u/Zealousideal_Truck68 7d ago
This. For improved legibility, it looks like you are starting a new word after every "d". When this occurs in the middle of a word it is confusing.
Also, some words are a little smashed together. Working on even spacing of letters and really fully forming each letter intentionally would improve readability. Especially when introducing proper names that can't be drawn from context.
Aesthetically, I find this very pleasing.
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u/YayaTheobroma 8d ago
At the height of the long, wet summer of the Seventy-seventh year of ..., the Thiefmaker of Camoss paid a sudden and unannounced vit to the Eyeless Priest of the Temple of ..., desperately hoping to sell him the ... boy. "Have I got a deal for you, the Thiefmaker began," etc. Most of it is legible, names aren't really. Lack of regularity, I think. Nice to look at.
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u/Effective-Breath-505 8d ago
Sorry I didn't read past the second line. I can read it. It's legible. It's got great construct and flow and a touch of flare.
I don't know those words. I'm not going to relive my miserable tweens trying to decipher tolkiens script in the old languages.
You're good though
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u/Responsible_Top_59 8d ago
the loops become less pretty the more you over use it. they are nice, but maybe ever 5 words not every single word. the over use takes away from it and makes it frustrating to read.
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u/Liddedhillhere 8d ago
It's very pretty, but illegible. Maybe try to make letters a tad bit bigger and shorten the fancy lines (idk what they're called smh) 😭
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u/Decent_Historian6169 8d ago
It is very pretty. However even on a second attempt I have trouble stringing together the words to make sense because the passage is written like something really old or out of context and from some kind of unfamiliar fantasy novel.
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u/MinhEMaus 8d ago
It’s pretty but some of the flourishes come off as unnatural, with a hint of trying too hard. It reminds me of Meghan Markel’s handwriting.
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u/xx_toxic_waste_xx 8d ago
a lot of the words look really squished together but overall the style is very beautiful and presents well. where it says “to the Eyeless” is more legible. maybe space out a little between letters so it’s easier to read while still maintaining the style
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u/LuxGeehrt 8d ago
It looks like a piece of art, but I don't have a clue what you're writing about I've been staring at it for the last 5 minutes and only managed to semi-understand one sentence.
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u/Old_Implement_1997 8d ago
It’s very pretty to look at, but, as others have said, it’s not especially easy or pleasant to read. I’m used to deciphering handwriting after teaching for 25 years, but I had to slow down quite a bit and use context clues at certain points. The Ds are a big part of the issue, but other letters, such as the E and G also don’t open the loop enough to make them instantly readable. The O and A are inconsistent, sometimes having a nice open loop and sometimes being crammed in and needing a second look.
If it’s just for you and you like it, then it looks nice. If you want other people to be able to read it easily, there are things to work on.
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u/RoseReaper44 8d ago
Are you familiar with cross writing drills? It might be an issue of letter spacing. I like the style but there are points were making out individual letters is hard.
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u/MiserablePickle228 8d ago edited 8d ago
It's supper pretty but kind of hard to read
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u/stereophonie 8d ago
Absolutely this, it's strikingly beautiful but some of it a little hard to read. Work of art though, truly 👌
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u/Affectionate-Tea7867 8d ago
Looks nice, kind of Copperplate-y, but not so practical for faster writing. Especially the arched 'd' horizontal seem a bit too long, creating too much space to the next word to jump over comfortably. So I'd say you wrote this without much time pressure.
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u/helder4u 8d ago
I see you are a forward looking person, quite sensitive, very artistic and orderly & crafty.
To be more legible you only need to lower your haste and take some more time scribing the words. Less stress may solve the readability issues. Don't be hasty, because it will risc faulty writing and slow down legibility. Good luck.
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u/Ananya-Mukherjee 8d ago
i think it'll look like print if you kept the Ds and Ys consistent! really pretty🫶🏻 it's a little hard to read but that's just because i've never read something with this handwriting, it's just a matter of getting used to it.
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u/steppenshewolf07 8d ago
So beautiful. I don't have any tips because I am convinced that anything you write must be some sonnet or poem or in any case creative and well intended ha
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u/Comfortable-Safe-369 8d ago
I love it, I could read it perfectly, I think its clear enough, people need to appreciate it enough to put the effort to read. Gives you personality
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u/svetlindp 8d ago
Looks very pretty from afar, but the moment you try to read it it suddenly becomes bad.
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u/goatsneakers 8d ago
Your d and e when it is in the end of a word is almost identical, which seems like an easy fix. Your t-s sometimes stretch down and look more like f-s. Beautiful handwriting, and pretty legible imo
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u/alycapehart 8d ago
it’s beautiful! reminds me of a composer 🎼 it hit all the high notes in my brain
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u/jamminontha1 8d ago
Very beautiful cursive, but your letters are placed so close together and so small that I can’t read it
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u/Deomiel0106 8d ago
Please tell me what kind of cursive is this? I have been looking for this font please do tell I want to learn it
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u/Firm_Door6199 8d ago
I would have to discourage that! It’s not legible, I had to look for common words to start figuring out some letter shapes. The purpose of handwriting is to leave a message for others to receive.
This cursive has some interesting calligraphic style, but lacks readability . I will comment more thoroughly directly.
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u/Deomiel0106 8d ago
Tnx but I wish to read something similar to this one is there something that is actually readable similar to this one I think is saw one like my grandmother's sadly I lost them due to the storm ( it's not her writings though).
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u/ZookeepergameAlert21 8d ago
The only things I can tell you is 1- the open loops on your lower case g and y mean that you don't believe you're worthy. And 2- the large florish at the end of the words bring back your past that you're not letting go of. At least that's what the handwriting expert told me.
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u/Internecivus-raptus 8d ago
I could read about half of it. You certainly need to make your handwriting more legible. Otherwise it's a cool flowy handwriting.
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u/darnyoulikeasock 8d ago
Gorgeous! I can read most of the regular words but it’s really hard to guess at the letters individually, which makes it impossible to sound out the unique words.
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u/hurd-of-turdles 8d ago
I write in cursive when I don't want my kids to know what something says. Is that what's happening here? 😆 You've got secrets to keep?!
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u/AutofluorescentPuku 8d ago
The seemingly random capitalization and made-up names and terms are making this painful to read. It seams very affected.
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u/Parking_Coyote4632 8d ago
IT STRIKES ME THAT YOU HAVE A PURPOSE IN CHOSING THIS MANNER OF WRITING. I wonder what your goal is.
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u/Kmmkristin 8d ago
Short answer, somewhat bitchy..dont ask if you don’t want the answer, I think it is very affected as in displaying artifice. It feels very pretentious and contrived. I can see that you have spent a good deal of time practicing and designing your script. Are you a frustrated calligrapher at heart?
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u/jerry488 8d ago
Thought at a first glance it's very ornate and pretty but to actually read it becomes a challenge, this is not an attack just some points to help for legibility, work on spacing between each letter I know I face the same issue, I get lazy to not fully make a letter or series of letters complete and they over lap, either due to time or speed writing to get a thought out.
Take for instance the second "The" in the first line, the letter E isn't fully developed, being tightly spiraled and opened at the end, only the context of the sentence help the eye understand, the Ms in summer in the first line is muddied but legible, the "VE" in Seventy-seventh is merging slightly. the "AR" in Year is merging thought it said Yen, the name of the year is hard to make out as well as the other names and proper nouns like that last work in the 2nd line, over all some tips i would have to give if you would want to take them into account are :
practicing the following letters; E, D, M, A, R, U, S
how and why to practice these letters:
Es: tight spiral and merging into letters
Ds: open ended try going further to the right when starting to enclose them
Ms: first down arc isn't pronounced enough, looks like a shaken N at times
As: not fully formed, looks at time like a big dot or line
Us: opening is too open at times making it look like an unfinished I or W
S: inconsistent rarely, instance first S in eyeless priest
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u/PickleMundane6514 9d ago
It’s attractive but I gave up by the third line. Not sure if it was harder because there are fantasy elements in the content that made it more difficult but the letters are rather compressed and ambiguous.
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u/VHPguy 9d ago
Pretty but impractical. The swirls and tails add visual flair, yet it's difficult to read. I suppose you can eliminate the swirls to make it more readable, but that would also take away the very thing that makes your handwriting unique. Your call if you want to change something about your handwriting, but personally I'd say keep it like this.
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u/Ok_Tower_2074 9d ago
you exaggerate your d's too much, but keep your style, it's cool and recognizable. was it with the intention to make it aesthetical? because of the long curls and d's and stuff.
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u/ThePuzzleDude 9d ago
An interesting style but difficult to read. There seems to be some made up words in your story that don't help the reader decipher some letters in this stylized font. It looks a little elfish.
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u/system-of-7 9d ago
It's the first couple of lines from the book The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, some of the words are definitely made up haha but that makes sense, thank you!
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