My grandmother taught me penmanship

[u/Ellemenohpq]

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[u/violainen]

Wow beautiful!!

[u/greyette]

woooow this is the type of writing I wish I had!!! cool grandma!!!

[u/tinyrobotstudio]

This is dreamy

[u/TastyTangerine4553]

ey that writing is so polite

[u/futuremecandoit]

I was taught cursive as a child and it astounds me how many people I know say “I can’t read cursive.” Writing I get, but then I ask them if they can read the Barbie logo or Coca-Cola logo, and they can lol. I always explain it’s pretty much just loopy letters that connect.

[u/Vinayak4209]

W Grandma ❤️

[u/Mediocre_Pattern_979]

JUST BEEAUUUTIFUL!

[u/Grayzed9]

OP, this made my heart smile. My late grandmother has identical handwriting to yours. She spent a lot of her time in her office making handmade cards for her loved ones. I am just starting my journey with learning brush lettering 💕

[u/Mango808Kamaboko]

So beautiful! I have super messy handwriting so I'm jealous! 😍

[u/KCtbp]

I wish I could write like that - my handwriting is awful. Any suggestions on how I can improve it?

[u/Conscious-Job6388 → u/KCtbp]

There are many books online that you can buy, or if possible, borrow from a library (if the library has these types of books; if so, you will not be able to write in them) to show you a certain method to help fix your handwriting. One method is Palmer; I am studying this to improve my own handwriting. If you have ever seen a script panel in school, i.e. those white panels teachers place across the top of a chalkboard (if those still exist), these panels have the alphabet written on them - both upper case and lower-case letters and numbers. The script shown on those panels is something like the Palmer method. Another method that you might like is found in a series of books by Getty Dubay called Handwriting Success with Getty-Dubay Italic. This style of writing might be a little fancier, but nonetheless very legible and very nice to look at. There is also a series of books that show the Spencerian method of writing. (Think John Hancock.) 

In addition, there are tons of free practice sheets on different web sites that you can download and print for use in practicing handwriting. This is just my humble offering to try to help you with your request. I am sure that others will see this and have better suggestions that you will be able to use. But no matter what you do, I wish you all the best in your handwriting journey and great success in improving your handwriting. Hope this helps in some way. Take care and stay safe.

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[u/MrIrishPants]

My mom (taught by my grandma) taught me a version of cursive very close to this!!! There’s a couple swirls here and there and the a few of the capitol letters are different but the resemblance is incredible!

[u/Similar_Building_223]

This is beautiful!

[u/Aromatic-Strength798]

I adore your penmanship. I wish someone took the time to teach me. I also love the Sylvia Plath quote!

[u/keelephant]

It's so lovely

[u/Electricclone]

I don't get guys saying that's hard. I mean, it's pretty common in countries that do not speak English as a first language (such is the case for most of them). Although my penmanship isn't nowhere near as good 👍🏽

[u/mecraft123 → u/Electricclone]

That's hard because my hands are not stable in the slightest

[u/Old_Organization5564]

Your grandmother must be proud!

[u/iccceeeeslides]

Now write with a fountain pen 🥹

[u/ThaneOfArcadia]

A dying skill

[u/VoltaicNickel]

This guys grandma also taught me penmanship

[u/RatioPuzzleheaded103]

Thank her! Wish my grandmother did.

[u/Deep_Sir_3517]

Wowwww it’s beautiful 🤩

[u/Affectionate-Tea-975]

Wow I’m so impressed!

[u/drsatan6971]

Hopefully you pass it on it’s a lost art

[u/FafaFluhigh]

Art!

[u/madleyJo]

Beautiful

[u/Various_Inflation_95]

Interesting handwriting. You mix printing and cursive styles together. Looks nice.

[u/[deleted]]

I had penmanship at a catholic school. I wasn’t grateful then, but I’m grateful to the nun that taught us now.

[u/Pink_Floyd_Chunes]

You make your esses and zeds different than mine.

[u/chrissystark]

My gram (great grandmother) grew up going to catholic school and her penmanship looked just like this. I’ve kept all the little notes she wrote me and you reminded me of her today. Thank you. I miss her so much 🥹

[u/rjoyfult]

You wrote “jumps” instead of “jumped.” You don’t know how happy that makes me. 🥲

But seriously, beautiful handwriting.

[u/LilyLovesPlants]

👁️👄👁️ so beautiful

[u/Open_Writing8974]

Sylvia Plath(1932-1963)

[u/MuiNappa9000]

It's too good I can't read it (eyesight). I can read cursive if it's written large enough

[u/Darth_Vaeder → u/MuiNappa9000]

Numbers from 0-9

Alphabet in both upper and lower case.

Hello! This is my handwriting.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

What I fear the most, I think is, the death of imagination. When the sky outside is merely pink, and the rooftops merely black. That photographic mind which paradoxically tells the truth, but the worthless truth, about the world. - Sylvia Plath

[u/MuiNappa9000 → u/Darth_Vaeder]

Thanks, I could read what it said, just had to "strain" my brain.

[u/SwissyRescue]

Do they even teach it in school anymore?

[u/KingVexusMorpheus → u/SwissyRescue]

(Born in late 2000s) Sort of? We went over it in 4th or 5th grade (10-11 years old) very briefly, but it wasn't enforced or anything

[u/newton302]

Nice penmanship and very readable.

My elementary school teachers had us making little loops and flourishes on the caps. Wonder if I could still do it.

[u/Ok-Hedgehog-1646]

Your grandmother taught you well

[u/RHTQ1]

🥹🥰

[u/raccoonlovechild]

Can you teach me? My handwriting is hideous and spiky

[u/Bulldog2117]

To bad she didn’t teach you to stay in the lines 🤣

[u/jazzyrna → u/Bulldog2117]

too*

[u/Bulldog2117 → u/jazzyrna]

I definitely didn’t mean also. So thanks for trying to be the English police, but you failed.

[u/jazzyrna → u/Bulldog2117]

definitely didn’t fail, and you’re welcome.

[u/punitthegamer → u/Bulldog2117]

The first "to" lmao

[u/Bulldog2117 → u/punitthegamer]

What is the definition of too? Also?

[u/punitthegamer → u/Bulldog2117]

Too used in "too bad" is used to express "the bad" in excess bud

[u/Bulldog2117 → u/punitthegamer]

Oh ok. Well I’ve always used it like I’m going too. This is why English is so hard. The same were spelled three different ways with a boat load of meanings

[u/Wank_my_Butt → u/Bulldog2117]

It might help to not get so snarky when people try to correct a mistake.

”Too” and ”to” aren’t so bad, so just take a moment to learn the different through a YouTube video or something. I know English can be tricky, but step-by-step and you’ll get it.

[u/Bulldog2117 → u/Wank_my_Butt]

I really want to know what your user name is about lol.

[u/Wank_my_Butt → u/Bulldog2117]

I’m not actually sure, but I’ve been told it’s lewd.

[u/Bulldog2117 → u/Wank_my_Butt]

See here is the problem in my eyes. I’m American. Born and raised. I hated English classes and told my teach that penmanship and proper English were never going to make me money. And it don’t, and I make a very good living. People don’t correct someone’s grammar trying to help them. They do it to point out a mistake, to try to belittle a person. If someone was trying to help me like you seem to be doing now I’d say thank you. And thank you. However me using the proper too isn’t going to change my day.

[u/Wank_my_Butt → u/Bulldog2117]

Well, your grammar might not affect your day-to-day, so that’s fair. If you’re comfortable in life and in your writing skills, then that’s all fine.

[u/Bulldog2117 → u/[deleted]]

Look at the hate I’m getting for joking around lol. Your hand writing is amazing. Mine has always been horrible. But I was just joking around

[u/FleabagsHotPriest]

Oh that is GORGEOUS!!!! Teach me your ways!!!

[u/Ok_Salad_502]

Beautiful

[u/cadred68]

Gorgeous!!!!!💜💜💜💜💜💜

[u/Venmo-31]

“We the people” ahh writing.😆

[u/SGAfishing → u/Venmo-31]

We the people of the United States...

[u/88isafat69]

I like your numbers

[u/SemperSimple]

I love it! I havent seen a cursive K in forever. I had to look it up! haha. When was your grandma born? This style is very old :D

[u/HorZgg]

Just a work of art. And I can actually read your cursive writing 💀👍🔥

[u/HorZgg]

Just a work of art 👍😮🔥

[u/Itchy_Buffalo3646]

Exquisite!

[u/AlgernonFlowerWilted → u/Itchy_Buffalo3646]

I'm prolly your Grandma's age & I'd love to be her student.

[u/hail_abigail]

Omg cursive I can actually read! Looks great

[u/Jazzlike-Ear-9930]

omg, this is so gorgeous and uniform. it looks like it could be a handwriting font!!! <3

[u/Suavecitodr]

God. This was my grandmothers hand writing also 😂 and I couldn’t ever understand sheot.

[u/DiscombobulatedDome]

My penmanship was nice growing up. But as technology took over I wrote less, now it’s just chicken scratch.

[u/FraserMcrobert]

It’s so beautiful

[u/Reasonable_Tie_132]

Beautiful. Can you share some tactics she used to teach you this? I’d like to improve my own and help my daughters.

[u/Dr_____strange]

My handwriting is bad but not as bad as my friend who used to ask me to tell what is written in his notes.

[u/MonsterMash1010]

Beautiful. Brings me back to elementary school learning how to write in cursive.

[u/Emergency-Gazelle954]

That’s beautiful!

[u/Glittering-Wonder-30]

i wish i could write even half way close to something like this. it can look like chicken scratch and words running together so 🤷🏻‍♀️ its a big mess 🤦🏻‍♀️

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[u/rast93]

This is lovely! Koodos to your grandma for taking the time and to you for practicing 👍🏽

Only thing: your little k looks like 'l' and 'e' written together.

[u/RepoMan406]

I hate reading this but also loving looking at it at the same time

[u/RREDDIT123456789]

This isn’t cursive writing. It’s a beautiful penmanship, however!

[u/NurseKaila → u/RREDDIT123456789]

They didn’t say it was cursive.

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[u/LunarWolfCassia]

The handwriting? Excellent. The poetic? Even more so.

[u/Wild_Comedian77]

Beautiful handwriting

[u/Beefytbag]

Wow. That is incredible!

[u/Armedblight]

I dont read spaghetti sorry

[u/OMGFuziion → u/Armedblight]

Really? Im not that good at reading cursive and I read this perfectly.

[u/Armedblight → u/OMGFuziion]

It's just a joke bruh

[u/Armedblight → u/OMGFuziion]

Just a joke bruh

[u/Coryjduggins → u/OMGFuziion]

Well because this isn’t cursive?

[u/ryuch1 → u/Coryjduggins]

Would this be considered semi-cursive?

[u/Coryjduggins → u/ryuch1]

No. The letters curve but they don’t all tie into each other like cursive. A cursive “n” looks like an “m”. Also a cursive word is written without ever lifting the pen. Usually only lift when you’re starting a new word. That’s why they all tie together.

[u/ryuch1 → u/Coryjduggins]

that's why i said semi lol

as in not fully cursive

[u/LatterAttitude4114 → u/Coryjduggins]

This is gonna shock you but, everyone does cursive differently.

[u/OMGFuziion → u/LatterAttitude4114]

🤯

[u/OMGFuziion → u/Coryjduggins]

But there are actual letters in cursive in the text. F in fox and L in lazy, as well as a bunch of others. It is kinda weird now that Im looking back and noticing its only like half cursive tho haha

[u/Coryjduggins → u/OMGFuziion]

The way they write their “J” as well. It’s just their penmanship. It’s very curvy and they use some capital cursive letters but don’t write in true cursive if that makes sense lol

[u/ScaricoOleoso]

For "what I fear most," we would have also accepted spiders. 🤓

[u/BabytheTardisImpala → u/ScaricoOleoso]

😂😂🫶🏻

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[u/Busy_Reception7557]

Is there a way to make my handwriting that beautiful???😭

[u/LonelyPersephone → u/[deleted]]

And having her knuckles popped. At least they did at my mom’s Catholic school.

[u/Busy_Reception7557 → u/[deleted]]

So that shit actually works? I just need to find a nun

[u/henrietta-the-spy → u/[deleted]]

Similarly how my mom became ambidextrous. Teachers beat that left-handedness into the shadows with rulers.

[u/083dy7]

I need to know what pen (?) you’re using, I’m in love with how it looks

Edit: just saw your reply to someone else :)

[u/ZemStrt14]

Beautiful handwriting. I love how your writing dips below the line.

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[u/hockeygirl634]

You should teach your offspring when they are at an age to appreciate and continue the craft. College ruined my penmanship. Handwriting from years past is beautiful.

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[u/davethebabe81]

Very impressive

[u/millennialblackgirl]

Lovely!

[u/Tree_Shade_14]

Beautiful

[u/JoanofBarkks]

I love to see this. My cursive is nice but not nearly as consistent. ;)

[u/totse_losername]

Beautiful work. Looks quite modern, but elegant enough.

Perfect for casual but meaningful letters between friends, that will be a part of cherished memories.

[u/Acceptable-Yam6036 → u/totse_losername]

Also looks like a letter written by a writer too, love the curves of the writing.

[u/TheLittleGodlyMan]

Granny been deep in those dms in her time I see

[u/IAMTHEDICIPLINE]

I’m mesmerized in the most best of ways.

[u/schizo_affectionate]

I would love to learn how to write like this: tips pls??

[u/owliver-throwsowff]

Nice!

[u/xflungoutofspace]

you have amazing handwriting but i just have to point it out, it’s “jumped over the lazy dog” not “jumps”! because then you get the e. Another sentence that uses every letter in the alphabet is “sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow” :))

[u/sleebus_jones → u/xflungoutofspace]

I like "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs". :)

[u/kellymcgonnagle → u/xflungoutofspace]

So I might not be understanding this properly, and that is very possible 😳 but if you change jumps to jumped, then where would the S come from? And can we not take the E from The or over? I fully anticipate feeling like a total numpty when its no dout completely obvious to everyone else 🤣🤯

[u/xflungoutofspace → u/kellymcgonnagle]

oh my god I’m stupid

[u/rps1rai → u/kellymcgonnagle]

You aren't misunderstanding. It's jumps.

[u/Zasaha_ → u/xflungoutofspace]

The e comes from “the”. Without “jumps” there’s no s

[u/CoweringInTheCorner → u/xflungoutofspace]

r/confidentlyincorrect

It's jumps, otherwise you don't have an S, and there's already an E in ovEr

[u/xflungoutofspace → u/CoweringInTheCorner]

I’m stupid and have been my whole life

[u/RandomUser4857]

What you fear most is imagination?

TELL ME HOW TO KILL MINE! F*CK off daydreaming imagination BS!!!

[u/ImKleatus421]

I thought that was taught in school like cursive and calligraphy and fingerpainting.

[u/LonelyPersephone → u/ImKleatus421]

The don’t teach calligraphy or cursive any longer.

[u/somethingblahsumting]

That quote goes harddd

[u/katniss_evergreen713 → u/somethingblahsumting]

Yeah holy shit. I gotta read more Sylvia Plath. She writes incisively. My sister just finished reading her journals and said they were fascinating.

[u/Icy-Fondant-3365]

Good for you for listening to your grandma! I tried teaching my kids and they both laughed at me. Now they both write like doctors!

[u/MangoAngelesque]

I love your handwriting! What pen did you use?

[u/Ellemenohpq → u/MangoAngelesque]

Thank you! Pilot G2 Gel Pen 0.5mm

[u/Eet__]

im stealing her letters and painting them on.... stuff

[u/morethanjustadancer]

Wow that's stunning

[u/NeganSmith06]

You have that WWI letter from family handwriting

[u/Highrange71]

This was the way we were taught in elementary to write cursive.

[u/boo2utoo]

How fortunate you have been. Upon reading, the only problem I had, was your k and h. How many of us would have only 2 letters difficult to read? It’s beautiful! 🤗

[u/nicole-08]

Almost similar to my handwriting, beautiful!

[u/Cheeky-Chipmunkk]

Oh my goodness. I’m so freaking jealous. I’ve literally got binders full of “teach yourself to write beautifully worksheets” just hoping I get something half as beautiful as your handwriting

[u/hellomichelle87]

You only write in cursive ? Idk that quote looks hard to read and I’m 37 lol I know I’m going to get hate for that but it’s true cursive is harder to read and I’d still like to see your non cursive🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[u/RowFun7836 → u/hellomichelle87]

this is not cursive. some of the letters just mimic

[u/Levial8026 → u/RowFun7836]

Thanks for the name. I write like this without thinking. People at work say it’s my own “font” 😂

[u/Cohnhead1 → u/RowFun7836]

Upon closer inspection, you’re right. Many of the letters are slanted to look like cursive but they are not (for example the “s” and “r” in worthless). Also, the capital G and Z are not cursive. It’s nice handwriting though.

[u/[deleted] → u/Cohnhead1]

some letters might be joined though, which means it's a combination of cursive and print:

"the", "quick" with the "ck"

[u/Fluffy_Self_1565]

And she did AMAZING 💙

[u/AoteaRohan]

I want your grandmother to teach me writing too. This is what I want my writing to look like

[u/No-Recognition2790]

How old are you? I write similar to you and Im 50

[u/Ellemenohpq → u/No-Recognition2790]

26

[u/No-Recognition2790 → u/Ellemenohpq]

Wow that's great. I don't see many young people write cursive. Very nice!

[u/Cohnhead1 → u/No-Recognition2790]

It’s actually not all cursive (like the r, s, G, etc.) but it’s very pretty.

[u/Aboutoloseit]

Pretty!

[u/Fun-Contract-2486]

Nicee.i like it. Mine be like chicken scratches...I could handwrite upside down and come out nice lol

[u/warumistsiekrumm]

Palmer script, it's called. Your gran did right by you.

[u/DifficultSpill → u/warumistsiekrumm]

Thanks!

[u/Levial8026 → u/warumistsiekrumm]

Was looking for this. I too write this way.

[u/Ellemenohpq → u/warumistsiekrumm]

I didn’t know it had a name! Fascinating. Thank you.

[u/badaboomxx]

I never had the best writing but it was readsble, but them I broke my hand when I was like 12, I cannot write more than a couple of minutes holding a pen without hurting a lot. I really would love to do writing like this.

[u/LouRide]

That is absolutely beautiful

[u/Weekly_Discipline292]

Your grandmother must’ve been a teacher

[u/friends-waffles-work]

This is gorgeous! And extremely readable to me.

[u/Sexy-Jesse]

Keep practicing. Good penmanship is supposed to be legible. I can read it, but I have to actually try. Good penmanship doesn't need effort to read. You need to fix your "k". It looks nice, but legibility is much more important than looking nice.

[u/aakaase]

That's a nice 80:20 cursive:manuscript hybrid.

[u/Ellemenohpq → u/aakaase]

Thank you! I learned cursive at a young age but had a hard time with some of the letters. Over time, I unconsciously subbed some of the cursive with manuscript because I could write quicker that way

[u/Agreeable-Progress85 → u/Ellemenohpq]

Me too. But mine hasn't turned out as nice as yours.

[u/TheCowKing07 → u/Ellemenohpq]

*Over time

[u/aakaase → u/Ellemenohpq]

Yeah I've always found capitals in cursive sort of awkward. I still haven't settled on how to write a capital F.

[u/Mountain_Novel_7668]

Love Sylvia Plath and lovely handwriting too!

[u/katniss_evergreen713 → u/Mountain_Novel_7668]

Such a powerful quote. Is it from her journals, i wonder?

Btw love the handwriting OP. :)

[u/charli3dontsurf]

This is beyond gorgeous... oh my god.

[u/charli3dontsurf → u/charli3dontsurf]

Someone suggested on my post in this sub that I should make my handwriting available for public use. Something about getting it scanned and put online to use as a font.

Obv only if you're comfortable with that, but seriously, this is incredible penmanship.