Scruffy hand-writing
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I like this thread! It shows I'm not the only one whose handwriting is appalling.
I've always had terrible handwriting - and it's not helped by the fact that I use my PC for nearly everything these days, so I rarely write anything with a pen now. I can type faster than I can write anyway.
I still feel ashamed when I write birthday cards or Christmas cards or anything, though.
I've always had terrible handwriting - and it's not helped by the fact that I use my PC for nearly everything these days, so I rarely write anything with a pen now. I can type faster than I can write anyway.
I still feel ashamed when I write birthday cards or Christmas cards or anything, though.
My handwriting isn't great. I was made to rewrite my English GCSE mock exam because the teacher couldn't decipher it.
My excuse is that I'm the by product of a left handed mother and right handed Father. Writing is the only thing I do as a right handed person, although I hold the pen like a lefty. Instruments, cutlery etc I use like a lefty.
My excuse is that I'm the by product of a left handed mother and right handed Father. Writing is the only thing I do as a right handed person, although I hold the pen like a lefty. Instruments, cutlery etc I use like a lefty.
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Fi I scribble some notes my handwriting is terrible.
Even if I'm on lined paper it wanders up and down, It can lean both ways in the same sentence, and I tend to take shortcuts like writing a 5 the same way as an S, not crossing the top afterwards, my capital Es are round, etc etc
I found the only way to improve it, and it does work is
SLOOOOOOWWW DOOOOOOOWWWN
I think as we all type a lot now, we try to write at the speed we can type, most people can type faster than they can write longhand.
Even if I'm on lined paper it wanders up and down, It can lean both ways in the same sentence, and I tend to take shortcuts like writing a 5 the same way as an S, not crossing the top afterwards, my capital Es are round, etc etc
I found the only way to improve it, and it does work is
SLOOOOOOWWW DOOOOOOOWWWN
I think as we all type a lot now, we try to write at the speed we can type, most people can type faster than they can write longhand.
Edited by talksthetorque on Tuesday 24th January 23:18
Morningside said:
Could I have dyslexia? I sometimes miss words out, mistype words or miss letters.
Reading as well I can miss a whole section out without actually seeing it until I go back and look again and it's like the whole section has magically appeared!
Could do! http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Dyslexia/Pages/Sympto...Reading as well I can miss a whole section out without actually seeing it until I go back and look again and it's like the whole section has magically appeared!
My handwriting is awful, I've never had a problem with spelling (at eight years old I had a reading age of thirteen and at twelve was reading at an adult level). When I was sixteen I was diagnosed as being cross-lateral meaning that although I am right- handed my left eye is the dominant one. One of the symptoms of this is terrible writers cramp although as a child I just thought that was normal and everyone suffered from it.
I would be proud of my handwriting if it was as good as the examples posted above. Nowadays I tend to print everything.
I would be proud of my handwriting if it was as good as the examples posted above. Nowadays I tend to print everything.
If you seriously want to improve your handwriting, I suggest you go back to basics with a good book on Italic writing and consciously develop the formation of each lower case letter. Most important is the letter 'a' which requires a legible loop with a shoulder formed on the first upright.
My handbook was by Tom Gourdie - now out of print but other more recent books are just as good.
Once mastered, you automatically work at forming loops ...a, b, d, g, o, p, and q, and then m, n etc and legibility becomes second nature if loops are open instead of a meaningless scribble.
I have also contributed to the PH Fountain Pen thread, but a long while ago, found that I needed to improve my handwritten drawing notes using a 0.35mm Rotring stylus pen, before CAD of course. Naturally a fountain pen is now my tool of choice. I won't let you see an example of my script as needless to say its a constant endeavour to improve each day, even though opportunities to write become less and less.
This lady has the right idea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzpmb0xBDzc
My handbook was by Tom Gourdie - now out of print but other more recent books are just as good.
Once mastered, you automatically work at forming loops ...a, b, d, g, o, p, and q, and then m, n etc and legibility becomes second nature if loops are open instead of a meaningless scribble.
I have also contributed to the PH Fountain Pen thread, but a long while ago, found that I needed to improve my handwritten drawing notes using a 0.35mm Rotring stylus pen, before CAD of course. Naturally a fountain pen is now my tool of choice. I won't let you see an example of my script as needless to say its a constant endeavour to improve each day, even though opportunities to write become less and less.
This lady has the right idea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzpmb0xBDzc
I have terrible handwriting, but then my excuse is that I've got dyspraxia. When I have to write at work I don't join the letters up, otherwise it's not easy for others to read my writing. When I was at school my teacher said using a fountain pen might help, so I bought when and found it did help my writing.
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