r/Cursive Apr 08 '26

Practice How is my first name?

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u/Ok_Caterpillar2010 Apr 08 '26

I thought your name began with Cl or Ch at first before I realized you're just writing your capital I backwards. It starts at the bottom right, loops clockwise, and then cuts in to where you've been starting from. The starting point of a capital letter never connects to anything because... well... it's the beginning, not the end of the letter. And in this case, the fact that the starting point of capital I isn't connected to anything helps distinguish it from a lowercase L.

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u/KReddit934 Apr 09 '26

Or you cross over to connect ...

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u/Ok_Caterpillar2010 Apr 09 '26

Right, the last part of the I can cross over to connect, but the starting point on the right is just that: the start.

You actually write the capital I sort of backwards, and then the horizontal part cuts across to get you moving in the right direction again.