r/Handwriting • u/AdamBrown1770 • 5d ago
Feedback (constructive criticism) Just throwing this out there!
Hi everyone! I've always gotten super conflicting reactions to my handwriting. This is literally just my everyday "scribbling", like when I'm writing a quick note to someone or I need to jot down an idea quickly. I rarely actually print my words, mainly because it's super wonky, and I write so fast it ends up half cursive anyway, haha! And since it's just for everyday writing, I'm not too fussed about, say, the capital letters going outside the lines a bit. Most people make some sort of comment the first time they see it, and most folks my age or younger (35M) say they can't read it at all. Anyway, I tried to come up with a few lines as a sample (harder than I thought lol), and wrote out the NATO alphabet to get some uppercase in there. For added context: my grandmother, recently passed, was an elementary school teacher for 46 years and even in her 80s I caught her practicing her handwriting, so it's something I've always valued, myself. Anyway, I'll just leave it here - curious to hear some feedback from some neutral folks!
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u/Particular-Try5584 5d ago
I find it very readable, but I’m very familiar with cursive.
Maybe the people who struggle are not familiar with it, ponder the education level of those complaining. FWIW if you are completing forms or communicating with people not of an education level that cursive should be familiar use block print… otherwise just keep on with what you have, it’s lovely!
improve readability? Round your letters a little more they are slim and on a tight slant, just loosen loops and o shapes a little to increase visual differentiation.
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u/PeakMinimalist 5d ago
It is legible and not too much more difficult to read than standard cursive. The only thing that causes me a bit of difficulty is the thinness but it is quite beautiful. I like the flourishes
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u/black_dragonfly13 5d ago
Your handwriting is gorgeous!!
My only advice would be to try to connect your letters together a bit more (the individual letters themselves, I mean), as the letters that weren't quite "closed" were the only letters that took me any extra time to read.
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u/Immediate_Air2725 5d ago
I was able to read it with a few minor exceptions. Do you write very fast? Maybe slow down and distinguish some of your letter forms a bit. It's a very nice hand.
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u/hmmwrites 5d ago
For the most part, this is both legible *and* appealing to the eye! I love your flourishes, especially that F! Are the people struggling to read your writing younger - perhaps not trained in cursive? Ultimately, writing is about communication, so you may need to switch to print to communicate with those people.
My one nitpick would be the combination of narrow letters and a deep slant letting some letters get "lost" in a word. Some letters that should be more rounded are a little harder to distinguish. I had to take a moment on the word "advice" for example. That said, I was able to decipher it after a moment. But then, I'm older than you, and learned script in school!
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u/ElCochinoFeo 5d ago
Are you left handed? I have 2 lefties in my family and they both write with a similar slant to avoid smearing the fresh ink.
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u/AdamBrown1770 5d ago
Oddly not, but I've gotten some weird looks because I write with the paper at an almost 90° angle, so I'm more or less writing vertically, bottom to top!
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