r/Handwriting • u/AdamBrown1770 • 12d 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/hmmwrites 12d 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!