r/Handwriting

I‘ve been writing in this style of writing for about a year or so. I’ve gotten comments saying that it was illegible, though that was usually with my quick hand, but I have gotten that even my slow(ish) script is illegible. I know that my use of long s and my use of variable letter forms and my use of word-final descenders have decreased the legibility of my writing, and I’d prefer to keep those (at least my descenders, alternate letter forms and long s I’m fine with ditching), but is there anything else I should do to improve legibility. When your friend reads “Name” as something else, I think that it’s probably a sign to improve my legibility.

Not rushed nor written purposely neatly: an overview of my daily script.

Question flair because I know how it could be improved already, but I just want to know if it is suitable as is

So my whole life I had bad handwriting and shaky hands, I used to write I cursive but it was Way worse, what can I do to improve? I'm really ashamed of my handwriting

I’ve been trying to improve my handwriting lately, and I’ve realised that my style is changing quite a lot. The first two sentences are written in my “natural” handwriting — the style I’ve been using since I was about 14 — whereas the second three were written very slowly, while trying to keep everything more consistent.

The black text was written with a regular Muji 0.5 gel pen, while the red text was written with a Pilot Kakuno F fountain pen. This is in my Hobonichi Original, so the paper is Tomoe River.

I’m trying to move towards a cleaner, more consistent “printed” style, but I’m not sure if I’m overcorrecting and losing personality in the process. Which style do you personally prefer? I would like your opinion as at the moment I don’t like either of them frankly.

(I still find fountain pens quite difficult to write with compared to gel pens, but I’ll keep practising)

Tbh I'm just curious wether handwritings can give away your culture and where you learnt how to weite.
Also I do accept like opinions and advices but I'm putting this flair bc I don't rlly want actual feedbacks and analysis, I'm just sharing

My husband claims he can't read it. Tbf, no one read this stuff but me ( my notes to place into electronic documents)....

From a ships tonnage rapport book from 1907. Probably the most unique handwriting ive encountered

My local dealership sent me this (obviously name redacted) but does this look like real handwriting or like a fancy font?

Pen: Hongdian M2, extra fine nib
Ink: Pelikan brilliant brown
Paper: Canson Sketch

A quick transcription of a beautiful passage from Ask The Dust by John Fante. I did it pretty hastily with my normal cursive style and messed up the title. I want to develop a fancier calligraphy style but am unsure where to start so if you have any tips they’re appreciated!

Written with a Lamy Joy inked with Diamine Writer’s Blood on Rhodia paper.

My slower, careful cursive took me about 1-2 minutes to write, whereas the quicker, scrawled cursive took maybe 30 seconds.

The slower cursive is obviously “neater”, but I don’t feel like it’s an extra minute+ neater!

Any tips on how to practice neatening or tidying up cursive?

It feels like the more I focus on writing carefully, the more I start overthinking the letters, it makes it easier to make mistakes (which is ironic considering I’m focusing more on not being careless lol).