I saw a topic, then saw the last post was over 2 weeks old, so I made my own to avoid necromancing. But I kinda wanted to post my handwriting. I never dared to ask anyone about it, so I just wanted a few opinions. I'm very self-conscious about my handwriting, and I still have dilemmas about how to make a few letters... oo'.

So... Samples I picked up from stuff lying on my desk. Don't mind the French. What do you think of my handwriting? If you think something is "wrong", do you have tips or something?

And here, a few dilemmas I've always had about how to form letters. I've tried all of them, and I could never determine which looks best/most feminine. The one the most on the left is always the form I currently use. So, well, tell me what you think.





I put a lot, most of which I have little doubts about (I was unsure long ago, but I thought I might as well put them... until I just now realized it was stupid).

Anyway, the only ones I'm actually wondering about are the lower case "a", the "ç" and the lower case "L".



EDIT: Oh, my, you might not be able to see so well with the quality of those pictures... Sorry, I have nothing better.

   
I get obsessed with my handwriting too its hardly legible.

But yours isn't too bad you might want to try take up calligraphy (that's the western old English version not the Chinese character / Kanji version lol.)

It helps inprove handwriting a lot.

The circle above the i is alittle cliché I don't know any woman who actually writes like that. Other than that it's not bad handwriting.

My handwriting has always been like a chickens foot dragged across the paper i.e. absolutely terrible.  I am however trying to practice a more feminine signature.

That's really very legible compared to mine.

Quote from: pebbles on January 23, 2012, 07:05:26 AM
The circle above the i is alittle cliché I don't know any woman who actually writes like that. Other than that it's not bad handwriting.

I have a coworker that puts little hearts above i's. But after having gotten to know her better, I've decided she's compensating for something.

The circles instead of dots... I do those because if I just "poke" my pencil, it's either invisible or has a high chance of turning into a line, which can look like a comma. But is it really bad? Should I try to change them? Gonna be hard, but if it's an obvious "overcompensation" I can try. My E's used to look like an Euro sign (€), then I realised it was very 12-year-old-like, and well, all habits of it eventually disappeared, ya see.

Oh, and yes, I've seen those pages, but I don't really learn from texts and visual examples; that's why being "checked" helps me the most.

And uhm, a few people have said my handwriting has a satisfactory legibility, but I sort of know that (I don't ever remember anyone having trouble reading me). What I actually wonder about is if it's good-looking and feminine. I used to be very proud of it... Until I realised a lot of guys who were cautious about their handwriting had something quite similar to me.

So, well?

I've never improved my handwriting or even attempted to make mine more "feminine". Everything I "write", I type. My signature is now a series of totally ill-eligible loops... which could go either way. If I must use a pen and paper, I print very neatly in engineering style.... again, you can't tell which way it goes.

As for your writing? I think it looks great!

Cindi

Quote from: Beverley on January 23, 2012, 05:17:36 PM
I would not be too sure of that... engineering style does not say 'fem' so that only leaves one way.

Beverley

I suppose that's one way to look at it. For me, very neat logical block print has served me well. People look at me and see feminine, therefor my print is feminine. Now if they don't see me, they'll see my name attached to it and also see feminine.  There's always the other way to see things.

I use the same tactic on the phone as well. I get my name out there right away and there's never any confusion.

Cindi