Hi everyone! The video just hit 1M views, which is something I could not even imagine when I made it. Thanks for all the support over the years, the ad revenue from this video helped pay my bills when I was doing my Master's/living abroad, it really helped my stay above water during difficult financial times. I really appreciate everyone that has watched send shared, you really had a positive impact on my life. Thank you :)
I learned cursive in elementary school and I was blessed with a beautiful handwriting, love to write notes and cards, take notes everywhere. I'm addicted to markers, pens and pencils, now I am spreading the love for cursive writing to all my grand babies, they love it! Thanks for this video
I write everyday in a journal about the dullest things only because I really love how touching a pen to paper feels. Seeing words form across a page is hypnotic for me.
If you love the feel of writing. invest in some good quality paper. (if you haven't already) With my favourite pen in hand writing makes me feel as if I'm carving words from stone.
@@shahnazwm Hi, it did! Although ... I recently transitioned from a ball-point pen to a fountain pen. And I tell you, I thought it was going to be an easy shift, but it wasn't (feels like I need to relearn how to write altogether).
I started learning to write in cursive in the beginning of this month and I can see a lot of improvement. I keep looking back at my journal entries and laugh at the unreadable ugly writing. Finally am happy that I'm slowly getting better results! I also got a fountain pen for the first time. writing cursive is getting even more addicting because of how cute my fountain pen looks and how well it writes.
Thank you for taking the energy to create something to share with others I can’t speak for everyone else but it sure is appreciated. My handwriting has been a HUGE insecurity for me since grade school to where I avoided wanting to even write since I’m not good at spelling or neatly writing . 23 of age and sick of pissing and moaning about how it’s not fair so deciding to dedicate my energy to bettering my insecurity so again THANK YOU!!
It's the first advise I give students when I can't read their handwriting. Usually you don't have to write "prettier" or less messy, just bigger, to be more legible. Predictably students hate it.
Winders can't be created overnight. Utmost patience and constant practice are the key to having the deserved writing style. Wish you all the best for the beginners 🙏
Writing in cursive is not just a manner of written communication, its a form of writing that is an art form. It expresses something about the person doing the writing as well. This is what gives cursive its personable, human quality. No cold, texting here.
I've just recently started to write in cursive again. I was taught in school when I was younger, but I feel that I should use it again. Thank you for this video because I write *way* too fast and my cursive isn't legible
I work in a supermarket. Sometimes I have to play cashier. A couple months ago a customer, an older gentleman waiting in line, announced, "They spent all that time in school trying to teach me cursive. Now we all write with our fingers."
I know nothing but from what I’ve seen, learning calligraphy is an art. It is slow and purposeful. Working with a dip pen makes the process feel so satisfying. I love the ink, the whole experience. I’ll keep it up until I’m physically unable.
You know what’s funny? I feel the same way. I started writing my book notes in cursive. I just feel like I need to do it more often. Not everyday, just more than I usually do.
When they required it my handwriting got worse cause it was so frustrating :p couldnt keep it neat since. Definitely not a useless skill but evil to force it every assignment ever.
I used the same method through high school and university, I was basically making a good copy version of the notes out of each chapter, Critically reviewing and expanding on the lecture notes. Brought me far.
One suggestion: learn the Spencerian method of hand writing (much and more of what you see in this video is there. Spencerian hand writing was taught in schools and businesses early last century before Biro invented the ball pen. Try it.
I hate'em, ball pens. People dont realise it takes more effort to write with them. I have carpel tunnel syndrome, so i started using fountain pens. But as the paper quality is not that good in exams and other situations like that, its a living hell for me. Before the advent of ballpens, papers used to be much thicker.
That’s a great study technique. It astonishes me when people comment on my cursive and say that they have a hard time reading it. I remember my teacher in fifth grade, Mrs. Mangold, who was at least 50 years old at the time, and her handwriting was magical. I was so impressed that I started changing my cursive to her more fancy version.
@Chlem Elisha it depends on where you’re from but the pilot metropolitan, the platinum preppy and the pilot varsity are great budget options for a student. If you want to spend a little more the Lamy safari is a great entry level pen.
I was taught cursive style in school. In high school I switched to print style because a friend of mine inspired me to. A couple of years ago I began to think about changing my handwriting because writing in full print style takes longer. I constantly make mistakes when writing in full print style because my hand naturally demands a more fluent way of writing. This year I began to practise cursive style. I am actually combining both styje because I like the way certain letters look in print style. I have been able to find ways to combine both styles. I still need practice but my handwriting is much more fluent now.
@ijansk --- I've done the same thing. Some letters _written_ 'properly' (according to the standard charts) are tricky to do nicely...and quickly. Capital 'F' comes to mind. Also, I often print some capitals, like "Q", because the standard written version looks a lot like a fancy numeral "2" and I figure most people will think it's a mis-writing if they see it written.
I've seen certain curricula which teaches 1st grades to write in cursive They found out, when kids do, they rarely reverse letters, like they do in printing
I have started to pay closer attention to my penmanship as I study, and as a result I believe it made learning and internalizing what I was putting into paper a lot easier, since I was being so careful as I wrote.
This exactly how I learnt to write in France. We start school very early, at age 2-3 where we learn to handwrite. We spend countless hours on handwriting up to the end of primary school. At home, we have to practise as well and we all end up with our own very personal handwriting that is part of who we are. I am now living in Australia and kids are not taught cursive, they are barely taught how to handwrite anyway. It's a catastrophe, especially when they start year 7 and their writing is so bad we have to send them to see OTs. It's a fact. It bewilder me that in this country, no connexion is made between learning and handwriting.
Vinicius, I grew up printing in all capital letters, just like my father. I always wanted to print in lower case letters and set out to acquire this ability several years ago. After months of trying, the lower case was always slower and looked worse than all caps. I then, at the age of 60, relearned cursive. Through trial and error I eventually used the the principles you outline in your video. I have composition books full of practice letters and letter combinations. Now I can read my own writing and rarely print....and they all lived happily ever after :-)
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Thank you for sharing! I'm glad that the video was helpful!
Great tutorial. I took notes. Thanks. A couple of things I've learned. Broad nib? I've never actually used one of these, but Sharpies are close. Because my handwriting was so bad, for years I thought I needed an F or an EF nib. Finally purely out of curiosity, I tried a stub nib. This is probably the greatest technological leap that can be applied to penmanship. A stub nib gives you line variation. They've really helped my style and legibility. Try any stub you can find. I've got a lot of experience but don't notice much difference between .6, .8 and 1.1 mm-- I've even measured stroke widths with a caliper (ink flow has a lot to do with this.) I currently write (mostly) with modified stubs that are closer to italic. I grind these myself--but I'm DIY. Unless you have a half dozen pens, know about sharpening tools and have a free afternoon, just add it to your bucket list-- at the bottom. You'll never someday say, gosh I wish I'd ground my own nib years ago; stubs are ASAP. (Also, we think we want a flex nib, we learn we actually wanted a stub nib. We want a flex so we can write very fancy, but what we learn is, in normal writing a flex nib is just pleasantly springy, but no line variation. Any stub gives you line variation at any speed.) I still use F and EF nibs for tiny margin notes in books and manuscripts. Second: Deliberate Practice. Great tip, terrific concept. One important aspect of this learning technique is to start off slow. With tennis, playing a musical piece on an instrument, the method is to first make the correct movements-- no matter how slow. This applies to penmanship and calligraphy. Go as slowly as you need to make the correct shapes. This trains your muscles (brain). So when you practice the order of importance is Correct Shapes over everything else. Vinicius's recommendation to write larger is probably a great tip that I've missed but will now try. Why did I have terrible penmanship? Because when we were learning cursive in 2nd or 3rd grade I knew I wanted to be a writer so I thought I'd have to write fast, so right at the beginning I went for speed-- and locked in an illegible scrawl.
Hello! I do calligraphy, so this video was really interesting to watch! I love to write in cursive, once I did an entire test in cursive... luckily the teacher was able to read it and I did well!
I've studied the brain a lot when I was taking care of my mother with dementia and the brain books say writing in cursive is better for your brain. Good info. thanks
I learned to write with the McLean method, in 1966. It is similar to the way you write, with a few differences in the upper case letters. I like your style of writing! I agree that practise and consciousness of how each letter is made, is a good way to improve your cursive handwriting!! I hope you are staying safe from Covid-19! ~Janet in Canada
I know many places now teach write the lower case "e" as a loop, but it's incorrect, and it can greatly lessen the legibility of cursive. Even in cursive, the lower case "e" should look exactly like a typed lower case "e", meaning the loop should have a flat bottom. Otherwise, the e" can look like an "l". or like an undotted "I". Readers can figure it out by context, but it interrupts the flow of the writing. It's easy to write a proper lower case "e". It really doesn't even take much practice. As for a fountain pen, I would never start someone out with a broad nib. Rather than helping in the transition, I find it hurts with most adult students. A Japanese medium, such as you find on the Pilot Metropolitan, has worked best in adult classes I've taught. The one thing that has changed is the upper case "Q". It is supposed to look almost identical to the numer "2", but so few people have ever written it this way that even many expert calligraphers and lifelong cursive users are confused when they see it. It is now more than permissible to write the upper case "q" just as it appears in type. Like this : "Q".
broad is a disaster for people in the habit and stock of Xerox paper; it bleeds and feathers and smudges really bad. The video was very interesting, and had very similar thoughts and endeavours as no-one writes cursive in Greek any more. Actually, it's 40 years that calligraphy was dropped in Greek school. I happened to somehow manage Latin calligraphy from an Austrian nanny, but also dropped it in school, until it stuck with me again due to a friend in highschool. Carried on printing in Greek but writing cursive in English when studying in England and after ten years of lecturing at college in Greece, it occurred to me that everybody here writes really ugly letters and that by introducing a Latin cursive adaptation for the Greek alphabet would look much better and much faster for taking exams. At 47 it's a slow process, so I keep a diary; to much surprise of everyone, a once relentlessly cacograph (at least in Greek), became reasonably good and remarkably faster. It also provided a rare indication of speed improvement from print to cursive, as I was competent at both: print in Greek, cursive in English. When I adapted cursive for Greek using a fountain pen, it was like getting a Porsche. Cursive can improve academic performance because of speed; allows more time to answer and improves overall aesthetics of the submitted exam paper. It works also for the lecturer, as it improves board presentation aesthetics. When combined with high tech material, say lecture robotics, it produces a fusion of substance and aesthetics that pleasantly surprises the audience to the extend that half questions at first are about the writing than the written. My advise is: use a medium fountain pen like a cross century II on good paper with an ink that you like yet looks serious (people should not laugh at your results don't go for summery bright and frivolous inks), but have handy an extra fine non wet non skippy pen like a Jinhao 51A for writing on Xerox paper. Did I mention that the otherwise boring pelikan 4001 or sheaffer skrip can be corrected using erasing pens and also behave well on mediocre Xerox? Put it in a Jinhao 51A, that apparently is engineered for excruciatingly bad Xerox paper, next time you take an exam and thank me later. p.s. Actually, it occurred to me that "bad" in the same line as "Xerox" is a sacrilege really. Still loving the grand children of XWindows, laser printers, mice etc that all came from Xerox Parc center. So good Xerox (pat on the head) and bad photocopy paper.
Thank you for the great video this is really helpful! I'm left handed and after decades of being unsatisfied with my own handwriting I'm now starting to do something about it!
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Thank you for the comment! Really glad to know it helped you :D
Wow, this was one awesome video! You make some truly excellent points...things that are subtle but so important. I really like how you ended with the writing with soothing music!
If you like fountain pens, try a bent nib. They let you write at a sharp angle. The ink matters too, I use Pilot Namiki fountain pen ink which dries very quickly. I study Biblical Hebrew which is written right to left and I’m right handed. I never get smudges with this ink :)
Who remembers those elementary writing pads school kids used to use? They’re in museums now. Lol My dad was strict on developing good handwriting skill; more strict on me than he was with my younger brother and sister. After all these years, there are two things I’m glad that I can do well: 1. Write my name legibly in cursive. 2. Stay Safe at Home 😎
@@sunflowernebulis It's shaped like "3" for lowercase. Which one is your style? Indeed, the not "3" shape one is hard so I changed to the "3" one. Fun fact: it also have the same shape as cursive Russian for "z"
@@tripthongUwU I use the one that looks like the 3 I'm just not very good at it or it just doesn't look as elegant as my other letters. I changed the way I write my b recently and I love it now so I may do the same with z
Hi @VinicusBorges! I do not comment on many videos on youtube but yours was so good I had to do it. It is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for making it!! Have a nice day!
A few days ago I determined to do some writing. Since the advent of the pc, not much more than writing and signing checks, documents and making brief notes has been it. A friend suggested, "improve your cursive." On her advice, this video is my first search result and I think it is great. I will indeed practice as told. Thank you.
thank you , this video make me think of how great it is to ask some one who passed a path you wanna pass so you pass in less time and effort . i will work with tips
I went to school in Germany. Back then the general idea was: Children should learn to write (and read) cursive first and later learn to read print. Writing "print" was never a thing when I went to and I still don't do it unless I absolutely have to (sometimes handwriting in print is required in forms). Those are the cursive letters I started with: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ausgangsschrift#/media/Datei:Lateinische_Ausgangsschrift_1953_plain.svg x written that way is not annoying to write, it's essentially a capital H squished into a smaller space. By now I modified most of those letters - x is one of the few I never changed. But I'll admit: That's probably because the letter x doesn't appear that often in German.
I personally learned to write in cursive as a child but I ended up changing my capitals to print, as well as the letter p and x. This hybrid system definitely made my writing more legible and eliminated some annoyances. Addendum: Cursive was also made to be written with a fountain pen (as demonstrated in the video) but most accessible pens are ballpoint. Consistent line thickness makes cursive capitals and letters with tight loops illegible.
Super helpful mate. I was fortunate enough to learn cursive writing in school but I didn't keep up with it. Now I write a lot of notes and letters and am trying to improve readability and presentation.
I found quite inadvertently that a good way to track your progress over time in your proficiency writing in cursive is to keep a daily diary. Generally when writing in a diary you pay close attention to *_what_* you're writing but not *_how_* you're writing it. When you start paying attention to how you're writing, it is very easy to go back at the end of the week and review your entries to check your progress in reaching where you want to reach in your cursive writing proficiency. While I don't hand write much of anything anymore and can type faster than I can write, I attribute my keeping of a daily diary all these decades to my neatness in my cursive writing. Even if it is, sometimes, only a page or two a night before bed.
Using a fountain pen would also help in improving your penmanship. Most people tend to write with a lot of unnecessary pressure; fountain pens write without any pressure at all.
@@Ybeast Yeah Fountain Pens are the best!!! I have been using a fountain pen since 4th Grade, I mean they were the first pen that i ever used and we can all agree that FPs and their Community is the best.
Parece que nos países europeus e nos EUA a letra cursiva está morta ou quase, mas aqui no Brasil ela é muito utilizada, gosto da letra cursiva e não consigo entender o porque ela está "morrendo".
4:58 A font is a typeset made by casting metal into letter matrices, hence the name from the French "fondre". I would have said "a bigger script" or "a larger point size".
This is completely unrelated but i was taking a break from studying, when I came to watch this video and i was literally studying the same subject on your notes, and in Portuguese too😳 im scared.
Reading the comments make me feel old. Before everyone had a computer in their house, it was mandatory that all homework (except in math class) be written in cursive as it was taught to everyone in elementary. By the middle of high school, printing from a computer became an option.
Nicely done and presented. I admire those who write in cursive, especially if it’s marginally fancy. I’m 75 and still practice my handwriting. It’s an art that is sadly ignored in elementary schools, as we are all too aware. Time to refill my fountain pen and put in some effort………
This is a great video. I’m glad that I learned cursive in school. I’ve always been so enamored with this style of writing. It’s safe that it’s not being taught in school, for the most part these days.
Great video V. Full of helpful and instructive tips. I'm going to dedicate a journal just for handwriting improvement using your steps. I noticed one thing you do that I do too and it is at the heart of my writing problem; I pause like I'm trying to remember how to write a letter. It drives me nuts. My other problem is I begin to race along even when I'm consciously trying to write slowly and cautiously. I've practiced but I've found I must stop, lift the pen from the paper and take a moment then start again. This is awkward when in public, like say in a bank or while paying utilities. Thanks again for this encouraging video.
I stumbled upon this video approximately 2 months ago, since than i started to learn cursive,thx to you,before this i just an ardent admirer of cursive but after watching your video there's a spark of Sanguine that i could actually learnt it..so thx again
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Hi everyone! The video just hit 1M views, which is something I could not even imagine when I made it.
Thanks for all the support over the years, the ad revenue from this video helped pay my bills when I was doing my Master's/living abroad, it really helped my stay above water during difficult financial times.
I really appreciate everyone that has watched send shared, you really had a positive impact on my life. Thank you :)
Congrats
Bro Your efforts needs to be appreciated you really have a good handwriting, I hope you still have beautiful handwriting :)
The overwhelming response is due to the desire for learning such a beautiful skill. Thanks for sharing you knowledge 🙏
@@dassinaperry5582 True
Why don't you make more like vedios. That really nice vedio
I learned cursive in elementary school and I was blessed with a beautiful handwriting, love to write notes and cards, take notes everywhere. I'm addicted to markers, pens and pencils, now I am spreading the love for cursive writing to all my grand babies, they love it! Thanks for this video
wait- how old are u now? if you don't mind me asking..
@@rikariskedlife
Hello, no, I don't mind, I'm 58 years old. Have a great day!
@@dassinaperry5582 really good
Mind if I cause some trouble for you
@@xninja2369 What can I help you with
@@dassinaperry5582 which pen do you recommend for us ?
And how to improve your writing ?
( I mean if you can tell something about practice )
I write everyday in a journal about the dullest things only because I really love how touching a pen to paper feels. Seeing words form across a page is hypnotic for me.
If you love the feel of writing. invest in some good quality paper. (if you haven't already) With my favourite pen in hand writing makes me feel as if I'm carving words from stone.
I’ve tried all the famous journal brands available in my country and Daycraft paper was the best for fountain paper.
This was great. It gets to a point where writing becomes addictive.
@Chlem Elisha did yours after 1 year?
yes practice practice practice
@@TheImmortalDivine this is a really good idea, gotta give it a try.
Not if youre left handed
@@shahnazwm Hi, it did! Although ... I recently transitioned from a ball-point pen to a fountain pen. And I tell you, I thought it was going to be an easy shift, but it wasn't (feels like I need to relearn how to write altogether).
I started learning to write in cursive in the beginning of this month and I can see a lot of improvement. I keep looking back at my journal entries and laugh at the unreadable ugly writing. Finally am happy that I'm slowly getting better results! I also got a fountain pen for the first time. writing cursive is getting even more addicting because of how cute my fountain pen looks and how well it writes.
hope this can be me
Thank you for taking the energy to create something to share with others I can’t speak for everyone else but it sure is appreciated. My handwriting has been a HUGE insecurity for me since grade school to where I avoided wanting to even write since I’m not good at spelling or neatly writing . 23 of age and sick of pissing and moaning about how it’s not fair so deciding to dedicate my energy to bettering my insecurity so again THANK YOU!!
So it's been a year now. Has your penmanship improved?
Don Miller yea brutha that’s my comment reply to you much love y’all foreal
You can join handwriting improvement workshop on letstute. It will be beneficial for you I am sure.
My hand writing will make you vomit
Obligatory: It’s been a year since the last person asked. Are you a master yet?
“Write larger” me, who can comfortably fit 2 lines of writing in a single college ruled line, screaming and panicking
I used to write 4 lines.
my handwriting goes like from big, big, big, small, big, medium, small, teeny, so small can barely read, big, medium.. and so on
@@angelicrose4962 same I also change my type of writing like every day
A teacher's nightmare.
It's the first advise I give students when I can't read their handwriting. Usually you don't have to write "prettier" or less messy, just bigger, to be more legible.
Predictably students hate it.
Winders can't be created overnight. Utmost patience and constant practice are the key to having the deserved writing style. Wish you all the best for the beginners 🙏
You said "zed".....you now have a fan for life!!!❤❤❤
I got into fountain pens and finally decided to improve my handwriting. This is gonna help a lot
I can feel my inner peace while handwriting :)
me too ✨
Yes me too
@Kasey really??
that is wat GOD want us to improve
I can too
Writing in cursive is not just a manner of written communication, its a form of writing that is an art form. It expresses something about the person doing the writing as well. This is what gives cursive its personable, human quality. No cold, texting here.
Very well said!
definitely, you can tell if i was feeling tired or in a rush that day from my writing. a lot noticeable compared to print handwriting too
Very nice teaching moment at 6:21 A, 6:29 B, 6:34 C, 6:39 D, 6:45 E, 6:50 F, 6:57 G, 7:05 H, 7:11, I 7:14, J 7:16, 7:35 M, 7:46 P, 7:51 Q etc. watching in real time writing of the alphabet. If you want to observe cursive patterns, 2:21.
Lovely 🌹
I've just recently started to write in cursive again. I was taught in school when I was younger, but I feel that I should use it again. Thank you for this video because I write *way* too fast and my cursive isn't legible
I work in a supermarket. Sometimes I have to play cashier. A couple months ago a customer, an older gentleman waiting in line, announced, "They spent all that time in school trying to teach me cursive. Now we all write with our fingers."
I know nothing but from what I’ve seen, learning calligraphy is an art. It is slow and purposeful. Working with a dip pen makes the process feel so satisfying. I love the ink, the whole experience. I’ll keep it up until I’m physically unable.
You know what’s funny? I feel the same way. I started writing my book notes in cursive. I just feel like I need to do it more often. Not everyday, just more than I usually do.
When they required it my handwriting got worse cause it was so frustrating :p couldnt keep it neat since. Definitely not a useless skill but evil to force it every assignment ever.
I love it
I used the same method through high school and university, I was basically making a good copy version of the notes out of each chapter, Critically reviewing and expanding on the lecture notes. Brought me far.
Same here
One suggestion: learn the Spencerian method of hand writing (much and more of what you see in this video is there. Spencerian hand writing was taught in schools and businesses early last century before Biro invented the ball pen. Try it.
I hate'em, ball pens. People dont realise it takes more effort to write with them. I have carpel tunnel syndrome, so i started using fountain pens. But as the paper quality is not that good in exams and other situations like that, its a living hell for me. Before the advent of ballpens, papers used to be much thicker.
Why would you recommend that people learn to write illegibly?
@@sherinsebastian3212 I’ve found that with an extra fine nib Platinum Preppy and Pilot Namiki ink I can write well on pretty crap paper.
That’s a great study technique. It astonishes me when people comment on my cursive and say that they have a hard time reading it. I remember my teacher in fifth grade, Mrs. Mangold, who was at least 50 years old at the time, and her handwriting was magical. I was so impressed that I started changing my cursive to her more fancy version.
I've been writing with a fountain pen for a year now. It really does help.
@Chlem Elisha it depends on where you’re from but the pilot metropolitan, the platinum preppy and the pilot varsity are great budget options for a student. If you want to spend a little more the Lamy safari is a great entry level pen.
It’s such a shame that as a society, we abandoned this gorgeous blend of art and writing.
One of the most practical, concise videos I’ve seen for handwriting! You should be teaching doctors this!!! So much commonsense. Thank you.
I totally agree to what you have said
I was taught cursive style in school. In high school I switched to print style because a friend of mine inspired me to. A couple of years ago I began to think about changing my handwriting because writing in full print style takes longer. I constantly make mistakes when writing in full print style because my hand naturally demands a more fluent way of writing. This year I began to practise cursive style. I am actually combining both styje because I like the way certain letters look in print style. I have been able to find ways to combine both styles. I still need practice but my handwriting is much more fluent now.
@ijansk --- I've done the same thing. Some letters _written_ 'properly' (according to the standard charts) are tricky to do nicely...and quickly. Capital 'F' comes to mind.
Also, I often print some capitals, like "Q", because the standard written version looks a lot like a fancy numeral "2" and I figure most people will think it's a mis-writing if they see it written.
For exams and stuff where I need to write both clearly and fast but not "pretty" per se, I usually do a weird blended version of the two.
I've seen certain curricula which teaches 1st grades to write in cursive
They found out, when kids do, they rarely reverse letters, like they do in printing
I appreciate you for sharing your opinions and experience with us
I have started to pay closer attention to my penmanship as I study, and as a result I believe it made learning and internalizing what I was putting into paper a lot easier, since I was being so careful as I wrote.
This exactly how I learnt to write in France. We start school very early, at age 2-3 where we learn to handwrite. We spend countless hours on handwriting up to the end of primary school. At home, we have to practise as well and we all end up with our own very personal handwriting that is part of who we are. I am now living in Australia and kids are not taught cursive, they are barely taught how to handwrite anyway. It's a catastrophe, especially when they start year 7 and their writing is so bad we have to send them to see OTs. It's a fact. It bewilder me that in this country, no connexion is made between learning and handwriting.
Wonderful ❤
Vinicius,
I grew up printing in all capital letters, just like my father. I always wanted to print in lower case letters and set out to acquire this ability several years ago. After months of trying, the lower case was always slower and looked worse than all caps. I then, at the age of 60, relearned cursive. Through trial and error I eventually used the the principles you outline in your video. I have composition books full of practice letters and letter combinations. Now I can read my own writing and rarely print....and they all lived happily ever after :-)
Thank you for sharing! I'm glad that the video was helpful!
Great tutorial. I took notes. Thanks. A couple of things I've learned. Broad nib? I've never actually used one of these, but Sharpies are close. Because my handwriting was so bad, for years I thought I needed an F or an EF nib. Finally purely out of curiosity, I tried a stub nib. This is probably the greatest technological leap that can be applied to penmanship. A stub nib gives you line variation. They've really helped my style and legibility. Try any stub you can find. I've got a lot of experience but don't notice much difference between .6, .8 and 1.1 mm-- I've even measured stroke widths with a caliper (ink flow has a lot to do with this.) I currently write (mostly) with modified stubs that are closer to italic. I grind these myself--but I'm DIY. Unless you have a half dozen pens, know about sharpening tools and have a free afternoon, just add it to your bucket list-- at the bottom. You'll never someday say, gosh I wish I'd ground my own nib years ago; stubs are ASAP. (Also, we think we want a flex nib, we learn we actually wanted a stub nib. We want a flex so we can write very fancy, but what we learn is, in normal writing a flex nib is just pleasantly springy, but no line variation. Any stub gives you line variation at any speed.) I still use F and EF nibs for tiny margin notes in books and manuscripts.
Second: Deliberate Practice. Great tip, terrific concept. One important aspect of this learning technique is to start off slow. With tennis, playing a musical piece on an instrument, the method is to first make the correct movements-- no matter how slow. This applies to penmanship and calligraphy. Go as slowly as you need to make the correct shapes. This trains your muscles (brain). So when you practice the order of importance is Correct Shapes over everything else. Vinicius's recommendation to write larger is probably a great tip that I've missed but will now try.
Why did I have terrible penmanship? Because when we were learning cursive in 2nd or 3rd grade I knew I wanted to be a writer so I thought I'd have to write fast, so right at the beginning I went for speed-- and locked in an illegible scrawl.
Your presentation was beautifully organized: logical and inspirational. Thank you.
Your teaching leaves us with something solid to take away and work with.
Really good - thank you. It's all here in these precious minutes.
Hello! I do calligraphy, so this video was really interesting to watch! I love to write in cursive, once I did an entire test in cursive... luckily the teacher was able to read it and I did well!
SUBSCRIBED! By the way, I love your English. One can feel poise and slowness in your voice and that's really nice to hear. 😊
I started writing affirmations that I like 100 times in cursive, and I feel like it's helping my penmanship, especially if I do it slowly.
Cursive will be our code writing for the next generations
Four thousand people ran out to buy a fountain pen after watching this ...
Lol. I tried.
Er, as at 15.07.2020 = 11,000.
Where did you got that picture can you please tell me I love the picture
@Prabhu Sharma, google “woman yelling at cat meme”
@@Keplerc-ir7fu thanks
I've studied the brain a lot when I was taking care of my mother with dementia and the brain books say writing in cursive is better for your brain. Good info. thanks
His handwriting has inspired me too much to learn cursive
Look up the zanerian manual online and it has everything you need
You don’t learn cursive from the beginning??
@@romanpreetkaur2605 Well where I live they don’t teach cursive but I wish they did
This video is the best video about cursive handwriting hands down, thank you ❣️
I'm studying Suetterlin script to use in my geneology research. This video is helpful and interesting.
I learned to write with the McLean method, in 1966. It is similar to the way you write, with a few differences in the upper case letters. I like your style of writing! I agree that practise and consciousness of how each letter is made, is a good way to improve your cursive handwriting!! I hope you are staying safe from Covid-19! ~Janet in Canada
rip cursive, people are suprised and impressed when i write in cursive in class
i surprised by your dp
@@liamcroatt171 Don't worry cursive is still alive. Im semi-pro cursive writer.
In 8th grade it is important to write in cursive so people don't cheat off of your notes
I know many places now teach write the lower case "e" as a loop, but it's incorrect, and it can greatly lessen the legibility of cursive. Even in cursive, the lower case "e" should look exactly like a typed lower case "e", meaning the loop should have a flat bottom. Otherwise, the
e" can look like an "l". or like an undotted "I". Readers can figure it out by context, but it interrupts the flow of the writing. It's easy to write a proper lower case "e". It really doesn't even take much practice.
As for a fountain pen, I would never start someone out with a broad nib. Rather than helping in the transition, I find it hurts with most adult students. A Japanese medium, such as you find on the Pilot Metropolitan, has worked best in adult classes I've taught.
The one thing that has changed is the upper case "Q". It is supposed to look almost identical to the numer "2", but so few people have ever written it this way that even many expert calligraphers and lifelong cursive users are confused when they see it. It is now more than permissible to write the upper case "q" just as it appears in type. Like this : "Q".
broad is a disaster for people in the habit and stock of Xerox paper; it bleeds and feathers and smudges really bad.
The video was very interesting, and had very similar thoughts and endeavours as no-one writes cursive in Greek any more.
Actually, it's 40 years that calligraphy was dropped in Greek school. I happened to somehow manage Latin calligraphy from an Austrian nanny, but also dropped it in school, until it stuck with me again due to a friend in highschool.
Carried on printing in Greek but writing cursive in English when studying in England and after ten years of lecturing at college in Greece, it occurred to me that everybody here writes really ugly letters and that by introducing a Latin cursive adaptation for the Greek alphabet would look much better and much faster for taking exams.
At 47 it's a slow process, so I keep a diary; to much surprise of everyone, a once relentlessly cacograph (at least in Greek), became reasonably good and remarkably faster. It also provided a rare indication of speed improvement from print to cursive, as I was competent at both: print in Greek, cursive in English. When I adapted cursive for Greek using a fountain pen, it was like getting a Porsche.
Cursive can improve academic performance because of speed; allows more time to answer and improves overall aesthetics of the submitted exam paper.
It works also for the lecturer, as it improves board presentation aesthetics. When combined with high tech material, say lecture robotics, it produces a fusion of substance and aesthetics that pleasantly surprises the audience to the extend that half questions at first are about the writing than the written.
My advise is: use a medium fountain pen like a cross century II on good paper with an ink that you like yet looks serious (people should not laugh at your results don't go for summery bright and frivolous inks), but have handy an extra fine non wet non skippy pen like a Jinhao 51A for writing on Xerox paper.
Did I mention that the otherwise boring pelikan 4001 or sheaffer skrip can be corrected using erasing pens and also behave well on mediocre Xerox? Put it in a Jinhao 51A, that apparently is engineered for excruciatingly bad Xerox paper, next time you take an exam and thank me later.
p.s. Actually, it occurred to me that "bad" in the same line as "Xerox" is a sacrilege really. Still loving the grand children of XWindows, laser printers, mice etc that all came from Xerox Parc center. So good Xerox (pat on the head) and bad photocopy paper.
Thank you for the great video this is really helpful! I'm left handed and after decades of being unsatisfied with my own handwriting I'm now starting to do something about it!
Thank you for the comment! Really glad to know it helped you :D
DerKatzen Fuerst try writing with your opposite hand!
"Even if you have the worst cursive in the history of mankind, you can" become a doctor.
Tzisorey Tigerwuf 🤣😂 yess that what we say in the Netherlands 👍🏻
Wrong in exam you have to write clearly😁
Hahaha😜👍👏
As a doctor, I can confirm this!
lol
Amongst all the RUclips videos
Your method and teaching techniques is the bestest
You are really a gem of letters
Wow, this was one awesome video! You make some truly excellent points...things that are subtle but so important.
I really like how you ended with the writing with soothing music!
When you are left handed and smudge everything as you write. 😔
There are some great pen that try fast for left handed people.
That's no excuse, my Brother is left handed and writes beautifully.
@@audrymoore7757 notice that i said smudge and nothing about writing ugly.. kmft
If you like fountain pens, try a bent nib. They let you write at a sharp angle. The ink matters too, I use Pilot Namiki fountain pen ink which dries very quickly. I study Biblical Hebrew which is written right to left and I’m right handed. I never get smudges with this ink :)
@@audrymoore7757 if you think a very neutral statement is “making excuses”, I am concerned about how you treat the people in your life.
Who remembers those elementary writing pads school kids used to use? They’re in museums now. Lol
My dad was strict on developing good handwriting skill; more strict on me than he was with my younger brother and sister. After all these years, there are two things I’m glad that I can do well:
1. Write my name legibly in cursive.
2. Stay Safe at Home
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"And there's 'x' which is just a really annoying letter to write in cursive"! 😂😂😂
b and f are annoying for me tbh
Z is my enemy
Write the second stroke later just as you write the "t" and dot in the "i"
@@sunflowernebulis It's shaped like "3" for lowercase. Which one is your style? Indeed, the not "3" shape one is hard so I changed to the "3" one. Fun fact: it also have the same shape as cursive Russian for "z"
@@tripthongUwU I use the one that looks like the 3 I'm just not very good at it or it just doesn't look as elegant as my other letters. I changed the way I write my b recently and I love it now so I may do the same with z
just WOW and THANK YOU so much for this .... I've started a few weeks ago and this clip REALLY helped me so much... THANK YOU AGAIN!!
Hi @VinicusBorges!
I do not comment on many videos on youtube but yours was so good I had to do it. It is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for making it!! Have a nice day!
You have got such a lovely handwriting!!!
A few days ago I determined to do some writing. Since the advent of the pc, not much more than writing and signing checks, documents and making brief notes has been it. A friend suggested, "improve your cursive." On her advice, this video is my first search result and I think it is great. I will indeed practice as told. Thank you.
Highly informational and a beautiful presentation of information. Can't wait to break out my letters to analyze how I write them now!
thank you , this video make me think of how great it is to ask some one who passed a path you wanna pass so you pass in less time and effort
. i will work with tips
I used to think 'cursive' was learning to swear more effectively
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No. that's invective.
Seeing you writing with an fountain pen , you are a true caligrapher.
“Then there’s that which does this and then there’s this that does that..
*and then there’s x which is just a really annoying letter*
Yeah, I had a good laugh on that one.
I make X by coming back and doing the second stroke later, as with crossing a T. Fortunately, X doesn’t crop up often.
I went to school in Germany. Back then the general idea was: Children should learn to write (and read) cursive first and later learn to read print. Writing "print" was never a thing when I went to and I still don't do it unless I absolutely have to (sometimes handwriting in print is required in forms). Those are the cursive letters I started with:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ausgangsschrift#/media/Datei:Lateinische_Ausgangsschrift_1953_plain.svg
x written that way is not annoying to write, it's essentially a capital H squished into a smaller space. By now I modified most of those letters - x is one of the few I never changed. But I'll admit: That's probably because the letter x doesn't appear that often in German.
Ur handwriting is so amazing....i loved it...ur progress is just unbelievable
Thank you for sharing this experience. Great tips! Handwritten notes connect everything I learn to my brain in a way typing does not.
thank you so much! this video has really helped me improve not only my cursive but also my grades in so many ways! thank you!!
I personally learned to write in cursive as a child but I ended up changing my capitals to print, as well as the letter p and x. This hybrid system definitely made my writing more legible and eliminated some annoyances.
Addendum: Cursive was also made to be written with a fountain pen (as demonstrated in the video) but most accessible pens are ballpoint. Consistent line thickness makes cursive capitals and letters with tight loops illegible.
I just started learning German cursive today!!! Thanks for the great video man... you gave me inspiration.
Man, this scene of him writing is like having a glass of fancy wine listening to jazz music in some city high rise. 😂
The position of the hand on the paper is important too. I learned cursive in school, it is beautiful writing but takes practice to get it well done.
The angle of the paper is also important.
Watching this wants me to learn cursive right away! Thank youuuu, u just uplift my soul lol hahaha.
I'm glad! Go for it!
Super helpful mate. I was fortunate enough to learn cursive writing in school but I didn't keep up with it. Now I write a lot of notes and letters and am trying to improve readability and presentation.
Hands down, the best handwriting guide period, not just for cursive albeit that's the topic!
I found quite inadvertently that a good way to track your progress over time in your proficiency writing in cursive is to keep a daily diary. Generally when writing in a diary you pay close attention to *_what_* you're writing but not *_how_* you're writing it. When you start paying attention to how you're writing, it is very easy to go back at the end of the week and review your entries to check your progress in reaching where you want to reach in your cursive writing proficiency. While I don't hand write much of anything anymore and can type faster than I can write, I attribute my keeping of a daily diary all these decades to my neatness in my cursive writing. Even if it is, sometimes, only a page or two a night before bed.
Cursive writing is beautiful. Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
I remember back in 1st 2nd grade we were taught cursive
I think I need to start learning to write in cursive. Thank you :)
Você conseguiu melhorar a letra no caderno quando estava passando à limpo? OU você já consegue escrever tão bem mesmo durante as aulas?
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Do not forget there are many lettering styles so you should find serves you the most. ❤️
I was just chatting with my friend that i need to improve my cursive. And Boom here i am , watching the video that Google suggested for me.
Using a fountain pen would also help in improving your penmanship. Most people tend to write with a lot of unnecessary pressure; fountain pens write without any pressure at all.
@@Ybeast Yeah Fountain Pens are the best!!! I have been using a fountain pen since 4th Grade, I mean they were the first pen that i ever used and we can all agree that FPs and their Community is the best.
Very nice. Humble but plenty of useful information. There is all inside here
Why wasn’t this the first video RUclips matched to my search...? A+
I LOVE writing in cursive. It’s so beautiful. ❤️
beautiful
Ive never seen “8” written that way. I love it 😍
Parece que nos países europeus e nos EUA a letra cursiva está morta ou quase, mas aqui no Brasil ela é muito utilizada, gosto da letra cursiva e não consigo entender o porque ela está "morrendo".
Só nos EUA, eu acho. Alguns franceses dizem usam-na muito na França.
I had been working on improving my cursive writing and this is very helpful!
Eu ia perguntar o motivo de estar escrito em português, mas notei o nome "Vinícius Borges". Seria bom colocar legendas em português.
Very nice handwriting!!
4:58 A font is a typeset made by casting metal into letter matrices, hence the name from the French "fondre". I would have said "a bigger script" or "a larger point size".
The best video about handwriting I’ve ever seen thanks a lot
This is completely unrelated but i was taking a break from studying, when I came to watch this video and i was literally studying the same subject on your notes, and in Portuguese too😳 im scared.
Coincidence?!?!?! Yeah, probably
@ Pois é né😄 até levei susto kkkkk
This is great Thank you. Just purchased a beautiful fountain pen today and your video is a good start with the techniques I was looking for.
6:24 start of actual demo
Loved the video and humility. Embarking on a similar journey
Reading the comments make me feel old. Before everyone had a computer in their house, it was mandatory that all homework (except in math class) be written in cursive as it was taught to everyone in elementary. By the middle of high school, printing from a computer became an option.
Nicely done and presented. I admire those who write in cursive, especially if it’s marginally fancy. I’m 75 and still practice my handwriting. It’s an art that is sadly ignored in elementary schools, as we are all too aware.
Time to refill my fountain pen and put in some effort………
I'll have to sneak out of the house to buy a fountain pen because of this video.
Which one did you get?
This is a great video. I’m glad that I learned cursive in school. I’ve always been so enamored with this style of writing. It’s safe that it’s not being taught in school, for the most part these days.
this is amazing, came from the reddit. :D
Thank you so much :D
So impressive, I like it! Thank you for sharing these helpful writing tips
I’m 19 and I write in cursive and my friends can’t read my handwriting
Too bad too sad for them - they need to learn.
Same for me, they think I am just too fancy, I am now left with the most formal people in the class...
That isn't necessarily tied to you writing cursive.
It's cool right? Almost like knowing a secret language or cipher.
Great video V. Full of helpful and instructive tips. I'm going to dedicate a journal just for handwriting improvement using your steps.
I noticed one thing you do that I do too and it is at the heart of my writing problem; I pause like I'm trying to remember how to write a letter. It drives me nuts.
My other problem is I begin to race along even when I'm consciously trying to write slowly and cautiously. I've practiced but I've found I must stop, lift the pen from the paper and take a moment then start again. This is awkward when in public, like say in a bank or while paying utilities.
Thanks again for this encouraging video.
6:22 ~ Alphabet
I stumbled upon this video approximately 2 months ago, since than i started to learn cursive,thx to you,before this i just an ardent admirer of cursive but after watching your video there's a spark of Sanguine that i could actually learnt it..so thx again
I have the literal worst cursive in man kind, and I have no will to be able to do something constantly to get better but I’ll try
I had a teacher when I was 12 years old and he wrote like your handwriting. I rememebered him.
Who's here due to ncov19 house arrest? 🤚
Gotta improve something with this free time lol
Me😏
lol
That made me LOL!
Chris Tucker voice - and you know this man👌
Olá! Você é brasileiro? notei pela pronúncia do inglês, sua letra é linda e me inspirou a melhorar a minha pra faculdade! obrigada
Your left hand🤘
No