Examples of Handwriting Styles

Examples of Handwriting Styles

A handwriting style is a carefully designed, efficient way of forming letters and numbers, and each style has it’s own character or fits certain needs—understand the basics of handwriting styles. Compare handwriting styles:

Manuscript—Modern (D’Nealian)

Manuscript—Zaner-Bloser, Simple



Manuscript—Zaner-Bloser

Manuscript—Palmer


Manuscript—Handwriting Without Tears

Manuscript—Italic (Portland, Getty/Dubay)

Manuscript—New South Wales



Manuscript—Queensland

Manuscript—Victorian

Understand the basics of handwriting styles.
Compare the various handwriting styles.

The following samples of handwriting styles were created using Startwrite Handwriting Software. 

Cursive—Modern (D’Nealian)

Cursive—Zaner-Bloser, Simple

Cursive—Zaner-Bloser

Cursive—Palmer

Cursive—Handwriting Without Tears

Linked—Italic (Portland, Getty/Dubay)

Linked—New South Wales

Linked—Queensland

Linked—Victorian

Comments

[Ashrafu]

Thanks.

[DrawYourWorld.com]

Ashrafu, you're welcome! -- Kim

[pooop]

thanks

[perfectHadwriting4a Dude]

After looking at all these styles and having learned 3 of these types I see that My cursive is really parts of each one of these (except modern- that is atrocious), or the person that wrote these were cutting corners on things ( or maybe it was my teacher's handwriting I inherited from it all)... but it seems close to Palmer lettering with the Zaner-Bloser loops. None of these seem to do the capitals B, G K or Z correctly; The "B" should go behind the letter after the bottom loop the "G" should sweep up, loop, the connect to the upper-case line before sweeping down, behind, and through; the "K" should be looped at the top and bottom of the back-line; and the "Z" should start at the bottom line, not the lower-case line.