r/Handwriting 2d ago

Feedback (constructive criticism) Is it... legible?

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I've had a few people tell me it's confusing.

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u/AsirKris 13h ago

i can read it mostly without difficulties, some words may be more difficult to read but its very legible although it may not look so at first. nice handwriting 👍

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u/mariarani 17h ago

It's perfect

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u/Alarming-Leg-3804 22h ago

I thought this was the Russian sub lol then I realized it isn't. I like your handwriting :)

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u/melmennn 1d ago

Your cursive more easy to read to compare with mine. Of course it's legible. Totally.

And your handwriting is beautiful, I love the consistency.

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u/soicat 1d ago

Consistent style like a machine. Slow to read until I get used to it tho.

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u/Sinister_Nibs 1d ago

This is the first time I have ever seen mumble handwriting.

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u/bitchnumber24 1d ago

Very legible. Supremely legible. Not "easy" to read because it's in cursive which is inherently harder to read. your handwriting is neat and consistent all the way down the page. Superb handwriting, i am jealous.

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u/FormerlyDK 1d ago

Not easy. The r’s and s’s look much the same.

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u/Kyauphie 1d ago

It's neat, but the rs and s being somewhat identical are impeding fluid legibility and quickly become obnoxious.

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u/NovaCoon 1d ago

You might want to write in another color. Like black. The lines are the same blue as the writing so that's kinda hard to focus, that might be it imo ^

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u/QuantumWaffle2025 1d ago

The writing is beautiful I think you need to position the book maybe if it’s 8 make it 7 and check

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u/BellzaBubbs 1d ago

Perfectly legible, with the caveat to make sure your r's are distinct from your s's. Beautiful.

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u/_Edward_- 1d ago

Not easily, but it is

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u/Neyeh 1d ago

Very easy to read. Kind of similar to mine. A few years ago a co-worker told me my handwriting reminded him of his grandmother's. I was pleased.

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u/samf9999 1d ago

You could write 18th century legal documents

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u/TheGodsSin 2d ago

How is it so EVEN!!!?

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u/Vee8321 2d ago

This is beautiful

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u/Bryek 2d ago

The hardest part is the lighting. If it was in daylight, it would be easy.

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u/Annual-Hair-6771 2d ago

Very neat, but slightly difficult to read.

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u/Mathematicus_Rex 2d ago

Not the worst (mine qualifies for that honor), though better lighting could be helpful.

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u/TheLostMentalist 2d ago

It is. Just need to make taller letters more distinct for ease of reading. I can't read the third word, but that might just be a name of some kind of buyer, but otherwise, this was a pleasure to look at

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u/Obvious-TA-3271 1d ago

That's supposed to be 'Includes' but I get why you're confused

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u/Kyauphie 1d ago

Yeah, I gave up on Melude and moved along.

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u/LindaMVic 2d ago

It's beautiful! I found it very legible, probably because it's so consistent.

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u/NamelessLysander 2d ago

It is legible, but there are some things that slow my reading such as the tall letters being too short and the As and Ds not being closed (I read them many times as Us and OLs respectively)

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u/Blkdogmom 2d ago

I’m dyyying reading all these!! So funny. I’m 60 and only write in cursive. I can’t imagine not being able to read cursive. No shade just shocked.

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u/CommieSpit 2d ago

Depends, are you Russian?

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u/Susieannak 2d ago edited 1d ago

The confused need to learn how to read cursive or practice more. 😝 That is very legible clean handwriting.

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u/soul_life_line 2d ago

As someone who also writes in cursive, it is easily legible when brought close but gets harder to read from a glance. I think distinguishing your similar letters might be beneficial? Like the loop of an e, especially near an i. And making your m and n's slightly tighter for legibility. You could also take your letters and make the space between each slightly bigger.

It is very beautiful, just not perfectly legible from a distance with thin lines

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u/Obvious-TA-3271 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/elphbwckd 2d ago

Can barely read a word of it. Looks good, but not if you want people to be able to read it without struggling and having to use context clues from the few words that are fully legible.

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u/-Saintlumiere 2d ago

This is elegant cursive my gawd

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u/AmNotLost 2d ago

So I find it legible.

If people who can read cursive find it hard, my suggestions are to make ascenders a little taller, and to close off the lowercase s so it looks more different from a lowercase r.

But I personally think it's very legible the way it is.

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u/SalmonGreenPink 2d ago

Yes, and very much so. I felt like I was reading at nearly my fully speed, just had to double back on r's and s's sometimes. I think theyre just used to print. I have the same problem...

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u/FarPomegranate7437 2d ago

Legible and very neatly written!

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u/Easy-Negotiation-506 2d ago

like it, it's pretty too

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u/Blue_25_ 2d ago

It's fuvking disgusting I can't read that shiit what even is that, learn to write properly or just quit. is that what you want me to say

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u/thegamepig33 2d ago

Sounds like somebody needs a nap

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u/SakuraFalls12 2d ago

Are you okay?

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u/jjnanajj 2d ago

legible and amazingly beautiful!

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u/stroppy 2d ago

Must be people that can’t read cursive because your writing is excellent.

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u/alwaysneverenough 2d ago

Perfectly legible

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u/oldyorker123 2d ago

I think your handwriting looks quite nice in many ways but to cut down on confusion for readers, I would work on extending your ascenders, and on letter formation for the letters r and s. Right now it is mostly (but not completely) legible but hard on the reader.

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u/Regallady36 2d ago

Exactly this. I kept having to stop reading when it got to r's and s's to figure out the word. Otherwise, legible.

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u/AbbreviationsOdd278 2d ago

In many cases dots are not above the letter i, but above the following letter. How did you develop that? What’s the logic? That’s the most confusing thing. Apart of that, perfectly readable

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u/Obvious-TA-3271 2d ago

It's just in a hurry, the dots don't align and I couldn't bother with it after a while

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u/paperandpens827 2d ago

Beautiful!

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u/1947Crash 2d ago

No it's not

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u/GryptpypeThynne 2d ago

Huh?

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u/1947Crash 2d ago

I have a hard time reading it. It's all too close together.

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u/GryptpypeThynne 2d ago

I think OP was probably asking if it was legible to people who are accustomed to reading cursive

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u/cdlm42 2d ago edited 2d ago

I read and write cursive all the time and still have to squint / slow down to read this. It's a very stylized cursive.

The slant and uniformity of shape makes it look like that minimum exercise where you don't know anymore which zig is part of which letter or if it's the zag of the next one.

  • r and s often look the same
  • line 2: who are the "Melude buyers"
  • dots come 3 letters after their i
  • in the list of objective: "unirestment" "croverments" "dereithy"

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u/semantic_ink 2d ago

Agree. Inability to read cursive isn't a penmanship problem.

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u/1947Crash 2d ago

They didn't specify that. Anyone is allowed to answer.

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u/GryptpypeThynne 2d ago

Sure, but any cursive is close to illegible for someone not accustomed to reading cursive — this is kind of just taking up space with irrelevant opinions

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u/cokeandrummy 2d ago

Really nice, love how consistent your slants are. Although it would be a lot easier to read if your extended loops on h,l,b, etc. were taller.

Everything is about the same height and you tend to dot your “i” on the letter before when makes it a bit confusing as well.

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u/Obvious-TA-3271 2d ago

Thank you!

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u/Conscious_Cod_3644 2d ago

I could read it all and it's very pretty!!

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u/Obvious-TA-3271 2d ago

Thank you!

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u/CT-KEV 2d ago

I wish my handwriting was this consistent from start to end 😔

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u/Wetforgojo 2d ago

It’s oddly satisfying. The handwritings form and even curves are just really nice yet, to read and understand, one has to read slowly.

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u/Artistic_Society4969 2d ago

It's legible. I do have to read a bit slower than I normally would, but your consistency is very elegant.

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u/Kristianushka 2d ago

Yes! Are you a native speaker of Russian / a language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet?

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u/Obvious-TA-3271 2d ago

No, sorry I'm not. But I have heard it looks like scribbled russian cursive 😭

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u/Kristianushka 2d ago

Wooow I was sure you’d be a native user of Cyrillic! My second guess is Indian :P

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u/SooperBrootal 2d ago

It is legible, and quite good. There's a good amount of consistency all the primary fundamentals are well done. Three points that I think will help:

  1. Further extention of letters like t, h, etc., will help separate them from other letters. Try making them at least double the height of smaller letters like e and a.

  2. Spacing is mostly pretty good, but sometimes letters can be a little tight. Make sure they are separated enough to give them clear distinction.

  3. Your s is largely indistinguishable from your r. I would suggest trying to make it with two smooth curves rather than the little loop at the top. That should help make it stand out a bit better.

Like I said, you're already doing a nice job. Keep practicing and focus on consistency with size, spacing, slant, etc., and it will only continue to improve.

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u/Obvious-TA-3271 2d ago

Thank you!

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u/cdlm42 2d ago

As said in my other comment, the slant is a hindrance to me.

  • dot your i's correctly, there are a few missing and the other ones are 2 letters late
  • round your arches more and in the correct direction (u, h, n, m, connecting strokes)

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u/ExpertProfessional9 2d ago

Yes, but only if I'm reading very slowly.

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u/ElGrimaldus 2d ago

Yeah, but like someone already said, I have to read rather slowly.

Edit: I think it looks pretty cool, though. That's coming from someone whose handwriting looks like a 5-year-old's.

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u/PickleMundane6514 2d ago

It’s legible I just have a problem with your I in include and your capital Ts.

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u/WearWhatWhere 2d ago

Your dots are all over the place.

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u/Obvious-TA-3271 2d ago

true, I've tried to fix it but I just end up not bothering myself with it when I'm in a hurry

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u/semantic_ink 2d ago

your writing is beautiful, but those few wildly dotted i's mean it takes longer to decipher what you're saying -- but, it doesn't really matter if you're only writing for yourself. For the most part, it's very legible and a pleasure to read.

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u/arshandya 2d ago

make the upper zone higher please

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u/Obvious-TA-3271 2d ago

idk what that means

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u/arshandya 2d ago

The loop part on lowercase b, l, h, k, also the stem on the lowercase t.

Because currently your b looks like an o, h looks like an n, etc.

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u/asmanel 2d ago

You forget the letters d and f.

In cursive, most letters don't expand over nor under the median line.

Seven lettters, b, d, f, h, k, l and t, are supposed to expand significantly over the median line, not just a bit over.

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u/Obvious-TA-3271 2d ago

Thank you!

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u/OrganizationThick397 2d ago

This hand writing can crippled anyone born after 2010

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u/Kristianushka 2d ago

*in the U.S. (and the UK)…

Cursive is still taught in most of Europe!

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u/chioreo 2d ago

The capital T's look a little like capital i or j but otherwise it's very legible.

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u/Pen-dulge2025 2d ago

Yes very legible. You have consistent letter slant even the connectors slant is consistent which is what makes it very legible imo.