Penmanship thread

[Anonymous No.6882689]

Penmanship thread, post your handwriting. r8, h8 appreci8.

Pic related, my scratchings.

[Anonymous No.6882700]

some subhuman language

speak American

[Anonymous No.6882704]

>>6882700
>speak American
Don't write American, though, that's not important.

[Anonymous No.6882707]

>>6882700

I speak more than one, I know this is a foreign concept for a white American.

[Anonymous No.6882709]

>>6882707
why the fuck would you waste time on another language

English is objectively the most relevant and none else matters

[Anonymous No.6882725]

>>6882709

>why the fuck would you waste time on another language

Because I'm not from the anglosphere. And again, speaking more than one language isn't hard.

[Anonymous No.6882728]

>>6882704
>>6882707
>>6882709

Stop baiting with irrelevant shit and post thread topic or gtfo

[Anonymous No.6882732]

>>6882725
it's not the question of difficulty

it's the question of purpose

as soon as you taught yourself English you should abandon your former subhuman tongue

[Anonymous No.6882740]

>>6882689
How to get a beautiful cursive handwriting? I write like a 5 year old.

Anyone got tips? Are there classes to take? I just want to write beautiful.

[Anonymous No.6882755]

>>6882732

Again, stop baiting and shitting up the thread.

>>6882740

What I did was just develop my own stuyle, then force myself to try to write like that all the time. After a while it becomes muscle memory and you do it automatically, this >>6882689 is not "correct" and my 3rd grade teacher would give me shit about it no doubt, but I like it. It looks moderately sophisticated while still being legible (at least to me)

[Anonymous No.6882763]

>>6882689
I'm currently concentrating on my penismanship tbh :|

[Anonymous No.6882796]

>>6882689
I'm in bed so can only post what I have already and although the picture was taken to capture the cat, if you look hard enough you can get an idea of my handwriting.

[Anonymous No.6882823]

>>6882796

looks pretty good tbh, a bit like relaxed spencerian script. I like it.

[Anonymous No.6882898]

[Anonymous No.6882937]

>>6882898
Hate ppl that do Capital E like that... gtfo with that backwards 3 shit

[Anonymous No.6883052]

>>6882937

>pleb who doesn't know how to use cursive detected

[Anonymous No.6883063]

>>6883052
clearly wasnt writing in cursive in that portion

[Anonymous No.6883070]

>>6882689
>small letters
nice self esteem m8

[Anonymous No.6883087]

>>6882689

Guys my penmanship is fucking awful and really sloppy. A lot of people can't even read the notes that I take on things.

I have no idea how to make my writing compact and neat without going extremely slow.

[Anonymous No.6883098]

>>6883063

um yes that's because it was in all caps

[Anonymous No.6883117]

>>6883098
Ya which is why I said I had when people do Capital E like that... jesus christ you are stupid

[Anonymous No.6883124]

>>6883117

not even the original poster but you understand that the capital "E" was in a sentence with all caps, right? which is why it's not cursive

if the backwards 3 E had been in a regular sentence, it would have been cursive to the following lowercase letters

>doesn't know how to write cursive confirmed

[Anonymous No.6883133]

>>6883124
that was my point... the E wasnt in cursive but for some reason in the middle of an all caps non cursive word they throw in the cursice style E... I like my E's crisp and sharp

[Anonymous No.6883145]

[Anonymous No.6883910]

I will be bonest, my penmanship is Godmawful but it has been like this since lower school.* Should I just an hero? Or does anyone know how to fix it?
>inb4 practice
I write ever day


*(I forgot the c like an idiot)

Kill me.

[Anonymous No.6883943]

Notes from my buddy and I reading The Unfortunates in a different order. I usually don't take notes.

[Anonymous No.6884061]

>>6883910

It's not even that bad.

Also, practice IS the answer, the key is to develop the style you want to have and then force yourself to write like that all the time until it sticks. It will take time, and your writing will be slow as shit in the beginning (which is why so few people these days take the time to do so, given that typing technology is so widely available now)

>>6883943

This is very neat and nice, but bro, do you always write with cruise control?

[Anonymous No.6884360]

can this be a usual thing? i'm disproportionately bothered by my shit handwriting

[Anonymous No.6884431]

>>6884360

Yes it can, like >>6884061 said, practice.

[Anonymous No.6884581]

>>6884431
is there a more specific way of practicing than just trying to write neater?

[Anonymous No.6884784]

>>6884581

OP here. Well, there are books and shit obviously, but even then you will have to do the practice thing. This is why I always recommend to just develop your own style and learn that one (since we don't live in a society that demands you to write a certain way the way it was in business back in the 19th century etc).

It's all about repetition, handwriting is as integral a part of you as your speech patterns are, in order to change them you have to make a concerted effort and basically force the change, which is done by repetition.

Make it an everyday thing, once you've picked your style, write that way ALL. THE. TIME. Whenever you're scribbling down a note or making a shopping list or whatever, allow it to be more painstaking than it usually is. Before long, it will start to feel natural until eventually it is now your new handwriting.

But no, there are no magic fixes to this, sorry. It's a learned skill, an art, and like any other skill or art it takes practice.

[Anonymous No.6884860]

>>6882689
I like your style.

This is my piece of shit handwriting. My was illegible even when I tried until two years ago. I started practicing, and now I'm not too devout to reinforcement of good habits.

[Anonymous No.6884876]

>>6882898
What pen do you use? That shit looks tight.

[Anonymous No.6884907]

>>6883145
I'll admit, that is difficult to read sometimes.

>>6883910
Yours looks like a crazy person's. I like it, since it is legible. Your grammar needs improvement (like mine).

>>6883943
I like yours a lot. I've only seen a handful of people that use all caps. It works in every circumstance other than standardized tests, so bravo.

>>6882898
I don't mind your E. Your handwriting does look feminine. Whatever gender you are, your lowercase cursive is excellent: legible, unique, and consistent.

>>6882689
You appear educated. I can't read what you wrote since it looks like a romance language. Nonetheless, very nice.

[Anonymous No.6884911]

>>6884876
bump.

[Anonymous No.6884936]

Welp

[Anonymous No.6884974]

>>6882689

[Anonymous No.6885001]

>>6884907

>You appear educated.

Well, I have a bachelors, but it's in comp sci lmao

>I can't read what you wrote since it looks like a romance language.

It's Swedish, so North Germanic, not Romance. I wrote down the standard sentence for comparison, pic related (excuse my shitty camera)

>Nonetheless, very nice.

Thanks.

[Anonymous No.6885052]

Here's an example of mine. Good luck making anything out between the shit image quality and the overall sloppiness.

[Anonymous No.6885059]

>>6885052

You don't happen to suffer from schizophrenia, per chance?

[Anonymous No.6885062]

>caring about ones own handwriting
/lit/erally why?

[Muck Bulligan !!ryE2gEjGbpu No.6885065]

>>6882689
if your handwriting can be read by anyone else you need to revise it
>>6882898
ugly and affected
>>6883145
endearing
>>6883943
looks exactly like my script
>all caps cadre
>>6884936
i fucking hate those loops at the bottoms of letters and all who proliferate them

[Anonymous No.6885095]

>>6885059
Nah. I just make my handwriting smaller and cluster it tightly when I want to feel like I'm writing more. I intentionally picked a particularly freaky looking page.

[Anonymous No.6885104]

>>6885062
Language matters, and handwriting can speak volumes

[Anonymous No.6885113]

>>6885104
In 2015 anything worth a damn is typed.

[Anonymous No.6885126]

>>6885113

>muh modern times makes err'thang obsolete

It's because of people like you the millenials (and subsequent generations) became, and are becoming, a bunch of dumbfucks.

[Anonymous No.6885139]

>>6885126
Give me an example of a common situation where something would be handwritten at length.

[Anonymous No.6885145]

>>6882689
Is that German?

[Anonymous No.6885148]

>>6885139
Essays during tests at school, various official forms and applications you have to fill out by hand, signing checks, etc.

[Anonymous No.6885149]

>>6885145

See >>6885001

[Anonymous No.6885151]

>>6885139

Not him but I write out all my early drafts, notes, etc and typing essays is just disgusting. Not to mention letters, of course.

[Anonymous No.6885162]

>>6885145
seems swedish

[Anonymous No.6885169]

>>6885139

Give me a reason why being able to write nicely by hand is a bad thing. Even if I agree that it's a "useless" skill like, I don't know, being kick ass at jojo, how is it in any way a bad thing?

Also this >>6885148

[Anonymous No.6885171]

>>6885065
Fuck why do you still post here

[Anonymous No.6885180]

>>6885171
New to /lit/. Is this person a frequenter? What'd they do?

[Anonymous No.6885185]

>>6885148
Essays aren't common since you're only forced to do it for a small fraction of your life. Not everyone goes to college either.

I don't consider forms and application to be lengthy enough to where penmanship would matter much.

Nobody signs checks anymore nor is it mandatory.

>>6885151
Yes and writing by hand isn't mandatory with any of these.

>letters
Email is more efficient.

>>6885169
Didn't say it was bad, just unnecessary.

What is jojo? The fighting game?

[Anonymous No.6885197]

>>6885180
They're an opinionated tripfag.

[Anonymous No.6885205]

>>6885185

>What is jojo? The fighting game?

Apparently it's spelled "yo-yo" in English, one of these things. I was a fucking Jedi at that shit as a kid.

[Anonymous No.6885210]

>>6885185
>What is jojo? The fighting game?
I'm pretty sure they meant yoyo

>Email is more efficient.
Good luck sending an email to your wife on her birthday instead of a card.

I bet you're just butt hurt that you penmanship sucks. Sorry about your education, but it's your fault for not filling in the major gaps.

Last, I would like to point out that penmanship is strongly related to self discipline and education. If you write like shit, people will believe your mind is shit.

[Anonymous No.6885213]

>>6884876

noodler konrad

basically your starter pen for flex nibs

[Anonymous No.6885222]

>>6885213
Thanks. Also, did I find the right one?
http://www.amazon.com/Noodlers-Ink-Konrad-Pearl-Fountain/dp/B00DDXAYGG/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1437966317&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=knoodler+konrad

[Anonymous No.6885225]

>>6885210

>Last, I would like to point out that penmanship is strongly related to self discipline and education. If you write like shit, people will believe your mind is shit.

This is probably the most important point in why penmanship is still very relevant. Case in point, >>6884907 got the impression that OP is an educated man right away despite the text itself being written in a language he can't understand.

[Muck Bulligan !!ryE2gEjGbpu No.6885230]

>>6885171
i am sorry, do the butterflies i give you get tiresome?
>>6885180
don't pay attention to them, they're just playing hard to get
>>6885185
why are you making people persuade you that it's admirable to be able to communicate effectively without the aid of a keyboard?

[Anonymous No.6885232]

>>6885210
How do I get good? Is it too late?

[Anonymous No.6885239]

>>6885230

>why are you making people persuade you that it's admirable to be able to communicate effectively without the aid of a keyboard?

Because it's a skill he lacks and it makes him insecure.

[Anonymous No.6885254]

>>6885232

This has been repeated several times ITT.

FUCKING. PRACTICE. FUCKING. PREPETITION.

That's all there is to it, get cracking.

[Anonymous No.6885266]

>>6885232
I'm not an expert (or even good), but my penmanship is now legible. I would say start with learning how to hold a pen. Next, I would choose a style. Have someone critique your penmanship often (write to family or a lover), and aim for consistency with legibility in every stroke.

I originally chose wide ruled paper; I practiced my lines for pages and pages (with only marginal improvement every week); and I chose a pen I loved.

For ballpoint I use a Zebra, fountain I chose Lamy Safari, and I now want a flex. So I may pick up what >>6885213 is using.

[Anonymous No.6885300]

>>6882937


you're going to hate how I do my capital A's then

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !mxvabIoSIE No.6885357]

>>6885065
That's what was wrong.
You've been sending us backwards pictures all this time.

[Anonymous No.6885368]

Since you asked.

[Anonymous No.6885371]

>>6885300
9/10 would bang just for the break up note

>>6885065
6/10
Not bad. Not great.

>>6885052
4/10
Not horrible. Not good. Uniformity will help you a lot.

>>6885001
8/10
Clean, looks nice. Extra half point for keeping a strait line without ruling.

>>6884974
I knew a kid that wrote like that. Slightly more legible, but the font was the same size. We used to turn in a few sentences for our spanish class homework, normally taking a half page. This kid had to staple the damn thing together in order to hand it to the teacher.

>>6884936
8/10
Your early education was great. The font isn't unique, but the mastery is excellent.

>>6884860
Hey, that's me! Someone r8 it please.

>>6883943
7/10
All caps is cheating if you're shitty at it. However, you're good at it so it's a 'style.' Bravo.

>>6883910
5/10
Not bad. Keep it up.

>>6883145
6/10
>>6882898
9/10
Depending on how you write normally, that is either impressive or amazing.

>>6882796
7/10
I like the cat; I like the kindle; less mistakes and control the wispiness.

[Anonymous No.6885389]

>>6885222


yep, that's the one! actually, I have a noodler Ahab too, and I always get them mixed up

they're /essentially/ the same pen (same nib) except different sizes

here's what my writing looks like using a non-flex pen

I do vastly prefer flexed cuz you can add these different weights and flourishes

[Anonymous No.6885391]

>>6885368

student at a medieval university/10

No, really, my uni had a small museum that contained notebooks from students who attended in the 1400s, looked just like that (only in latin, of course)

[Anonymous No.6885403]

>>6885391
Strange. I have taken some medieval courses, but I think the printing predates them. I love scribal hands, though: they completely put me to shame.

[Anonymous No.6885409]

>>6885403

Maybe it was a local thing, idk, or maybe the exhibit was bullshit. It was far less legible than yours though, it's mostly the (very) long flourishes that are similar.

[Muck Bulligan !!ryE2gEjGbpu No.6885412]

>>6885357
photo booth doesn't want to make things too easy on me
>>6885371
automatic 0/10 because you fail to see my talent

[Anonymous No.6885414]

>>6885403
For everyday writing, I can see your markings on the reverse of the page. It looks nice. Obviously you're trying, and it looks good. However, don't lie in saying it is what you use day to day.

[Anonymous No.6885425]

>>6885412
Ever heard of gimp? Also, your penmanship looks like shit from the shit photo. Don't blame that guy for not seeing 'talent' since you obviously lack it in taking a proper photograph. I'm surprised anything could be seen.

[Anonymous No.6885432]

>>6885414
I wrote the "Quick fox" on the back of something my GF wrote. That first page is my class notes, written as fast as I can write while a prof's speaking. That's about as messy as my printing gets. I have binders full of it.

[Anonymous No.6885470]

>>6885432
My bad. In that case, very impressive.

>seeing myself out

[Muck Bulligan !!ryE2gEjGbpu No.6885493]

>>6885425

[Anonymous No.6885511]

Can we do signatures instead? I have a pretty nice signature (at least I am proud of it). Other than that, my writing is unfit for people's eyes

[Anonymous No.6885592]

>>6885511
>Can we do signatures instead?
No.
>I have a pretty nice signature (at least I am proud of it). Other than that, my writing is unfit for people's eyes

Post both. Nothing is stopping you.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !mxvabIoSIE No.6885593]

>>6885511
Do what you want. Most people just don't want to give their names out.

[Anonymous No.6885665]

[Anonymous No.6885689]

>>6885665

The fuck is this, cursive hebrew?

[Anonymous No.6885710]

>>6885689

It's an abominable mishmash of English and some vocabulary and spelling (though not syntax or grammar) from the language I'm working on in my spare time, written in the phonetic alphabet I cooked up when I was bored back in high school. I don't use the Latin alphabet anymore unless somebody else absolutely has to be able to read what I'm writing down, because this one is faster for me to use now.

[Anonymous No.6885713]

>>6885710

That's some DaVincian level autism right there, son. Impressive in a way, deeply disturbing in others.

[Anonymous No.6885721]

>>6885511

Signatures?

Hell, why not.

[Anonymous No.6885949]

>>6885266
you might want to try writing with your arm -- instead of your fingers-- like people were taught in the 1950s and before. http://www.paperpenalia.com/handwriting.html

[Anonymous No.6885981]

>>6885721

Brb forging checks, thank you friendo.

[Anonymous No.6885988]

[Anonymous No.6886011]

My writing motions are very fast and short, almost spastic at times.

[Anonymous No.6886026]

>>6882689

[Anonymous No.6886123]

Uh, don't pay attention to my piss-poor attempt at a poem.

[Anonymous No.6886158]

>still writing things by hand
The 1860's called, they want their pens back.
126WPM reporting in

[Anonymous No.6886540]

>>6885185

e-mail may be more efficient but people enjoy long, hand written letters in cursive on high GSM paper. Writing well is an importantnpart of my, and others, daily life.

[Anonymous No.6886545]

>>6883070
there's a connection between small and tight lettering and self esteem? graphologists >>>/out/

[Anonymous No.6886651]

>>6882689
Pretty nice if legibility is not the point. But it wouldn't be, considering your mediocrity. Work less on your handwriting and more on learning to write. I absently wonder what the word between vindrutan and januarinatten is but if it fixes that sentence you should get the Nobel price in literature.
Conclusion: OP is a pulsating faggot.

[Anonymous No.6886773]

>>6886651

Cute opinion, bro. Not that I disagree on the quality of that excerpt specifically (it's why it's cut off in the beginning of the second paragraph after all, it sucked so I abandoned it)

Conclusion: YOU are a pulsating faggot and probably a douche and a pussy as well.

[Anonymous No.6886973]

>>6886773

[Anonymous No.6887087]

>>6884860
7/10
I actually really like this. Nice!

[Anonymous No.6887351]

>>6883943
>engineer as fuck

[Anonymous No.6887448]

I write in all capital letters, two lines per line on the page. I've done since I was like 13. Always use ultra fine pens (this was with a Pilot G2 .038). Any larger and it becomes really sloppy and hard to read.

[Anonymous No.6887460]

>>6887448

>two lines on each line

Kill yourself

[Anonymous No.6887593]

>>6887460
>being a motor skills challenged retard

[Anonymous No.6887602]

>>6887593

It just looks fucking retarded m8

[Anonymous No.6888236]

>>6884860
ewsreal/10

[Anonymous No.6888255]

>>6885180
it's a generous female tripfag. i'm cool with them staying around.

[Anonymous No.6888264]

>>6885368
I actually really like this.
I think it kinda looks like my brother's.
Has a really definite and in fact beautiful though idiosyncratic style to it.

[Anonymous No.6888270]

>>6885493
>skype
>apple
>netflix
tsk tsk

[Anonymous No.6888272]

>>6885710
>from the language I'm working on in my spare time, written in the phonetic alphabet I cooked up when I was bored back in high school
what high school.
i knew a person who did exactly that.
hella impressive.

[Anonymous No.6888276]

>>6885988
I've seen this image or handwriting before.

[Carpocrates !!U54hziLbHNQ No.6888308]

I'm not a robot.

[Muck Bulligan !!ryE2gEjGbpu No.6888312]

>>6888270
os x is great to have if you edit a lot of anything

the macbook was free and i dual-boot win7 so i'm not complaining

i have skype and a movie up whenever i'm on 4chan, it's comfy
>>6887448
i love your handwriting but you seem insufferable

[Carpocrates !!U54hziLbHNQ No.6888318]

>>6888276
Waruso shows it as having been posted five times now.

[Anonymous No.6888333]

>>6888318
hem hem hem hem.
btw, this is probably the first time I've seen you be actually useful.

[Anonymous No.6888735]

>>6888270
Are you from /g/?

>>6888312
>i dual-boot win7
I think you missed the point. Anon was obviously talking about la freedoms

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !mxvabIoSIE No.6890364]

>>6885721
I see a pussy. :^d~

[Anonymous No.6890449]

>>6882689
a letter from a friend

[Anonymous No.6890472]

>>6885721
That's shit.

[Anonymous No.6890513]

>>6888272

It's in Texas, and that's all you're getting from me.

[Anonymous No.6890539]

>>6888308
Cool drawing brah

[Anonymous No.6890544]

>>6890364
>>6890472

It's a quicker way to draw pic related, which is all the letters of my name combined into an ideogram, using the alphabet that was a precursor to the one used in >>6885665

[Anonymous No.6890552]

>>6890544
You wear a fedora don't you?

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !mxvabIoSIE No.6890559]

>>6890544
Looks nice. You paint?

[Anonymous No.6890600]

>>6890544
Looks like an anti-semitic caricature.

[Anonymous No.6890620]

>>6890552

Boredom is more potent than fedora.

>>6890559

Never been one much for painting. Dabbled with ink art for a while, but not often anymore.

[Anonymous No.6891070]

>>6890449

They're a depressing little shithead.

[Anonymous No.6892994]

>>6885511
>>6885721

Mine. It's shit, I know. I've never been able to figure out a way to get E and F to look good, fucking sprigly letters the both of 'em.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » No.6893057]

>>6892994
Just lay the F over the E (This assuming it's E.F.) slightly below and to the right.
This way looked like E.T. at first

Maybe with serifs?

[Anonymous No.6893123]

>>6893057

>Just lay the F over the E (This assuming it's E.F.) slightly below and to the right.

But that's pretty much exactly what I do? Middle and lower sprigs of the E create the sprigs of the F etc.

[Anonymous No.6893202]

Howm I doin, /lit/?

[Anonymous No.6893210]

Howm I doin /lit/?

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » No.6893213]

>>6893123
>Middle and lower sprigs of the E create the sprigs of the F
I see this, and I'm saying don't do that. Blending is fun, but maybe you need to leave them as distinct letters. Not so long as pictured either.

[Anonymous No.6894731]

My cursive is so bad I don't even bother with it anymore. Also does anyone know how I can prevent my writing from creating a indent on the next page? I already tried not pusing down hard.

[Anonymous No.6894740]

my drawing of penmanship

rate

[Anonymous No.6894776]

>>6894740
Ho ho! Hail fellow, well met!

[Anonymous No.6894781]

Recycling this picture, but it wasn't rated so I'll throw it up again.
Left two are within the past year, right is maybe two to three years old.
Should I keep the left or revert to the right?

[Anonymous No.6894788]

>>6885171
Little baby intimidated by a girl on the internet?

[Anonymous No.6894790]

>>6891070
Well, they're dead now.

[Anonymous No.6894977]

>>6894790

I gathered that.

[Anonymous No.6895055]

>>6894781

Left is more legible but right makes you seem like more of a douchebag intellectual. In other words, revert to the right, legibility is for fags.

[Anonymous No.6895113]

Would love to post a picture but fucking captcha doesn't work on android even when I take it off the phone browser version

[Anonymous No.6895213]

>>6894781

stick to left

how is this even a question?

[Anonymous No.6895632]

>>6882689
Don't stay there waiting for a chance to open up.

>>6882796
When you rely on the future, the intensity of your present anxieties will make you hesitate.

>>6882898
Your head is in the air, but you must talk. Aquarius.

>>6883145
Travelling is nice.

>>6883910
You are as important as anyone else. Not more, but definitely not less either. Buy yourself a gift.

>>6883943
Sometimes we are misunderstood and that's okay.

>>6884860
Multiple directions. Where do you want to go?

>>6884936
Confidence, bring your value to the surface.

>>6884974
Dicks on the wall.

>>6885001
Admit it. You have things to say.

>>6885052
Observe your mind.

>>6885065
Equality.

>>6885300
Aquarius.

>>6885368
The spider works through honesty.

and fuck this, I'm tired and the thread is long

[Anonymous No.6895711]

>>6885052
oh my god you fucking clusterfucknigger. wtf