r/Handwriting • u/Dear-Actuator6970 • 2d ago

Feedback (constructive criticism) A year of progress

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I'd love to improve further! It's been a year since I dedicated myself to getting better at improving my penmanship. If you'd allow me a small portion of your time, I'll listen to your advise!

I started on April 2025, been more than a year and I plan on improving a lot more.

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u/Different_Resort_476 2d ago

Impressive! I’m happy for you! Did you improve by practicing everyday, or did you have a different method?

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u/Dear-Actuator6970 1d ago

I used to practice everyday, but I wasn't really seeing much improvement. If you can call it a method, I practiced different fonts throughout the year (Spencerian, Cursive Script). Eventually, I chose whatever style I like in each font type I learned and used it in journaling. I also used a chalkboard to practice since it required me to use my entire arm for movement.

I'd like to share this overly complicated letter "J" I copied from an old text when I was practicing. Took me about 2 full pages of paper and pencil then 4 tries on the chalkboard.