See 9 Super Easy Steps To Improve Your Handwriting Style
Quite a few years back, my handwriting wasn’t as good as I wished.
Over time, I realized the importance of my handwriting and the impression it can make in daily life as a student, a professional and an individual. Hence, my quest to improve it continued to grow and I had to work it out realistically and intentionally to get what I wanted.
By the time I was done working on my fingers and ink, friends and colleagues took turns to have access to my well-written notes at the end of the class or a meeting.
You might have had an awkward situation due to your not-to-good handwriting or other reasons to improve your writing.
Whatever your reason is, having good handwriting is a plus to you. May I let you know that you have made a good choice. As a matter of fact, there are many nice reasons to make your writing legible and attractive.
Below, I will share some of the things you can do if you really want to have legible handwriting.
1. Be determined
Failure will never overtake you if your determination to succeed is strong enough. Therefore, when it comes to changing your writing too, you need serious determination, not a brief one.
Any mediocre can have a brief determination but to achieve lasting results, you need to go the extra mile and ensure you don’t stop until you see changes.
Winners don’t quit, remember? So, ask yourself – why do I really want to change my writing? perhaps you can write a list and this will give you the needed boost to amp up your zeal in discouraging moments.
2. Hold it professionally
Whether it is a pencil or a pen you are using to write, you need to hold it in a way that will speak your skillfulness. The tips of your fingers should be close to the pen’s tip, especially your thumb, index finger and middle finger.
The base of the pen should rest within the opening between your thumb and index finger when they make a curve around the pen. It’s advisable to let the base of the pen move closer to the index finger, this will make you more relaxed.
If you do this, a larger part of the pen will rest on your index finger and you will have more control over your pen. I think you should try this now. Make your grip tight and write like a professional.
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3. Your pen matters too
There’s no doubt that some pen will make your handwriting look terrible, some will even slow down your writing speed. I will recommend any pen with a tiny tip. Such a pen will make your handwriting thin and legible.
Light pens too could increase your speed, no extra weight, just simple and effective. Personally, I love very slim pens with legible ink.
You should check it out and see if it works for you too. I am hopeful it will. Alternatively, you could buy a number of pens to see which one works best for you before sticking to it.
4. Tools You See Everywhere
Newspapers, magazines, newsletters – Yeah, you heard that 🙂 . The daily newspapers you see all around you were beautifully printed with creative calligraphy and font styles.
In those days, I would look into the lines and study how the letters are written one after the other. I will then replicate it on a blank piece of paper.
This continued until I didn’t need to look at the newspaper to write my words in my desired font style. I also didn’t forget to give myself some accolades each time I notice an improvement 😆 .
You should try this too. If you are not satisfied with the hard copies you find around you, go to font websites, you will see a plethora of styles.
5. Your sitting posture
As simple as this sounds, if you don’t prepare the whole of your body to write, they will throw tantrums and make you discouraged. In other words, let your back, legs, hands and the rest of your body know it’s writing time.
Don’t just sit at the edge of the bed or just anywhere, except what you want to write is very brief. When you want to write a good number of words, have a good sitting position, a good chair and table isn’t hard to find.
Albeit, when you have perfected your writing skills, you can choose to write anywhere you find yourself. Although ensure your surface is smooth enough to allow you to write.
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6. Alignment
If you have problems with vertical alignment, draw an invisible or light line from your previous line to match your new line underneath and continue writing from the invisible line.
Perhaps your challenge is sticking to a straight horizontal line, keep writing on papers that have visible lines until you get used to it. By the type you write on a plain sheet, you will most likely not deviate from your unseen line.
Don’t forget to add a clear space between one word and the next word, you don’t want your writing looking like scanty noodles on a big plate 😉 .
7. Take your letters one after the other
Perhaps you know which particular alphabet is giving you a tough time, take your time to improve that first before you begin to write words and sentences.
If it’s the small letter “a” or the capital letter “A”, spend substantial time on it first and perfect it. When you see a difference, begin to write the letter or alphabet in many words and sentences.
I bet you will love the changes you see.
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8. Write as often as possible
As you know, practice makes perfect. Keep writing at every opportunity you get. Type less and write often.
There are things you might need to quit printing directly from your computer, take the pain to write them in your notes. You could then take a picture of it or scan and send to the printer.
This will help you to know how far you have improved, the transition will be glaring as you see your writing more often around you.
Compile your to-do lists with your pen rather than using apps for now just to improve yourself.
Keep a journal, write your lecture notes, write your shopping list, write letters, write your grocery list and do as many writings as possible.
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9. You might need to slow down
If you have an incredible writing speed but poor handwriting, you might need to slow down a little to perfect your handwriting.
If you write too fast, you might lose your vertical and horizontal alignment and make more mistakes with your start and end points. Take it easy for now till you’re perfect. Write slowly, neatly and legibly
So, I hope you get remarkable results after trying all these proven suggestions.
All the best as you develop your writing skills.
What have you been doing lately to improve your handwriting?
Interesting blog! I journal every day so get lots of practice but just fixed my posture!!!
Thanks, Rose. All the best in your endeavours!
After I started my job, I have not been writing too often and my handwriting has gone too bad. I will surely follow your tips to improve it.
That would be great. I wish you the best, Devendra.
Determination is the key to success. Thanks for sharing with us.
You’re welcome, Apolline.
These are great tips, wish i got it back in my school days. Nowadays, everything happens digitally, i rarely get to write anything. The maximum I get to a pen is to sign.
Awww, maybe handwritten to-do-lists will help out then. Thanks for reading, Arnab.
These days, when we all have computers, I think slowly slowly, handwriting is dying. Probably the only thing that I still hand write is the shopping list. I do remember though that in school the teachers always underlined on a neat handwriting.
It’s obvious teachers have a good attraction to well-written notes. Thanks for adding that.
The slowing down part is what my son needs to do. My son tries to tell me that he can just type everything but I push him to have neat handwriting
Good work, mum!
I need to try these out. My handwriting is the worst. It’s why I prefer typing. I feel like I can get my thoughts out better that way.
Awww, I am hopeful these tips would help.
Wow! I never thought about my posture having affecting my handwriting! How interesting!
Glad you now know, Lauren.
I find that the Western world doesn’t place as much emphasis on handwriting, as people do in less developed countries. When I was younger, we were told that great hand writing could take you places. Nowadays, many people use their computers and laptops, but handwriting can still be very important in today’s world. Thanks for sharing these tips.
Sure, handwriting is still very important. Just that less attention is given to it these days. Thanks for reading.
My penmanship used to be much better than it is now. I rarely handwrite these days, I need to practice again!
Please practice again, Natalie. Good luck to you.
My handwriting certainly isn’t the best, so these are definitely some tips I can use! Especially not running my letters together!
All the best, Shannon.
Wow! This is really helps. I’m not really good in Handwriting I will try to apply this.
All the best, Maysz
Wow..These are some great tips to improve handwriting. I love that you said about how to hold the pen professionally. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome, Olga
This is super interesting. When I was younger, I used to carry a notebook and pens with me everywhere. I loved just writing and practicing member’s of my family’s name in cursive. I like to think that is why my handwriting looks the way it does. Lots of practice. 🙂
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Absolutely! Practice makes things perfect.
I was reading the news yesterday and our province is not even teaching this in schools anymore. I can’t believe it! I know there is no huge need for it, but I still think kids should know how to sign their names and read cursive, as it is still used in many places and professions.
Exactly! Thanks for the additions, Stephanie
I never thought about posture & location having an effect on handwriting practice! I wish I had these tips when I was a student!
Great tips!!
Sure, they have an effect on handwriting practice. Thanks for reading.
I’ll have to send this to my husband. He’s been in search of some helpful reads for improving his handwriting. I would never even think to suggest posture. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for reading, Stephanie
I have the worst handwriting so thank you for this! Loved reading it!
You’re welcome, Thena
Thanks for sharing a great article. I believe the more you write, the better your handwriting is. My son is a perfect example.
Exactly! You’re welcome, Cynthia
These are great tips. Thankfully though, my daughters are quite careful with how they write. Even the little one is trying 😀 As for me, I am already very lazy to write. haha
Glad to hear this about your daughters.
I have a really bad handwriting that’s why I write as less as possible. But I want to improve it so I’ll follow these helpful tips.
I wish you the best as you try.
You bring up good points. With the prevalence of typing on keyboards, the skill and art of handwriting really seems to have lost its importance. I realize how awful my handwriting has become every time I write out a grocery list or a note to remember something – and then can’t read what I wrote!
Awww, don’t give up yet, Dr. K. Lee Banks
Wow! Insightful read… My hand writing actually sucks cuz I learnt how to write at a very older age…
But nevertheless, it isn’t that bad for an Internet addict like me, I now do all my writing on the computer keyboard.
Yeah, it isn’t bad for you, Chris
I find whether or not I rush significantly impacts my handwriting. It can be super neat and then other times it looks like a dog tied a texta to their paw and ran around chasing a Magpie for a while, a hot mess lol.
Your analysis got me laughing loud. A hot mess indeed.
This is awesome! Even though we don’t use handwriting as much as in the old times, its so important and says so much about your personality! My mother in law studies this and ive learned so much! Thanks for the share
You’re welcome, Tania
I raely write these days so my handwriting is atrocious, need to utilise some of these tips
Thanks for reading, Anosa