cursive
Connected letter style
Cursive is a style of handwriting in which letters connect fluidly within words, allowing the pen to stay on the paper.
The style developed for speed and efficiency before typing became dominant.
Cursive writing is still taught in schools, though less universally than before: Her cursive is elegant but hard to read.
The term also applies to typefaces that mimic this connected, flowing style.
Skill of forming letters
- longhandUnabbreviated handwriting
- joinedLinked or united
- loopedFormed into rings
- slantedAngled from vertical
italic · copperplate · Palmer · Spencerian · ligature · ascender · descender · baseline
Written words for performance
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
- illuminatedMade visible by light
- engrossingCompletely holding one's attention
- scrollWound document of parchment
manuscript · parchment · vellum · scribe · chirography · inscription · stylus · folio
penmanship
Skill of forming letters
slanted · italic · copperplate · Palmer · Spencerian · ligature · ascender · descender · baseline · stroke
script
Written words for performance
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
- illuminatedMade visible by light
- engrossingCompletely holding one's attention
scroll · manuscript · parchment · vellum · scribe · chirography · inscription · stylus · folio · codex
flowing
Moving continuously onward
decorative · ornate · stylized · delicate · artistic · fanciful · swooping · sweeping · looping · romantic
typeface
Lettering style design
kerning · ligature · italic · oblique · swash · paleography · serif · display · digital · OpenType
- elementary schoolclassroom, student, first grade teacher, reading skills, teacher
- lettersa, d, e, h, q
- handwritingblock letters, penmanship, print letters, legible, letter formation
- writing skillshandwriting, spelling, words, letters, writing prompts
- writing traditionscalligraphy, poetry, prose, haiku, sonnet
- writing methodscalligraphy, print, typing, handwriting, longhand
cursiveprint
Transfer text to paper
block letters · printed · manuscript · block print · block printing
- cursive writingJoined-letter handwriting style
- cursive scriptConnected flowing handwriting style
- cursive lettersJoined flowing handwriting style
- cursive stylesConnected decorative handwriting varieties