Thread: Russian handwriting - feedback and examples wanted!

All of the examples looked much prettier than my handwriting By the way - in case anyone is interested, in addition to occasionally butchering the Russian language, I can also do handwriting analysis if anyone is interested. The writing samples can be in Russian or English. Either way, you are writing directly from your brain and it can reveal a great deal about your personality.

Feel free to test my knowledge on this It is a lot of fun.

There is one letter which I always have a difficult time with: ж

Can someone please tell me the exact sequence of how to write this character, when and where the pen should be lifted from the page as it is written?

Thanks.

K

Originally Posted by kerygma

There is one letter which I always have a difficult time with: ж

Can someone please tell me the exact sequence of how to write this character, when and where the pen should be lifted from the page as it is written?

You shouldn't lift a pen
it's supposed to be written with one stroke but it's hard, so you can cheat with lifting, the letter consists of three parts, click on the image to see
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Here is Russian прописи in 4 parts - http://naotlichno.info/2011/05/propi...-4-x-chastyax/
The image has been taken from part 4
Прописи is the most helpful way to learn Russian handwriting

Originally Posted by Doomer

You shouldn't lift a pen

it's supposed to be written with one stroke but it's hard, so you can cheat with lifting, the letter consists of three parts, click on the image to see

Just a correction: "You shouldn't lift THE pen. Gosh, this definite article is so hard for Russians, isn't it! I absolutely can't explain why it should be "the" and not "a".

Anyway, there are some Russian letters that don't connect well with the letters following it. Like "б" for example. So it is not possible write completely "flowing" in Russian.

But the average Russian person has excellent handwriting - Judging from the examples here, they must be excellent at teaching penmanship in Russian schools!

Originally Posted by Hanna

it's supposed to be written with one stroke but it's hard, so you can cheat with lifting, the letter consists of three parts, click on the image to see

Just a correction: "You shouldn't lift THE pen. Gosh, this definite article is so hard for Russians, isn't it! I absolutely can't explain why it should be "the" and not "a".

Thank you for the correction
I understand my mistake but only because I heard examples not because I know this exact rule, which is bad. Does anybody know the rule?

Originally Posted by Hanna

But the average Russian person has excellent handwriting - Judging from the examples here, they must be excellent at teaching penmanship in Russian schools!

Yeah, handwriting becomes bad in universities