Cursive fonts

[Bayum]

Does anyone happen to have a cursive font that would be appropriate for 7-8yr olds to read? The school don't seem to have bought into anything, but alt of my children need work on cursive formation! My idea is that they can see it a lot more in the classroom and for their spellings which will allow them to see the fluency between spellings and joins...

If anyone would like to be super nice and win team points, you could maybe send me an example of said font...

 

[D6975]

Take a look here:

http://www.1001fonts.com/cursive-fonts.html

one of the 288 must be suitable

 

[DarloRich]

should i link the Bart Simpson scene.................

 

[miami]

Is it really appropiate for children to learn cursive now? Does anyone seriously write anything longer than a shopping list (even that) in the real world? Children learn to read print, then they're expected to learn to write characters that look barely like their print counterparts - certainly nothing like magic pencil. Rather than coming out with legible, separated and easy to read that the whole world reads and writes via a keyboard, they're encouraged to write like a spider until they get old enough to upgrade to legible handwriting (and then onto a computer)

Other than "I had to do it", is there really any good reason people should learn to write in such an archaic way. I'm not against learning to write legibly, especially where you can read your own writing, but this crazy style of writing that nobody uses in the real world has surely had it's day?

 

[DaleCooper]

Bayum please don't be discouraged by paulweaver's comments, you're doing a great and important job.

 

[alxndr]

I'm not against learning to write legibly, especially where you can read your own writing, but this crazy style of writing that nobody uses in the real world has surely had it's day?

I have to disagree, both styles have their places.

It was never anything strictly enforced at school, but I still send to default to cursive when I'm writing for myself, especially if it's a paragraph or more. I find it (generally) more comfortable and quicker. If legibility is the most important thing, or I'm writing for others, then I tend to use block capitals instead.

It is however important for people to be able to read cursive too though, there are plenty of people who do use it. Unfortunately there are quite a few styles for some letters, 'r' in particular, so perhaps it's worth trying to expose them to various people's handwriting. Organic handwriting will always be different to the typed variety, no matter how good the font.

 

[hexagon789]

Not sure if it's what you're looking for, but this is basically what my handwriting looks like:

 

[Murph]

Adobe Typekit has a free plan for limited use (please read the terms and make your own determination for whether your use qualifies). Adobe are a major goto digital type vendor for professional printers and have a massive range.

Google Fonts also has a fairly large selection for free use.

 

[northwichcat]

The original post was posted almost a year ago so hopefully something suitable has already been sourced.

Is it really appropiate for children to learn cursive now? Does anyone seriously write anything longer than a shopping list (even that) in the real world? Children learn to read print, then they're expected to learn to write characters that look barely like their print counterparts - certainly nothing like magic pencil. Rather than coming out with legible, separated and easy to read that the whole world reads and writes via a keyboard, they're encouraged to write like a spider until they get old enough to upgrade to legible handwriting (and then onto a computer)

Other than "I had to do it", is there really any good reason people should learn to write in such an archaic way. I'm not against learning to write legibly, especially where you can read your own writing, but this crazy style of writing that nobody uses in the real world has surely had it's day?

Cursive is very useful for signatures - it makes it quicker to sign your name and also more difficult for someone to copy your signature.

I had to learn both capital and lower case cursive but when writing normally I use a mixture of cursive and printed capital letters e.g. I write cursive Es but not cursive Ts, mainly because some people confuse cursive capital Ts for Ys.

While I don't personally do family history if you're unable to read cursive writing I think you'd find it difficult to do, as you wouldn't be able to read your grandparent's birth certificate.

 

[northwichcat]

should i link the Bart Simpson scene.................

You mean the one where "SKINNER" says we stopped teaching it because the teacher's forgot how to write capital Qs?