{"product":{"product_id":"1444103792","title":"Improve Your Handwriting (Teach Yourself)","price":"14.99","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41OIuqMQKKL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1444103792"},"comments":[{"body":"Lots of practice and patience. \r\n\r\nI found this book to be a great starting place:\r\nImprove Your Handwriting (Teach Yourself) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1444103792/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_WT7JCFWDWA0Q5K7N9A9J?_encoding=UTF8\u0026amp;psc=1\r\n\r\nThere is another big proponent of the “italic” writing style, which is really rather straightforward and easy to learn. I’m forgetting the author at the moment, but also recommend you investigate italic handwriting.","subreddit_name":"pens","author":"Marbaequina"},{"body":"Hey, I too think your handwriting is pretty nice and neat. However,  I believe I understand your query: you're after a more kinda... mature style?? Regardless of its name, mature or whatever, the alternative to your handwriting joins up letters, has some slant and  sort of 'flows' more naturally... Personally, I found [this book](https://www.amazon.com/Improve-Your-Handwriting-Teach-Yourself/dp/1444103792) very useful for and well written if the goal is to have a 'fluent hand'. Moreover, the book is a delight to read that is packed with exercises.  Anyway, that's my opinion, hope it helps!","subreddit_name":"Handwriting","author":"Daangui"},{"body":"I had started in spring 2019 with the book [Improve Your Handwriting](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Improve-Your-Handwriting-calligraphy-enthusiasts/dp/1444103792). About after a month I was happy enough with the new style that I abandoned the cursive that we had learned in school. Since then I have worked only on minor improvements.","subreddit_name":"Handwriting","author":"H_Eller"},{"body":"I had horrible penmanship for most of my life. One year I promised my employer I’d improve it and I stated by reading this book: Improve Your Handwriting (Teach Yourself) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1444103792/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_1PCdDbVZHDZTR\r\n\r\nBasically the biggest take away for me was to focus on spacing.  Spacing between letters and words - adjacency and vertically - and keeping it consistent.  Spacing is very important to having a consistent look to your handwriting.  It helped me go from bad to good handwriting.\r\n\r\nComputers and word processors do spacing for us - and it looks clean.  But humans are busy creatures and we tend to write in a hurry.  So just focusing on maintaining clean penmanship and spacing, even when in a rush, has been a great help to me.\r\n\r\nBest of luck.","subreddit_name":"writing","author":"chigish48"},{"body":"As far as handwriting goes, I highly recommend anything based on italic -- [this one should be readily available](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1444103792). Handwriting improvement is how I ended up doing calligraphy, in fact: I started out with italic-based handwriting, then discovered that italic can be a formal calligraphic script as well!\r\n\r\nBeyond that, take a look at the wiki and see what catches your interest. Good luck!","subreddit_name":"Calligraphy","author":"zerowidth"},{"body":"That's actually quite nice to hear, my family have been awful about it and I think it's kinda made me a bit overly worried about it. \r\n\r\n\r\nBasically everything that is in [this](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Improve-Your-Handwriting-Teach-Yourself/dp/1444103792) book.\r\n\r\nI have noticed that when I'm writing slowly on things like christmas cards my handwriting does improve, I might try to do this with note-taking and hopefully start to see some actual improvement. ","subreddit_name":"Handwriting","author":"dwarvenbeard"},{"body":"Don't give up hope! Have you ever tried books geared toward improving [handwriting](http://www.amazon.com/Improve-Your-Handwriting-Teach-Yourself/dp/1444103792/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1451434208\u0026amp;sr=8-1\u0026amp;keywords=handwriting+books+for+adults)?","subreddit_name":"TalesFromRetail","author":"leftclicksq2"},{"body":"I read this book about handwriting recently and it could help you, it addresses pretty much everything about getting a better handwriting, including a model script to improve on:\r\n\r\n http://www.amazon.com/Improve-Your-Handwriting-Teach-Yourself/dp/1444103792","subreddit_name":"fountainpens","author":"LorduFreeman"},{"body":"1. In America, Wal-Mart and Target do carry handwriting books. Look in school supply sections in the K-5 area.\r\n\r\n2. In America at least, there is probably a teacher supply store somewhere in your town. I've lived in about six states and always knew where one was. Gets you in good with the kids' teachers if you can donate a few supplies so they don't have to buy them. Also nice to have some of those things for decorating a nightstand/desk and one side of your kid's room, to designate it as a study area. To wrap up, you can find that stuff there, along with a lot of \"niche\" products you might like even as an adult. (Also, a campus bookstore at a nearby college, although unlikely to have penmanship materials beyond some fancy pens, will have some fairly odd supplies for art classes and such...things you might not find in Wal-Mart.)\r\n\r\n\r\n3. Amazon. [Here](http://www.amazon.com/Improve-Your-Handwriting-Teach-Yourself/dp/1444103792/ref=pd_sim_b_4), or [here](http://www.amazon.com/Write-Now-Complete-Program-Handwriting/dp/0876781180/ref=sr_1_5?s=books\u0026amp;ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1381111033\u0026amp;sr=1-5\u0026amp;keywords=handwriting+workbook). Or just search \"handwriting\" in the Books category.\r\n\r\n4. Last but cheapest... Do you have a printer? How about [handwritingworksheets.com](http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/)? Or just Google image search \"handwriting sheets,\" size your favorite result appropriately, and print... [Here](https://www.google.com/search?q=handwriting+sheets\u0026amp;es_sm=93\u0026amp;source=lnms\u0026amp;tbm=isch\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ei=URVSUtOCLrP_4AOCu4GYDg\u0026amp;ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ\u0026amp;biw=1600\u0026amp;bih=775\u0026amp;dpr=1) are the results for that search, by the way. I've had poor luck with using Google links in the past, so apologies if the link doesn't work.\r\n\r\nBest of luck, and don't forget that there are *always* resources available somewhere, if you really want to improve yourself.\r\n___\r\nEdit: Checked your history out of curiosity, and I see you're in Australia. No idea if #1 or #2 apply to you then, but #3 and #4 should work!","subreddit_name":"pics","author":"imnotadamagain"},{"body":"• Is there fast-drying ink for left handed?\r\n\r\nDunno.\r\n\r\n• What is some utility-oriented font that doesn’t look like elementary school student writing?\r\n\r\n[Italic](https://sites.google.com/view/briem/handwriting/what-exactly-is-italic).\r\n\r\n • How to write really fast, but clearly? \r\n\r\nEveryone's handwriting falls appart beyond a certain speed. A keyboard is the better tool for writing fast and readably.\r\n\r\n• How to go about training myself? \r\n\r\nI can recommend the book \"[Improve Your Handwriting](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Improve-Your-Handwriting-calligraphy-enthusiasts/dp/1444103792)\" by Sassoon \u0026amp; Briem. Briem's \"[Handwriting Repair](https://sites.google.com/view/briem/free-books/handwriting-repair)\" is similar and free but even terser. I also found these [videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhT38Ii_X9Rz8BZ0qmcXTYiRLvrmMKYgc) helpful.\r\n\r\n• How to have good handwriting using a marker and writing on a tape in a hurry?\r\n\r\nAgain, writing fast kills any handwriting. All you can hope for is some reasonable compromise between speed and readability.\r\n\r\n• Can I somehow improve in a year?\r\n\r\nWith regular practice, almost certainly.","subreddit_name":"Handwriting","author":"H_Eller"},{"body":"Writing slower is one of the easiest ways to improve readability.   \r\nThe tips in those [videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhT38Ii_X9Rz8BZ0qmcXTYiRLvrmMKYgc) are pretty effective IMO.  \r\nI also like this [book](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Improve-Your-Handwriting-calligraphy-enthusiasts/dp/1444103792) and most things that [Gunnlaugur SE Briem](https://sites.google.com/view/briem/handwriting) writes on the topic.","subreddit_name":"Handwriting","author":"H_Eller"},{"body":"I agree, italic is the most practical script. Though I prefer the variant used in this [book](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Improve-Your-Handwriting-calligraphy-enthusiasts/dp/1444103792).  However, switching to italic may be a rather drastic step and, depending on your goals, a few tweaks to your current handwriting may be the faster and easier road.  Have a look at those [videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhT38Ii_X9Rz8BZ0qmcXTYiRLvrmMKYgc) for some tips.","subreddit_name":"Handwriting","author":"H_Eller"},{"body":"1. There's no right or wrong here. Try a few pens/pencils and choose what you like best. (Unless your goal is some specific calligraphic style; that may require specific pens.)  \r\nMost people prefer ruled paper over blank paper.\r\n2. This seems to be a fact: you can increase speed only upto a certain level.  Beyond that level, your writing WILL fall apart. On the positive side: writing slower is the simplest way to improve legibility.  \r\nI would recommend a cursive (flowing) style.  Also note that [italic](https://sites.google.com/view/briem/handwriting/what-exactly-is-italic) is the name of a script that has cursive and non-cursive variants.\r\n3. I'd say months.\r\n\r\nI found this [book](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Improve-Your-Handwriting-calligraphy-enthusiasts/dp/1444103792) and those [videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhT38Ii_X9Rz8BZ0qmcXTYiRLvrmMKYgc) very useful when I tried to improve my handwriting.","subreddit_name":"Handwriting","author":"H_Eller"},{"body":"[Improve Your Handwriting](https://www.amazon.com/Improve-Your-Handwriting-Teach-Yourself/dp/1444103792)","subreddit_name":"pens","author":"24Robbers"},{"body":"I think this series of [videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhT38Ii_X9Rz8BZ0qmcXTYiRLvrmMKYgc) is pretty good. Eventually you need to decide what style (e.g. print, conventional cursive, american business cursive, cursive italic etc.) you want to use. My favorite is italic and I can recommend the book \"[Improve Your Handwriting](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Improve-Your-Handwriting-calligraphy-enthusiasts/dp/1444103792)\" and pretty much everything Briem has on his [website](https://sites.google.com/view/briem/handwriting).","subreddit_name":"Handwriting","author":"H_Eller"}]}