If you always get notes for your sloppy writing at school, then it's time to make a change. You can improve it with a few simple tips or by focusing on how to trace the letters. However, if you want to completely change your style, it will take a lot of practice, but it's doable.
Steps
Method 1 of 3: Make Changes to Improve Writing
Step 1. Find the right pen
This is different for each one but, in general, you should look for a model that runs well on the paper and that doesn't force you to grab it too tightly. Those that have a large body help you loosen your grip.
Step 2. Take your time
Good writing takes patience, but if you write hastily it will be sloppy. If you realize that you are falling back into error, take a deep breath, slow down the pace and start over.
Step 3. Maintain good posture
Sit at the table with your back and arm straight. Don't use too much force to hold the pen or pencil, or you will get a cramp in your hand.
Step 4. Try writing in the air
This method teaches you to write by moving your arm instead of your fingers, thereby improving your handwriting.
- Keep your hand in midair and, using the movement of your arm and shoulder, write the letters in the air. This exercise proves to be very useful because it makes you understand which muscles should be involved in writing.
- Switch to tracing smaller letters.
- Use the card. When you first start writing on paper, try simple strokes like lines and circles. Try to space them evenly, always drawing them with your arm muscles.
Step 5. Do not apply excessive pressure
If you press too hard on the paper, the letters will be warped. Instead, try to lift the tip of the pen slightly and let it flow smoothly by tracing the letters.
Step 6. Practice every day
Spend a few moments of the day on handwriting.
The best way to train every day is to keep a journal. Write down what happened to you during the day or your feelings
Method 2 of 3: Tracing the Letters
Step 1. Check each letter
Do they all look squashed and not properly shaped? Practice delineating them individually thanks to a table that you can find online.
Step 2. Write larger letters
Over a period of time, try to write larger characters. This way you can check if you outline each letter in the right shape and you can make corrections.
To do this, use sheets with wide lines
Step 3. Check the height of the letters
These should all be equal high and the appendages that go below the writing line should be at the same level.
- For example, the strokes of the lowercase "g" and "f" that go down the line should be the same. They also shouldn't invade the line below.
- Check the heights with a ruler. If you lay it on top of all uppercase and lowercase letters, you can easily notice those that are too high or too low.
Step 4. Pay attention to the spacing
Make sure the letters aren't too far apart or jammed together. Between one letter and another there should be enough space to draw a lowercase half "o", neither more nor less.
Method 3 of 3: Develop a Different Style
Step 1. Go back to school
If you want to learn a new style of writing, you have to learn to write again, and the method of doing this is not that different from the one you followed as a child.
Step 2. Find a font you like
You can use those proposed online or be inspired by those of a word processing program.
Step 3. Print the uppercase and lowercase alphabet
You can also use pangrams such as "Water lunch makes crooked faces". These are sentences that contain all the letters of the alphabet. If you want to practice even with letters that do not exist in the Italian alphabet, the pangram "That vituperable zealous xenophobe tastes whiskey and exclaims: alleluja" may be for you.
Start practicing with a rather large body of the character you have chosen, for example 14 points
Step 4. Use tracing paper or another light type
Lay the paper on top of the page you printed. Trace the letters with a ballpoint pen or pencil.
Step 5. Copy the letters
Once you've traced them a couple of times, try copying them by looking at them and writing sentences. This exercise forces you to pay attention to how you draw the letters and their shape.
Step 6. Practice without a template
At this point, try to write in the same style without looking at an example. Although it will not be perfectly identical to the original, it will still be different from your usual handwriting.
Step 7. Practice with the new font
To make the new writing style truly yours, you need to practice often. Keep a diary or write a shopping list respecting the new spelling. Over time it will feel natural to you.
