help me with my hand writing

blue powder

My handwriting is not awful, but it isn't great. At times it's impossible to understand. This is letters and numbers aswell. I've noticed this especially when writing equations in chemistry and putting units at the end etc.

So I was wondering if anyone had this problem and how they overcame it? I'm only looking to write print style, not running writing or anything. Just a neat print. Is there a template anyone learnt from which they could send my way or anything?

I looked up handwriting in Wikipedia but i didn't like the templates there...

Thanks in advance.

tardcore

Just practice writing slow and make it as neat as you can. Do this for a while until you start noticing a difference in your normal writing. I make lots of notes and to-do lists, so I practice my hand-writing by taking it slow and making it very "professional" looking. It helps me out when I'm sitting in class taking notes, I can actually read what I've written.

Rook

You might find it a lot easier to write legibly if you just stick to block caps.

Iceman.USAF

I took a drafting class, so I was literally graded on how my writing looked. Mine was pretty good to start, but taking the class made it much much better.

EggyToast

Handwriting gets sloppier the faster you write. Which sucks cos it's already pretty damn slow. It's one of the reasons that teachers often suggest that students create their own form of shorthand for notes, rather than trying to write full sentences.

Practice and focus is the key, really. You need to practice each letter and focus on it. But time is the biggest issue for most people.

life3

I found it best to focus on one character at a time. Say, for example, your 'a' is really bad. Just write as you normally would and every time you need to write an 'a', take a little extra time to make it better.

Maybe tackle 3-6 of your worst characters at time until you're doing them the way you want every time without thinking.

Turgor

More than anything, handwriting skill, like any other skill that requires precise muscle use, gets better with practice. And handwriting can be fast and neat, if you practice a lot, speed will come. I used to be very neat and very fast when I was in college and taking notes (before laptops were cheap...seriously). Now, my handwriting is very hard to read unless I write very slowly. And that is because I type more than I write. I don't practice writing enough, so the skill has degraded. I am an extremely fast typist though!