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Cursive a

Cursive a is a closed oval with a straight stem on its right, like the one-storey a children print, and a stroke out to the next letter.

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Cursive a in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • aaa

    After a, from the baseline

  • oaa

    After o, from the midline

Stroke order
  1. 1Start just below the midline and curve back to the left, down and around to the baseline.
  2. 2Swing back up to the midline to close the oval.
  3. 3Pull straight down the right side to the baseline.
  4. 4Curve out along the baseline toward the next letter.
Where it joins
From a letter that ends on the baseline, the joining stroke climbs to the midline and curves back over the top into the oval. After b, o, v and w it runs straight in from their stroke at the midline, as in “ba” and “oa”.
Mixed up with

Leave the top open and a reads as u; leave a gap between the oval and the stem and it reads as ci. d starts with the same oval but takes its stem up to the top line.

Practise with
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Print a practice sheet for a →Capital A

01 / In other fonts

a in 10 scripts

The same letter in connected scripts from the catalogue, from casual brush to formal copperplate. Each opens its font.