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Cursive b

Cursive b is a tall loop with a small bowl that ends high, at the midline, instead of on the baseline.

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Cursive b in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • aba

    After a, from the baseline

  • oba

    After o, from the midline

Stroke order
  1. 1Swing up from the baseline to the top line.
  2. 2Loop back to the left and come straight down to the baseline.
  3. 3Curve up and around into a small bowl that reaches the midline.
  4. 4Finish with a short stroke out to the right at the midline, where the next letter hangs.
Where it joins
b is one of four letters, with o, v and w, that end at the midline. The next letter starts from that stroke, not from the baseline: in “be” the e hangs from it, and in “br” the r begins with a little dip.
Mixed up with

b, f, h, k and l all start with the same tall loop; b is the one that closes a small bowl and stays up at the midline. Ended on the baseline, as in print, it makes the next letter join too low.

Practise with
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Print a practice sheet for b →Capital B

01 / In other fonts

b in 10 scripts

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