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Cursive c

Cursive c opens with a small hook just below the midline, then curves down and around like print c and runs out along the baseline.

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Cursive c in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • aca

    After a, from the baseline

  • oca

    After o, from the midline

Stroke order
  1. 1Start just below the midline with a small hook.
  2. 2Curve back over the top and down the left side to the baseline.
  3. 3Round the bottom and curve out to the right.
Where it joins
From a letter that ends on the baseline, the joining stroke climbs to the midline and turns into the hook; after b, o, v and w it comes straight across from their stroke at the midline. It ends on the baseline and joins anything after it.
Mixed up with

Close the curve at the top and c becomes o or a: keep the hook small and the top open. c has no loop, which is what tells it from e.

Practise with
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Print a practice sheet for c →Capital C

01 / In other fonts

c in 10 scripts

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