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Cursive capital B

Cursive capital B is a straight stem with two bumps on its right, the lower one fuller; it ends at its stem and does not join.

B
Cursive capital B in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • Ben

    Ben: B stands apart

Stroke order
  1. 1Start on the left above the midline and swing up to the top line.
  2. 2Slant straight down to the baseline.
  3. 3Go back up the stem and curve forward into a small bump that turns in a little loop at the middle.
  4. 4Curve forward again into a fuller bump down to the baseline, and finish back toward the stem.
Where it joins
B ends at the foot of its stem, away from the next letter, which starts with its own upstroke: B, then e, in Ben.
Mixed up with

P and R start the same way, with the stem and a bump at the top. B has two bumps, the lower one larger; P stops after one, and R adds a leg.

Practise with
BenBostonBrazilBellaBen · Boston · Brazil · Bella

Print a practice sheet for capital B →Lowercase 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.