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Cursive capital I

Cursive capital I is one looping stroke: up from the baseline into a tall loop, down in a long slant, and curled up on the left.

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Cursive capital I in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • Ivy

    Ivy: I stands apart

Stroke order
  1. 1Start on the baseline and swing up to the top line.
  2. 2Loop over to the right and come down in a long slant to the baseline.
  3. 3Curl up to the left and finish with a short stroke to the right.
Where it joins
I ends on its own left side, away from the next letter, which starts with its own upstroke: Ivy, Idaho.
Mixed up with

I and J are the classic pair, with the same tall loop on top. I stops on the baseline and curls back to the left; J drops through the baseline into a second loop.

Practise with
IvyIdahoItalyIsaacIvy · Idaho · Italy · Isaac

Print a practice sheet for capital I →Lowercase i

01 / In other fonts

I in 10 scripts

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