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Cursive capital J

Cursive capital J has a tall loop above the baseline and a second loop below it: the only capital with loops on both sides of the line.

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Cursive capital J in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • Jack

    Jack: J runs into a

Stroke order
  1. 1Start a little above the baseline on the left and curve up to the top line.
  2. 2Loop over to the right and come straight down through the baseline to the descender line.
  3. 3Loop back to the left and come up to cross at the baseline.
  4. 4Run out to the right from the crossing into the next letter.
Where it joins
J joins: its lower loop crosses at the baseline and runs straight into the next letter, as in Jack.
Mixed up with

I has the same top and stops on the baseline. Print J is a hook; cursive J is two loops.

Practise with
JackJuneJapanJuliaJack · June · Japan · Julia

Print a practice sheet for capital J →Lowercase j

01 / In other fonts

J in 10 scripts

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