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Cursive capital R

Cursive capital R is P with a leg: a stem, a bump at the top, a small loop at the stem and a leg that kicks out into the next letter.

R
Cursive capital R in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • Ruby

    Ruby: R runs into u

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 bump that comes back to the stem in a small loop at the midline.
  4. 4Kick the leg out to the baseline and into the next letter.
Where it joins
Unlike B and P, R ends on the baseline, so it joins: Ruby, Rome.
Mixed up with

B, P and R share the stem and the top bump. Only R has a leg, and only R of the three joins.

Practise with
RubyRomeRussiaRyanRuby · Rome · Russia · Ryan

Print a practice sheet for capital R →Lowercase r

01 / In other fonts

R in 10 scripts

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