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Cursive capital X

Cursive capital X is a hooked stroke that comes down to the baseline and joins the next letter, crossed by one straight slant.

X
Cursive capital X in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • Xavier

    Xavier: X runs into a

Stroke order
  1. 1Start with a small hook at the top left and bring the stroke down to the baseline.
  2. 2Swing out along the baseline into the next letter.
  3. 3Lift, and cross it with a straight slant from the top line on the right down to the baseline on the left.
Where it joins
The first stroke ends on the baseline and joins; the slant is added afterwards, as for small x: Xavier.
Mixed up with

The two strokes cross once, in the middle. Print X is two straight slants; in cursive only the second one is straight.

Practise with
XavierXimenaXenaXanderXavier · Ximena · Xena · Xander

Print a practice sheet for capital X →Lowercase x

01 / In other fonts

X in 10 scripts

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