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Cursive capital Y

Cursive capital Y is a hooked cup like U whose right side drops through the baseline into a loop turning back to the left.

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Cursive capital Y in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • Yuki

    Yuki: Y runs into u

Stroke order
  1. 1Begin with the hook and the round cup of U, from the top left down to the baseline.
  2. 2Climb to the top line on the right.
  3. 3Slant straight down through the baseline to the descender line.
  4. 4Loop back to the left, cross at the baseline, and curve out into the next letter.
Where it joins
Y joins: its loop crosses at the baseline and runs on, as in Yuki and York.
Mixed up with

It is U with a loop below: the same hook and cup, then a loop like small y’s.

Practise with
YukiYorkYemenYaraYuki · York · Yemen · Yara

Print a practice sheet for capital Y →Lowercase y

01 / In other fonts

Y in 10 scripts

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