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Cursive capital Z

Cursive capital Z is a tall small z: a curve over the top, a sharp turn below the midline and a loop hanging under the line.

Z
Cursive capital Z in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • Zoe

    Zoe: Z runs into o

Stroke order
  1. 1Start with a small curl at the top left, and curve over the top and down to the left.
  2. 2Turn sharply halfway between the midline and the baseline.
  3. 3Drop through the baseline into a loop that turns back to the left.
  4. 4Come up to cross at the baseline and curve out into the next letter.
Where it joins
Z joins from the crossing of its loop: Zoe, Zambia.
Mixed up with

Print Z’s zigzag is gone: with its loop below the line it looks more like a 3 than a Z, as capital Q looks like a 2.

Practise with
ZoeZambiaZurichZachZoe · Zambia · Zurich · Zach

Print a practice sheet for capital Z →Lowercase z

01 / In other fonts

Z in 10 scripts

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