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Cursive d

Cursive d is the oval of a with a tall straight stem that goes up to the top line and comes back down the same line, without a loop.

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Cursive d in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • ada

    After a, from the baseline

  • oda

    After o, from the midline

Stroke order
  1. 1Start just below the midline and make the oval of a: back to the left, around on the baseline and up again.
  2. 2Without stopping, carry the stroke on past the midline, straight up to the top line.
  3. 3Come straight back down the same line to the baseline.
  4. 4Curve out toward the next letter.
Where it joins
It joins as a does: from the baseline the joining stroke climbs to the midline and curves back into the oval, and after b, o, v and w it runs in from their stroke at the midline, as in “od”.
Mixed up with

A loop in the stem makes d read as cl, and a short stem makes it a: take it up to the top line and back down the same line. Of the tall small letters only b, f, h, k and l loop.

Practise with
dogdayduckdoordog · day · duck · door

Print a practice sheet for d →Capital D

01 / In other fonts

d in 10 scripts

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