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Cursive m

Cursive m has three humps where print m has two arches: a small hill to start, then two more humps of the same height.

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Cursive m in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • ama

    After a, from the baseline

  • oma

    After o, from the midline

Stroke order
  1. 1Start with a small hill at the midline and slant down to the baseline.
  2. 2Climb back up and over a second hump, and slant down again.
  3. 3Make a third hump the same way.
  4. 4Come down to the baseline and curve out.
Where it joins
In a word the joining stroke from the letter before becomes the first hill. After b, o, v and w the first hump starts straight from their stroke at the midline, as in “om”.
Mixed up with

Count the humps: three for m, two for n. Keep their tops round, or they read as the points of i and u.

Practise with
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Print a practice sheet for m →Capital M

01 / In other fonts

m in 10 scripts

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