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Cursive o

Cursive o is a closed oval that finishes with a short stroke at the midline, so the next letter joins high.

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Cursive o in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • aoa

    After a, from the baseline

  • ooa

    After o, from the midline

Stroke order
  1. 1Start just below the midline and curve back to the left, down and around.
  2. 2Come up the right side and close the oval at the top.
  3. 3Leave the oval at the top with a short stroke to the right along the midline.
Where it joins
o is one of four letters, with b, v and w, that end at the midline, and the next letter starts from that stroke: in “on” the hump starts high, in “oe” the e hangs from it, in “or” and “os” the r and s begin with a little dip.
Mixed up with

Joined from the bottom, o reads as a: the stroke to the next letter must leave from the top of the oval. Left open at the top, it turns into c.

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01 / In other fonts

o in 10 scripts

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