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Cursive s

Cursive s looks nothing like print s: it rises to a sharp point just above the midline, then curves down and closes on the baseline.

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Cursive s in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • asa

    After a, from the baseline

  • osa

    After o, from the midline

Stroke order
  1. 1Swing up from the baseline to a point just above the midline.
  2. 2Curve down the right side to the baseline.
  3. 3Bring the curve back to the left to close against the upstroke.
  4. 4Curve out to the right along the baseline.
Where it joins
It joins on both sides along the baseline. After b, o, v and w it starts from their stroke at the midline with a little dip, so “os” and “ws” look different from “as”.
Mixed up with

There is one curve, on the right, instead of print s’s two. The point at the top and the closed foot make it s; with a flat step at the top instead of the curve, it is r.

Practise with
sunseastarsistersun · sea · star · sister

Print a practice sheet for s →Capital S

01 / In other fonts

s in 10 scripts

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