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Cursive v

Cursive v starts with a small hill, comes down to a round turn on the baseline and ends high, with a short stroke at the midline.

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Cursive v in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • ava

    After a, from the baseline

  • ova

    After o, from the midline

Stroke order
  1. 1Start with a small hill at the midline and slant down to a round turn on the baseline.
  2. 2Swing back up to the midline.
  3. 3Finish high, with a short stroke to the right at the midline.
Where it joins
v is one of four letters, with b, o and w, that end at the midline, so the next letter starts from there: “ve” and “vi” join high.
Mixed up with

The ending tells v from u: u runs out along the baseline, v stays up at the midline. w ends the same way, after two round turns instead of one.

Practise with
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01 / In other fonts

v in 10 scripts

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