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Cursive w

Cursive w is u with one more point and a high finish: a short stroke at the midline, as b, o and v end.

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Cursive w in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • awa

    After a, from the baseline

  • owa

    After o, from the midline

Stroke order
  1. 1Start at the midline and slant down to the baseline.
  2. 2Round the bottom, swing up to the midline and slant down again.
  3. 3Round the bottom once more and swing up to the midline.
  4. 4End at the midline with a short stroke to the right, as v does.
Where it joins
It ends at the midline, so “we”, “wa” and “wo” join high, the next letter hanging from that stroke.
Mixed up with

Without the short stroke at the end, w reads as u followed by an undotted i. v ends the same way, after one round turn instead of two.

Practise with
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Print a practice sheet for w →Capital W

01 / In other fonts

w in 10 scripts

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