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Cursive y

Cursive y starts with a small hill, rounds a cup on the baseline and drops into a loop that turns back to the left, like the loop of g.

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Cursive y in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • aya

    After a, from the baseline

  • oya

    After o, from the midline

Stroke order
  1. 1Start with a small hill, as n does, and slant down to the baseline.
  2. 2Round the bottom and swing up to the midline.
  3. 3Slant straight down past the baseline to the descender line.
  4. 4Loop back to the left, come up to cross at the baseline, and curve out.
Where it joins
In a word the joining stroke becomes the small hill; after b, o, v and w it starts from their stroke at the midline. The loop crosses at the baseline and points into the next letter.
Mixed up with

Print y ends in a straight tail; cursive y closes it into a loop. Above the line it looks like u; below it, its loop is the same as g’s and j’s.

Practise with
yesyellowyouyearyes · yellow · you · year

Print a practice sheet for y →Capital Y

01 / In other fonts

y in 10 scripts

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