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Cursive z

Cursive z hangs below the line: a small hill, a sharp turn just above the baseline and a loop underneath, more like a 3 than a z.

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Cursive z in Playwrite US Trad, traditional US cursive, on the four handwriting lines
  • aza

    After a, from the baseline

  • oza

    After o, from the midline

Stroke order
  1. 1Start with a small hill at the midline and curve down to the left.
  2. 2Turn sharply just above the baseline.
  3. 3Drop through the baseline into a loop that turns back to the left.
  4. 4Come up to cross at the baseline and curve out to the right.
Where it joins
It joins on both sides: the joining stroke becomes the small hill, and the loop crosses at the baseline and runs on into the next letter, as in “zoo”.
Mixed up with

Print z sits on the baseline; cursive z hangs below it, with a loop like y’s, and reads more like a 3. Leave room under the line.

Practise with
zoozebrazerozipzoo · zebra · zero · zip

Print a practice sheet for z →Capital Z

01 / In other fonts

z in 10 scripts

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