We've gotten a ton of requests for how to write like us, so we hope you enjoy this tutorial! We're also working on a cursive tutorial, so make sure you're subscribed. If you have friends with messy handwriting, share this video with them!
Can you also make a video about water colour painting must haves or just painting in general, like best water colour brushes, paper, and other things we might know about? PLEASEEEE Thank you so much!
I forgot to mention in my own comment but this guy was great! These last few videos recently have just made me smile so much. The humor is great! 🙌 You can just tell how much they love what they do 🥰
Another tip that might help (especially for students): Practice writing both fast and slow. Not many of us can spend an hour taking notes. So understanding the time limit is key.
Exactly! I got Getty and Dubay's book _Write Now_ , which is targeted towards adults, and it dramatically improved my handwriting. In school, I only learned ball-and-stick printing and looped cursive. It was drilled into us so hard that I never tried any other method. I went through college taking volumes of notes in looped cursive. It was almost unreadable. I switched to Getty-Dubay Italic, and now I write faster and more legibly.
One recommendation from Getty -Dubay is that when doing joined writing, you don't need to connect every letter. If you naturally connect some, it's fine. They don't all have to be connected in a word.
@@btsarmyforever3816 My theory is that if a patient happens to get addicted to a medication, he/she wouldn't be able to source that medication illegally; since the doctor's handwriting is so illegible.
Remember everyone, your writing doesn’t always need to be clean and perfect, it depends on what your writing, if your writing notes for an exam that no one else is gonna read with little time or a lot of notes to write in less time it’s okay if it’s messy as long as you can read it, mean while if your writing on something others are going to be reading it’s best to try keeping your handwriting neater and easily readable.
Great video! When I used to teach elementary school, we sometimes would use a slant board to help kids with their writing. An easy way to do that is to use the cover of a binder with the spine turned away from you. Perfect angled area to write and binders come with varied spine widths so you can use a 1" or 1.5 or even 2 inch binder or larger.
You brought back *memories.* My parents built me a special slant board to use in school. Thank you for reminding me of it. It was an impressive piece. A normal clipboard would velcro onto a slightly larger plank of stained wood. A pivoting L-shaped piece was fastened to the back of the plank. When in the lower position, the short end of the L was at the top of the board, giving a shallow tilt. When in the raised position, the short end would lay flat on the table and the long end would support the board, giving a significantly steeper tilt.
Very helpful info. Find inspiration: Though I print alright, thank you grade school drafting course, I still have a whole folder on my desktop dedicated to screen shots of other peoples handwritten study notes. It serves as inspiration, while also feeding into my addiction when they display them with the pens used. They help motivate me to practice my handwriting and it's so satisfying trying to duplicate them, or create something different. Lol, oh and not to mention, but it all gives me the excuse to buy more stationery.
Yes I do have that same thought on every listing you have that requires to show your penmanship. A couple of weeks ago I dl-ed your calligraphy worksheet! Very fun
I was watching highlights and I arrived here some how. Never really knew any methods, I used to copy my sisters or one of my crushed handwriting when I was a kid lol. Glad I found this, I’m going to use this info to work on my sons handwriting this school year lol 👌
I’ve enjoyed these videos and agree that slow purposeful practice is important. About 20 years ago I chose to write better both with print and cursive styles. I learned to lightly grip the writing instrument and use my whole arm to move my hand. My hand rests on the writing surface and since I use a gentle grip, my hand ‘wiggles’ on the relaxed side. My hand doesn’t tire and I write more consistently. After a few years I could write notes while just glancing at my progress. I’m always trying to find the perfect balance of speed and consistency.
Hey thanks for the tips man. Me as a lefty I found different ways to compensate. And I actually find tilting the paper to the left helped immensely with flow and structure etc. And yes the key is to slow down.
Having grown up on handwriting worksheets based on Futura, I’ve always taken inspiration from fonts instead of handwriting. My current handwriting is based on Cabin and Clearview. I’ve modified my handwriting from these fonts to avoid letter flipping, using exit strokes like what Raleway font does. (Letter flipping is something kids and some adults do where letters like b, d, p, and q get mixed up.) My goals now are to conform my handwriting to accessibility standards with optimal character heights and stroke widths.
I want to have a nice handwriting but then I noticed if I do write nicely, I feel like I'm writing slower and I hate it. Feels like I'm forcing myself to think slower too
My current handwriting is because my old handwriting was messy, and my teacher had pretty handwriting, so I copied it, and it has been my handwriting forever, with a few small tweaks.
As a Calligraphy teacher it may sound odd that I recommend a three line grid for blue-print upper case, try it. Also a tutorial on Arighs running hand for italics is a wonderful script to learn.
For hand printing "inspiration" you can also choose a font from a writing program like Word and print out the alphabet or the combinations like in the video. It can be hard to choose one though lol. Eventually I ended up going with "Aharoni" because I liked it the best and wasn't too complicated.🙂
going back to school after the summer holidays in a month or so and I’ve been needing to neaten up my handwriting since junior school. hoping this helps!
I have two major styles. What usually ends up in my notebooks is a tight, scribbly, high speed chickenscratch that breaks most of the rules in this guide. And $deity help you if I'm using an ultra fine point. Meanwhile when I'm writing up something more important, like an official report for work, I'll slow way down. The sharp, narrow style is still there, but it obeys MOST of the rules laid out here, and looks FAR better for it.
Another great video! Thanks! I'd be interested in how to write fast and still write neatly. I take most of my notes during meetings which I am also chairing so I have to write fast enough to keep up with the action. One thing I do, though, is to go over my notes after the meeting with a different colour pen and rewrite words that are so badly written I won't be able to figure out later what I wrote - then I have my original notes in blue and my neat writing alongside in green.
I love taking notes with one and paper for class but my teachers always go so fast so usually they tend to be messy but I've been trying to find a way to combat this. Currently I've thought about writing all my notes digitally during class so that I can organize them on paper later.
Yh. We really need a video for cursive. My handwriting is nice to a lot of people but I feel it can be better and this video is not for cursive handwriting
My biggest problem in writing is that i write the capital one in normal size and always make the others way smaller. When i try to make my writing bigger, it really look bad. I do could make my writing in normal size yet look good, but only when i write tittle which the capital takes two lines. Is there any advice? My hand writing is eligible for me, but it will become a problem for someone who can't read small size writing. In online learning I also have problem to capture photo of my written task because of how small it is written. I always afraid that the writing is too small to read by the lecturer from the photo
Here in the UK, we have a pen called the Uniball Eye, its fine and doesn't leak but the ink is nice and wet and flows perfectly and the best thing about it is you can use super light pressure and it writes perfectly. Costs around £4 for a pack of 3. I am practicing with a Biro until I get better so as not to waste precious pens lol.
I use to have really nice printing.....bcuz I had a strict teacher in grade 3 (or whatever grade I was in at the time lol). When i got to Hight School, thats when my writing got sloppy bcuz I had to write fast, before the teacher would erase all the notes on the board. My printing is ok now but it could always be better lol. Same thing with my handwriting. I usually handwrite in my journal that way I dont forget how to do it later down the road. I have noticed some letters have changed. I see ppl writing capitals differently then how i was taught lol
Okay, I am in 4th grade so at school we are not allowed to use pen will a pencil work as well, also this other girl in my class has a nice handwriting and like her "F"s have a nice curve at the top is what I'm kind of looking for. Can you make a video on how to make your numbers better?📝 Could you maybe also make a video on how to make your letters a bit smaller, mine get too big.
You can connect letters but do it naturally... A whole word does not need to be connected together you can leave 1 or two gaps in long words to make it neat
as a person who's been writing in cursive since 2nd grade i want to switch to print and let me tell you my handwriting looks like poop but these tips actually help tysm!
I have changed careers and my printing on the whiteboard for students is horrible after writing in corporate America. I need help and practice. My goal is to get better for the next class.
I work on airplanes for a living. Ok I also lease out a property in California. But anyways everything we do in aviation has to be printed out in conjunction with an inspector. You would be surprised how many people can’t write well. Barely legible. I keep having to tell them your brain controls your hand. Writing neatly isn’t easy but it’s not impossible. One can always try. Cheers Bill
This video is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you for the great tips. Unfortunately, you're not delivering to my country... I'd love to buy some stuff :)
Print writing is slower. I've being print writing most of my life but I don't like it much now. I feel a need to connect certain letters for better flow but I don't know how to do it. I would like to learn cursive writing. At least a combination of both cursive and print that smoothly flows through my hand.
We've gotten a ton of requests for how to write like us, so we hope you enjoy this tutorial! We're also working on a cursive tutorial, so make sure you're subscribed. If you have friends with messy handwriting, share this video with them!
Not a friend (plus I don't have the nerve 🤣)
My little sister on the other hand, is going to watch this video! 😉
Can you also make a video about water colour painting must haves or just painting in general, like best water colour brushes, paper, and other things we might know about? PLEASEEEE Thank you so much!
Jetpen do you know Thien Long pen brand yet??? They really good company that have a lot of different kind of products.
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Do part 1
Busy studying for an exam, go away TH-cam.
Oh wait, it’s Josh from JetPens
*drops everything and starts watching*
PS I passed my exam anyway 🤣
Congratulations!
@@JetPens Thank you! Didn’t want Josh to worry he’d made me fail 😂
@@elsbells4841 lol
Who else heard his voice and smiled!! His last video was such a hit!!
☺️☺️☺️
I forgot to mention in my own comment but this guy was great! These last few videos recently have just made me smile so much. The humor is great! 🙌 You can just tell how much they love what they do 🥰
needed this, i write like a child.
Aish don’t worry your not alone-
I write like a child too, it’s dumb
Another tip that might help (especially for students): Practice writing both fast and slow. Not many of us can spend an hour taking notes. So understanding the time limit is key.
this really helped my speed
i do hw slow, cw fast
After watching a ton of jetpens videos my print has slowly evolved into the exact same font they use
CARE TO SHARE PLEASE....
Me too.
Getty-Dubay italic penmanship resources are the best. We turned a whole school around using this program.
Exactly! I got Getty and Dubay's book _Write Now_ , which is targeted towards adults, and it dramatically improved my handwriting.
In school, I only learned ball-and-stick printing and looped cursive. It was drilled into us so hard that I never tried any other method. I went through college taking volumes of notes in looped cursive. It was almost unreadable.
I switched to Getty-Dubay Italic, and now I write faster and more legibly.
@@476429 I know!! It's like magic. It is an excellent program and very adaptable to your own personal style. I'm so glad you found it, Arandor!
@@476429 I did so too!
One recommendation from Getty -Dubay is that when doing joined writing, you don't need to connect every letter. If you naturally connect some, it's fine. They don't all have to be connected in a word.
This should be required viewing for medical school
actually, the messy handwriting doctors use is intentional, so its better not
@@kepalaxs Why is it intentional though?......
@@btsarmyforever3816 My theory is that if a patient happens to get addicted to a medication, he/she wouldn't be able to source that medication illegally; since the doctor's handwriting is so illegible.
@@daniellewardd i can't remember the real reason but it is true to prevent like something illegal to happen
I wouldn't be so sure. Prescriptions are written that way because they're in shorthand.
Slippery smooth paper: great for cursive writers
Papers with more grit: good for block letter handwriters
I've been studying this videographer's handwriting for months I'm so glad they finally came out with this!
Almost all their vidoegraphers have the same handwriting.
Me writing with my paper rotated by 90° lol
Yup same 🤦♀️
same lol
im just used to write like that
You write sideways?
@@gamenyte more like down to up, i have actively tried to fix it it doesn't completely goes away.
Same 😔
Remember everyone, your writing doesn’t always need to be clean and perfect, it depends on what your writing, if your writing notes for an exam that no one else is gonna read with little time or a lot of notes to write in less time it’s okay if it’s messy as long as you can read it, mean while if your writing on something others are going to be reading it’s best to try keeping your handwriting neater and easily readable.
Loving these videos for us "ordinary" (sometimes lazy) folks!
Great video! When I used to teach elementary school, we sometimes would use a slant board to help kids with their writing. An easy way to do that is to use the cover of a binder with the spine turned away from you. Perfect angled area to write and binders come with varied spine widths so you can use a 1" or 1.5 or even 2 inch binder or larger.
You brought back *memories.* My parents built me a special slant board to use in school. Thank you for reminding me of it.
It was an impressive piece. A normal clipboard would velcro onto a slightly larger plank of stained wood. A pivoting L-shaped piece was fastened to the back of the plank.
When in the lower position, the short end of the L was at the top of the board, giving a shallow tilt.
When in the raised position, the short end would lay flat on the table and the long end would support the board, giving a significantly steeper tilt.
One thing I always struggle with is how long or short should my ascenders and descenders so that they don't go all the way down to the following line.
Very helpful info. Find inspiration: Though I print alright, thank you grade school drafting course, I still have a whole folder on my desktop dedicated to screen shots of other peoples handwritten study notes. It serves as inspiration, while also feeding into my addiction when they display them with the pens used. They help motivate me to practice my handwriting and it's so satisfying trying to duplicate them, or create something different. Lol, oh and not to mention, but it all gives me the excuse to buy more stationery.
Yes I do have that same thought on every listing you have that requires to show your penmanship. A couple of weeks ago I dl-ed your calligraphy worksheet! Very fun
So glad you enjoyed the worksheet!
Could you please produce a video like this that suggests any specific tips for left-handed writers? Thanks! Great video! 💫💫💫
I was watching highlights and I arrived here some how. Never really knew any methods, I used to copy my sisters or one of my crushed handwriting when I was a kid lol.
Glad I found this, I’m going to use this info to work on my sons handwriting this school year lol 👌
Having neat handwriting is super helpful, so thanks for this video.
JetPens' commitment to inspiring and informing is legendary. Love you guys!
I’ve enjoyed these videos and agree that slow purposeful practice is important. About 20 years ago I chose to write better both with print and cursive styles. I learned to lightly grip the writing instrument and use my whole arm to move my hand. My hand rests on the writing surface and since I use a gentle grip, my hand ‘wiggles’ on the relaxed side. My hand doesn’t tire and I write more consistently. After a few years I could write notes while just glancing at my progress. I’m always trying to find the perfect balance of speed and consistency.
Jetpens, huge thank you for handwriting worksheets 🥺🥺🥺
Hey thanks for the tips man. Me as a lefty I found different ways to compensate. And I actually find tilting the paper to the left helped immensely with flow and structure etc. And yes the key is to slow down.
This was way more helpful than some other videos I've watched! I really want to nail the "super straight" style some day so I will practice that more.
I still suck hater a month I'm fuck
Having grown up on handwriting worksheets based on Futura, I’ve always taken inspiration from fonts instead of handwriting. My current handwriting is based on Cabin and Clearview. I’ve modified my handwriting from these fonts to avoid letter flipping, using exit strokes like what Raleway font does. (Letter flipping is something kids and some adults do where letters like b, d, p, and q get mixed up.) My goals now are to conform my handwriting to accessibility standards with optimal character heights and stroke widths.
Me still watching even though I have neat handwriting 😋.
how do you d o it
"write slowly" is a tried and true improvement tool -- but what I need to know is to how improve fast print handwriting (or cursive).
An useful one !!
Telling the word slowly - that was really good.👏👏
100% enjoy the voice of the guy doing the narration. 😊 So pleasing and fits perfectly. Good job! 😉👍🏼
Heyy I'm am your very biggest fan !!
Your penns, planners etc. All are awesome !!
thanks! I really needed this 💕
wow thank you now i can finnally improve my handwriting😍😍😙😙🤗🤗🤘👍🎈✨✨🎉🎇🎊🎆🌸🌸💐💐🌺🧡❤❤💜💟💝
I want to have a nice handwriting but then I noticed if I do write nicely, I feel like I'm writing slower and I hate it. Feels like I'm forcing myself to think slower too
heavy on the slow thinking! i hate it
My current handwriting is because my old handwriting was messy, and my teacher had pretty handwriting, so I copied it, and it has been my handwriting forever, with a few small tweaks.
As a Calligraphy teacher it may sound odd that I recommend a three line grid for blue-print upper case, try it. Also a tutorial on Arighs running hand for italics is a wonderful script to learn.
Where has this been all my life???
For hand printing "inspiration" you can also choose a font from a writing program like Word and print out the alphabet or the combinations like in the video. It can be hard to choose one though lol. Eventually I ended up going with "Aharoni" because I liked it the best and wasn't too complicated.🙂
Yayyyyyyy this is going to be so usefull
THANK YOU SO MUCH! THIS HELPED ME OUT A LOT AND MY HANDWRITING IS SO MUCH BETTER!!
going back to school after the summer holidays in a month or so and I’ve been needing to neaten up my handwriting since junior school. hoping this helps!
Great job on cursive handwriting
I have two major styles.
What usually ends up in my notebooks is a tight, scribbly, high speed chickenscratch that breaks most of the rules in this guide. And $deity help you if I'm using an ultra fine point.
Meanwhile when I'm writing up something more important, like an official report for work, I'll slow way down.
The sharp, narrow style is still there, but it obeys MOST of the rules laid out here, and looks FAR better for it.
Going to download the practice sheets STAT! Great episode! Love this channel and the content. So glad I found my people!!! 💜 🖊 📄 📕🖌🖋📖📚💖
i am watching this after 3 years but i have been practicing for 15 minutes and i have improved already
I tried ur practice sheets and I’m only on f right now and they work soooo well!❤❤❤❤🎉😊 keep it up!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
Another great video! Thanks!
I'd be interested in how to write fast and still write neatly.
I take most of my notes during meetings which I am also chairing so I have to write fast enough to keep up with the action.
One thing I do, though, is to go over my notes after the meeting with a different colour pen and rewrite words that are so badly written I won't be able to figure out later what I wrote - then I have my original notes in blue and my neat writing alongside in green.
Early! I have nice is handwriting but this was still great to watch. Thanks!
This is the video that I wanted
I love taking notes with one and paper for class but my teachers always go so fast so usually they tend to be messy but I've been trying to find a way to combat this. Currently I've thought about writing all my notes digitally during class so that I can organize them on paper later.
Excellent little video, thanks so much for those tips! Printing is better already! 😎
I may have missed it, but is there a guide on writing numbers with this style? I currently use the Palmer method.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!!!!! Now Finally I'll be able to write like you😁😁😁😁😁😁
I love cursive. I’m so happy I learned it so so much even though I’m a kid.❤😊
Can we have a similar video for cursive? :D
Yh. We really need a video for cursive. My handwriting is nice to a lot of people but I feel it can be better and this video is not for cursive handwriting
Yes, it's in the works! :)
Jetpens: Write *slowly* and don't forget to *take breaks*
Alexander Hamilton: Nah, I'm gonna ignore that.
Doctor enter the chat to write it
i don't get it
Awesome video. @JetPens, yall make me wanna order again.
My biggest problem in writing is that i write the capital one in normal size and always make the others way smaller. When i try to make my writing bigger, it really look bad.
I do could make my writing in normal size yet look good, but only when i write tittle which the capital takes two lines.
Is there any advice? My hand writing is eligible for me, but it will become a problem for someone who can't read small size writing. In online learning I also have problem to capture photo of my written task because of how small it is written. I always afraid that the writing is too small to read by the lecturer from the photo
This vid was very nice!
Thanks for your tips. These tips are very useful to me.
This cursive is making me learn❤ I’m a kid
Really great video! Thanks!!
Thanks, very helpful. Happy New Year.
Here in the UK, we have a pen called the Uniball Eye, its fine and doesn't leak but the ink is nice and wet and flows perfectly and the best thing about it is you can use super light pressure and it writes perfectly. Costs around £4 for a pack of 3. I am practicing with a Biro until I get better so as not to waste precious pens lol.
I recommend the Pentel Energel liquid gel ink pens because they are all pretty good and worth the $5
I like this narrator, I dont think I've heard him before in other videos.
It's josh, he one of the videographers. He did the debunking stationary myths video, and everybody just kept spamming for more josh on that video
I love it
Thank you so much for this video. Now my handwriting will be way better😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
My problem is I write fast and messy right but small as so when I write in grid it just looks WAYY to spaced out
me trying to take notes during math class with neat handwriting while the teacher speaks at 200 words per nanosecond
I love my own handwriting but find it hard to maintain the same level of consistency 😩
I use to have really nice printing.....bcuz I had a strict teacher in grade 3 (or whatever grade I was in at the time lol). When i got to Hight School, thats when my writing got sloppy bcuz I had to write fast, before the teacher would erase all the notes on the board. My printing is ok now but it could always be better lol. Same thing with my handwriting. I usually handwrite in my journal that way I dont forget how to do it later down the road. I have noticed some letters have changed. I see ppl writing capitals differently then how i was taught lol
This was so helpful!
Okay, I am in 4th grade so at school we are not allowed to use pen will a pencil work as well, also this other girl in my class has a nice handwriting and like her "F"s have a nice curve at the top is what I'm kind of looking for. Can you make a video on how to make your numbers better?📝 Could you maybe also make a video on how to make your letters a bit smaller, mine get too big.
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any writing tool will work. its more about the practice itself than what supplies you use!
oh wow i didn't notice this comment was an entire year old nvm 😅
so has your handwriting improved any in 5th grade???
Please tell us about how to write fast and good
What is the font name that you use in videos? Thankful 🥰
But not connecting letter make you write slower right? Or you can pratice writing that way but faster
You can connect letters but do it naturally... A whole word does not need to be connected together you can leave 1 or two gaps in long words to make it neat
Yes, it does make you a little slower.
Beautiful 👏
as a person who's been writing in cursive since 2nd grade i want to switch to print and let me tell you my handwriting looks like poop but these tips actually help tysm!
Thank you for your good information 💁♀️
I love that 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Tip: Just like with cursive, Slow. Down.
I am huge fan of your videos
It's difficult to write on slippery paper. I use a precise V5 Pilot on regular copy paper. It has the right amount of drag for me. What do you think?
What is the type-font used in this video? :0
I always use cursive but I have been thinking of using lowercase writing for notes and stuff
Thanks 💙
I have changed careers and my printing on the whiteboard for students is horrible after writing in corporate America. I need help and practice. My goal is to get better for the next class.
Great video your the best!!!
Very nice , Thanks .
Amazing
I work on airplanes for a living. Ok I also lease out a property in California. But anyways everything we do in aviation has to be printed out in conjunction with an inspector. You would be surprised how many people can’t write well. Barely legible. I keep having to tell them your brain controls your hand. Writing neatly isn’t easy but it’s not impossible. One can always try.
Cheers Bill
I like your print writing, what the basic font of your writing? I want to learn it
Where can I get a sheet with letters on ?
Thank you so so much!!!
Where did you get those cute little porcupine accessories?:3
Make part 2
This video is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you for the great tips. Unfortunately, you're not delivering to my country... I'd love to buy some stuff :)
Their shipping to aus where NO ONE shis its amazing never ordered from them were are you
@@ChristyPlayz I'm in Brazil
Thanks bro my handwriting is now very good
Anyone from the uk remember joined up kinetic letters in primary school? How do I stop writing like that
which pen you are using in this video 0.5mm or 0.7mm?
Print writing is slower. I've being print writing most of my life but I don't like it much now. I feel a need to connect certain letters for better flow but I don't know how to do it. I would like to learn cursive writing. At least a combination of both cursive and print that smoothly flows through my hand.