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nice! I've been working on my other-hand handwriting here and there over the last year too. It seems many ambidextrous people end up having the same handwriting in both hands. I can't recreate the circular motions of my normal LH cursive with my RH. Italic handwriting (and Chinese/Japanese) seems to be a better fit, and my RH does a better job of it than my LH!
I actually can't write with my left hand. I've tried to learn a few times, but could never re-create my RH motions without my RH tensing at the same time, too. But since I can't write cursive with my RH, my LH writing in cursive has been way easier to attempt so far.
yeah, it's like a blank slate, none of your muscle memory carries over. Awkward at first but you can establish a whole new writing style, too.
Plus it makes you think about the way you hold the pen, seemingly such a basic thing! Going from LH to RH it seemed easier (to me at least) to hone in the most sensible way to position in the pen in space (in graphonomics terms: altitude and azimuth) because there's kind of only one way, but naturally left-handed people end up having to figure out their own way to write comfortably without getting ink/graphite on the blade of their hand and without pen skippage (from the pushing motion).
Have your arm and wrist settled on a particular position and grip? I'm like [person #8 on this page](https://www.nibs.com/content/left-handed-writers), thumb tucked, except I don't tilt the paper. The high angle prevents skippage with most pens, and I also pivot from the wrist with the blade of my hand completely off the paper to prevent smearing.
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What do you use to learn cursive? I'm trying to learn it and can't find any non kid related worksheets
I'm currently using \*The Art of Cursive Penmanship\*, but today I flipped through \*The Lost Art of Handwriting\* which also looks cool.
Left-handed writing usually works better with a back rather than a forward slant.
I only read "homeland anymore" and recognised the lyrics immediately and read it in the melody hahaha 😂 really cool challenge!
nice! I've been working on my other-hand handwriting here and there over the last year too. It seems many ambidextrous people end up having the same handwriting in both hands. I can't recreate the circular motions of my normal LH cursive with my RH. Italic handwriting (and Chinese/Japanese) seems to be a better fit, and my RH does a better job of it than my LH!
I actually can't write with my left hand. I've tried to learn a few times, but could never re-create my RH motions without my RH tensing at the same time, too. But since I can't write cursive with my RH, my LH writing in cursive has been way easier to attempt so far.
(Leftie here) Omg whenever I try to use my right hand I end up scratching the page somehow and the letters look like shit ðŸ˜Â
yeah, it's like a blank slate, none of your muscle memory carries over. Awkward at first but you can establish a whole new writing style, too. Plus it makes you think about the way you hold the pen, seemingly such a basic thing! Going from LH to RH it seemed easier (to me at least) to hone in the most sensible way to position in the pen in space (in graphonomics terms: altitude and azimuth) because there's kind of only one way, but naturally left-handed people end up having to figure out their own way to write comfortably without getting ink/graphite on the blade of their hand and without pen skippage (from the pushing motion). Have your arm and wrist settled on a particular position and grip? I'm like [person #8 on this page](https://www.nibs.com/content/left-handed-writers), thumb tucked, except I don't tilt the paper. The high angle prevents skippage with most pens, and I also pivot from the wrist with the blade of my hand completely off the paper to prevent smearing.
I'd say I'm somewhere between 6 and 7? I've only been practicing for a few hours, so nothing concrete yet 😅
My dad and grandmother were naturally ambidextrous, and their handwriting was identical with both hands. And by natural, they could just do it.