I remember when I used to take notes in school the beginning of my notebooks would always be so neat and then as you would
Flip through it would just get progressively messier. We're not doing that this time
Hey everyone, it's Amanda. Welcome back to my channel. Today, I am going to be figuring out my handwriting style
Now you guys might be confused by this because I know a lot of you guys are like "Amanda,
your handwriting is so nice" and you see all my bullet journal stuff and it all looks really pretty and "aesthetic"
and all of that but
Contrary to popular belief, my handwriting is actually
kind of all over the place and quite messy,
Now it might be a shock to some people, but I genuinely don't consider myself to have neat handwriting.
Obviously, I'm able to do like brush lettering and
calligraphy and all of that.
But that's not my like natural handwriting style if that makes sense.
If you guys see like my notes from when I
took notes in high school and all of that,
you'll know that my handwriting is actually quite messy when I'm just writing down
regular letters and not like calligraphy and all of that. Because I am so
involved in the calligraphy world
I see so many styles of handwriting that I like
But the issue is that I pick and choose like what I like from each thing and then when I put them all together
It doesn't necessarily match up well, and I sometimes switch between styles. I feel like I don't have a
regular
handwriting style found this wikiHow article that says "How to Develop Your Own Handwriting Style"
and I was like, you know what? I need that in my life. So that's what we're gonna do. Before we get started
I wanted to give a quick shout out to Ferris Wheel Press for sponsoring this video
they're actually the pens that I'm going to be using throughout the video and I'll talk more about them as we take the
handwriting test and all of that. Thanks to them. Ahh they're really awesome
and you guys will see that throughout the video
But they're genuinely my favorite pen to write with nowadays. I'm excited to develop my own handwriting style according to the Internet.
So let's get started. Alright, so it says "get your writing notice by having your own unique handwriting styles
Perhaps you want to clean up your writing because it's sloppy
You're hard to read or maybe you're looking to develop a unique and memorable writing style"
I think that's the case for me. Step number one
It says "to learn to hold your pen comfortably in order to develop basic penmanship skills,
you should begin by learning to hold your pen properly.
Comfort is obviously the most important element when holding a pen or pencil,
but you should also make sure that you're evenly distributing the pressure.
This will help you avoid cramping when you write and will give you the most control over your lettering."
It also says, "hold the pen close to the tip for better grip and control."
Alright, so the pen that I'm going to be using today is of course my Ferris Wheel Press brush fountain pen.
This is one of the new three colors. I actually use this one every day.
This is my old one in, like, the ivory color. But I love this, like, lilac color, one of their new ones.
Also, I have a packaging here. Look at how cute that is.
This is actually really interesting because in terms of pen grips and holding your pen,
I actually already know that I hold my pen in a very unconventional way.
A lot of people have commented this on my videos, but I'll show you guys as I'm holding this pen here.
Most people, I would say, rest the pen on their middle finger,
But I actually rest my pen on my my ring finger, my fourth finger here and I go like this.
I've heard that resting it on your middle finger is actually better and reduces cramps
but I always end it tend to go back to the fourth finger and that's why you'll see I have my
little writing bump here. Any artists or anyone who writes a lot has that bump where the pen
lies on a lot. So yeah step number one, I guess
we're a little rocky on that because I think my pen grip doesn't distribute the weight as evenly as the more conventional
pen grip. Alright, so number two is
experiment with different writing utensils in order to create a unique and personal penmanship.
you should also find a pen or writing utensil that's comfortable to you pens can come in a
variety a different type and you may find that you prefer one over the other,
Consider the comfort level of the pen thickness of the ink and level of control you have while testing out new pens.
This step
I agree with the most. The thing that I feel like people don't talk about
this enough is how much your writing utensil can affect the neatness of your writing. I've noticed this in my own personal writing but
depending on what pen or pencil I'm using, my handwriting is completely
different and it took a lot of experimenting to
find out what warrants the neatest handwriting. And I've actually found that writing with fountain pens makes me write the neatest
I don't know what it is. It might be different for some people.
Like I know some people prefer gel pens and ballpoint pens, but I noticed a significant difference when I switched over to fountain pens
I know I did a video a while back of me trying
fountain pens for the first time and ever since then my world has been opened.
I'm gonna try to show you guys the difference and how these fountain pens write. This lilac one's
actually my newer one
so I do need to fill it with ink I want to show you guys the new ink colors that I got. Look at these
Look at the packaging. First of all, they're coming with six new summery colors, which is so pretty
I always love the Ferris Wheel Press ink colors. I think they're so gorgeous something new that they're doing is actually the smaller
packaging. So you'll see here as I open them
the, uh, look at it. It's like a little treasure these new
38 milliliter bottles are so easy to store look look at how nicely those fit together.
It'll take up way less space.
Just so you guys can see the difference,
this is the older bottle with, like, the larger amount and look at how much less space that takes up. I love it.
I love it. So I'm gonna keep writing and show you guys, like, how my typical handwriting style is when I'm writing fast.
All right, so as you can see this is kind of like my natural handwriting. When I'm quickly writing,
this is how it ends up.
It's not the messiest but it's also not the neatest, especially considering my entire channel is kind of about handwriting.
But yeah, these are the three colors by the way.
This one's definitely peach for the ink that I'm using Mirror of Marine and Double Raspberry
I think my favorite is definitely the Double Raspberry. I love this color.
I think they're so fun and summery. On to the next step.
It say, "analyze your handwriting. In order to create your own writing style,
you'll want to start by analyzing your current handwriting and looking for any areas or things that you would like to change.
Try copying out a few paragraphs from a textbook in order to see any patterns that emerge in your writing. Pay specific attention to the
following features of your handwriting:
spacing, slant, style, height of letters, and consistent baseline." So let's go one by one. So spacing for my
handwriting.
I would say mine is pretty, like,
close together just because when I'm writing fast I tend to connect my letters whether I'm aiming to do cursive or not.
You can kind of see
sometimes I merged letters together,
unintentionally, but it's just kind of like out of speed and efficiency.
Slant I definitely have a slight
slant going on and I actually prefer like when regular handwriting does have sort of a slant.
I think that's the style that I kind of like. In terms of style, I would say my
lettering is more tall rather than wide. You know how sometimes
people's handwriting can be, like, very round and cute.
Mine is definitely very tall and skinny,
as you can see. Height of letters, again, kind of tall and skinny.
I think I want to, like, shorten it a little. I would love whenever you see those, like, really aesthetic
study instagrams or the handwriting instagrams.
I like the writing is a bit shorter. Maybe I'll try experimenting with that.
Consistent baseline for letters.
Yeah.
I mean mine goes up and down. That also might have to do with the fact that I'm using a dotted notebook and
not a lined one. But I would say it's pretty consistent.
Okay, so we've analyzed the handwriting.
So for method number two on this same WikiHow, it says, "Create a unique handwriting style.
Look up fonts and handwriting styles on the Internet. Pinterest has numerous different ideas for writing fonts.
All right, let's do exactly that. I'm gonna go on Pinterest.
Look up
handwriting. Oh, whoa. Nope my notes in high school did not
look like that. This is interesting because a lot of the styles that I'm seeing is very like
printed printed and then there's also, like, more cursive style.
But I actually feel like my natural handwriting is kind of in between there. This looks like it's been printed.
I do really like the the width and height of that. For me personally, I like handwriting that isn't too
rounded. I think like for space efficiency, you can fit more letters when your letters are a bit skinnier.
So that's kind of like my rationale. Ooh, see I do like a little bit of like cursive aspects.
So I think we can kind of like mix a bit of the two. Alright the next step
it says, "copy handwriting that you like. Determine what you like about the style. Perhaps you like the way their letters pull it together,
consistency, or size. I mean we kind of just did that when I was scrolling through Pinterest.
So on to the next step.
It says, "create consistent letters" and this is going to be the key for me 'cause this is exactly what I don't
do. So, I'll show you guys. I mean, you can kind of see
here when I'm talking about my letters. Oh, this is a perfect example for some reason. Sometimes I do like a straight T
Sometimes I do the t's that, like, curve like that.
And I don't know why I switch between that. I feel like I haven't decided which ones that I like
to do for my natural handwriting so I kind of like go back and forth. Oh, this is another example here
Sometimes I cross my Z's
with, like, the midline and sometimes I don't. Isn't that so weird? I don't know. I feel like usually people
decide from like an early age what style they want their handwriting to be and I just don't have that.
So it says, "try writing a full page of upper and lowercase letters in the alphabet."
I'm going to do all of the capital letters and try to see what I
prefer.
Like just only with the letter A there's so many different versions.
I'm gonna keep going and then I'll go through and pick which ones I like and I'm gonna determine my lettering style.
All right, so I've kind of tested out a bunch of different letters.
What I was trying to do is just think of all the different ways that I could
write these letters so I can kind of see what feels the most comfortable and
what I actually like the look of. Especially ones like G and Y's where you can like crossover.
There's a lot of different stylistic choices.
Which, is fun to kind of think of but that actually goes on to the next
methods, the final methods that this wikiHow article says is,
"to use your handwriting on a daily basis."
They say to "start a daily written journal,
handwritten journal, write letters to your friends and family, or write your name and practice your signature."
I actually feel like I do all of those. It says start a daily handwritten journal, I do that with my bullet journal.
Write letters to your friends and family, I do the pen pal with me videos. And it says write name and practice your signature.
I mean, I don't know if that's necessary.
But, now that I've analyzed handwriting and kind of seen what I like and what is most comfortable,
I think the key will be to make sure that I'm actually
practicing that style in, like, my bullet journal or in my pen pal letter so that it makes it more
second nature and that way I don't keep switching between letter styles. All right this last tip in the wikiHow
article, I really do agree with. It says, "slow down your handwriting. Writing neatly takes a lot of control so you should not rush
your writing while you're trying to change or create a new handwriting style. I was probably, like, my biggest enemy.
I am just so impatient. When I have something I need to write,
I just go about it in the quickest way, which you guys can see is very evident.
I connect letters even when I'm not doing it on purpose. I should definitely, uh,
write slowly. Yeah, like some of those really pretty school notes that you see those types of cute notes
I feel like it's almost impossible to do that writing really quick.
So I'm sure those people are writing a bit on this slower side.
And that's probably why they're writing looks super neat. Now that I've gone through the wikiHow article,
I'm gonna practice a little bit and I'm gonna write to fill up this whole page with my handwriting and try to keep it consistent.
I think it's gonna be a challenge for me. I, actually even though I write every single day in my bullet journal,
It's mostly just like small
tasks, so I'm not really writing full-on essays anymore. I hope my hand can hold out. I don't know if I have the
endurance that I used to have when I was in school. Again, I'm gonna be incorporating some of these letters that I
decided to go through. The more I think about it, I think this, doing this was really helpful 'cause
when I'm writing, I guess there's just so many possibilities that a letter can take form,
so narrowing it down to the ones that I like will be really helpful.
All right, let's try to write. I found this handwriting practice paragraph on the internet.
I think it's meant for kids to practice the writing because it says "have your parents sign this note in your final paragraph",
which is kind of hilarious.
Whew.
Guys my hand is tired already.
I can't get messy. I need to stay neat all the way through the end.
I remember when I used to take notes in school the beginning of my notebooks would always be so neat and then as you would flip
through it would just get progressively messier. We're not doing that this time.
Okay, guys!
I'm done. This is my handwriting practice paragraph. Oh, it's actually really satisfying seeing all of the
that block of text being
pretty
consistent. But this is actually really
consistent for me considering this is how I would normally write. It would normally be
way more all over the place.
And I feel like this looks a lot neater and even though I was slowing my writing down,
I tried to keep it at a more realistic pace because, obviously, it's not always realistic to write super slowly,
so I was trying to find that balance of writing like at a
moderate pace that I can control the neatness of it
but also at a speed in which I'm not going to be spending an hour writing this whole thing out.
So I think you know considering all aspects, it does look pretty good. I was noticing while I was writing it
I was doing some of my habits as in, like,
switching between the lettering styles like the t sometimes I would curve it and sometimes I would just do a straight one.
So I would have to go back and add the little curve on to the the t's.
Anyway, I think that wraps up today's video.
I'm actually gonna keep practicing my writing now, but I had a lot of fun making this video.
I enjoy handwriting and I actually think I learned a lot about my handwriting habits through doing this.
Thank you again to Ferris Wheel Press. That's the pen that I was using throughout the videos as well as the
lovely, gorgeous colors of ink which you guys saw. I'm like honestly obsessed with this summer collection.
I already loved Ferris Wheel Press products, but these colors are just right up my alley.
So if you guys do want to try any of their products up for yourself
I'm going to leave a link down below as well as to their summer collection Kickstarter
which actually runs from June 8th to July 2nd.
But if you do miss out on the Kickstarter, not to worry, you can still get all of the products on their IndieGoGo page.
I always say this but I feel like I have a little, like, potions. Hope you guys enjoyed this chill video
I kind of just felt like hanging out with you guys and doing some writing.
Maybe I'll do some more videos about handwriting styles if you guys want to see that.
But I hope you guys have an awesome day. Keep doodling and I'll talk to you in the next one. Bye everyone!