50 Examples Of Handwriting That Look Unreal (New Pics)

Nowadays, we’re far more likely to use our hands to click, type, or swipe than pick up a pen and write our thoughts on paper. However, some people still prefer good old handwriting, as it can enhance memory and help understand information more easily. Besides, those who take the time to practice calligraphy can boast about their other-level penmanship to others.That’s exactly what the people on this list did in various communities online. Scroll down to find them below, and make sure to upvote those examples of handwriting that you can’t help but be a little bit envious of.

#1 The More I Practice, The More Scripts I Want To Learn. I Find Print Scripts The Hardest As It Needs A Lot Of Patience And Accuracy. I’m Still Learning 😄

#2 My Handwriting After 1 Year Of Practice 😊

#3 The Hand Writes But The Whole Body Suffers. I Just Finished Calligraphy Of Three Copies From Zofia’s Bible

Pen Heaven’s survey in the UK has found that 51.4% of participants still write by hand every day, while 21.4% jot down some words on paper at least once a week. On the other hand, 16.5% of people couldn’t remember the last time they picked up a pen to write something.

When it comes to gender and age, those who wrote more regularly were younger women aged 18-24. Overall, men are less likely to pick up a pen, while just 39.5% of 65-year-olds and older practice calligraphy.

#4 An Old Letter

#5 An Irish Blessing

#6 Sunday Scribbles

43% of those who prefer handwriting rated their penmanship as above average, and more than 30% of people felt like their skill still needed some work. Just 13.9% of respondents thought their writing was excellent, whereas 16.5% believed it to be terrible. In general, women evaluated their handwriting more enthusiastically than men.

Studies have confirmed the fact that females have neater handwriting than males. University of Warwick researchers have noted that “Girls are generally better handwriters than boys, both on measures of overall quality and of letter formation. Girls also tend to write faster than boys.”

#7 Headed Back To School At 28, Trying To Do Things Better This Time Around. It’s Not Perfect, But I Like It 🙂

#8 In Arabic We Have 13 Different Styles Of Handwriting (I Think We Have More Though). In This Picture The Sentence “By The Name Of Allah The Most Merciful” Is Written 13 Times With Different Handwritings

#9 My Second Attempt At Writing With The Typewriter Font

Why this happens is quite hard to explain, as there’s really no concrete evidence or reason why women’s handwriting looks more satisfying to the eye than men’s. It could be due to stereotypes in our society, as women are often expected to have neater handwriting.

There’s also the possibility that neurodevelopmental differences between males and females may account for the differences.

Parenting Magazine explains this further: “During the early school years, when kids are learning to shape letters, the nerve fibers that control fine motor skills in boys’ brains typically haven’t matured as much as girls’ have.

So the girls in your son’s class may be better equipped to conquer penmanship. Boys’ brains eventually catch up and their handwriting gets better than their early attempts, but it’s still usually not as neat as that of the girl at the next desk. That’s because women tend to have more nerve connections between the two sides of the brain, which also helps with precision.”

#10 Tuesday Thoughts

#11 The Cruelest Of Wishes Inked With A Sharp Pen

#12 Tgif!

While some argue that penmanship might be getting worse due to less practice and schools slowly taking out cursive and calligraphy lessons from their curricula, others say that bad handwriting isn’t a new phenomenon at all. Even in the ages when people handwrote books, illegible writing was a problem. They even had a word for it: cacography, calligraphy’s opposite, evil sibling.

“Handwriting has not worsened because of technology, but rather it has evolved in accordance with our life experiences and the passage of time,” explains forensic graphologist Ana Ortiz de Obregón.

#13 I Did This For Work And Everybody Seems To Like It

#14 One Of My Favourite Quotes From Winnie The Pooh. Parker Vector Fountain Pen

#15 The Wife Of The Owner Does A Hell Of A Job. Takes Her Hours To Complete

“Although we now write less by hand, a person who knows how to write always knows how to write. It is like riding a bicycle. At first you are more careful to make the handwriting more esthetic, but as you write, the conscious gives way to the unconscious; the act of writing becomes mechanized and that is when the brain begins to draw a self-portrait on paper, detectable from a graphological point of view.”

So it’s not the lack of practice that might worsen our penmanship, but other external factors like rushing, our state of mind or mood, or even certain disorders.

#16 I Thought This One Turned Out Nicely

#17 Not Writing Cursive Is Okay

#18 My Niece’s Handwriting Is Very Precise

The way we write can also be hugely attributed to our personality. Even the way we dot our i’s and cross our t’s can say more about us than we might realize. “Like body language, handwriting is analyzed in an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of a person’s behavior, motivations or personality,” says Annette Poizner, a certified graphologist, registered social worker and licensed psychotherapist. “But unlike nonverbal gestures, handwriting leaves a trace, making it possible to examine at any time or place.”

#19 Small Lettering Using A Unipin Fine Line Dark Grey 0.1

#20 Is My Writing Legible? Please Let Me Know

#21 Hi Everyone 👋

“People write in unique and idiosyncratic ways, so it would make sense that those characteristic swirls or scratchings may be expressing facets of the writer’s individuality and personality,” Poizner further explains. “But properly trained graphologists know that handwriting analysis is more art than science, and any insights they glean from someone’s handwriting must be confirmed by the writers themselves.”

#22 I Can’t Stop Staring At This Beautiful Handwriting

#23 Pencil And Pen Testing Of A Filipino Calligrapher. Follow Her Facebook Page “Sulat Kamay Ni AI” (Handwriting Of AI) To See More!

#24 My Attempt At Imitating A Typewriter

There are many distinctive characteristics in a person’s writing, such as:

Heavy vs. soft pen pressureLarger vs. smaller lettersLines that go downhill, uphill, or in a straight lineWords slanted to the right vs. the leftHow one crosses their THow one dots their lowercase iThe space one leaves between wordsWide vs. narrow loop on a lowercase LRounded vs. pointed lettersUniform vs inconsistent size of lettersSlow and deliberate writing vs. rushedConnected vs disconnected lettersOpen vs. closed OA changing slant #25 Some Mathematical Artwork I Created Using Only My Handwritten Notes

#26 C Programming Algorithm By A Dude In My Class

#27 Late Night Scribbles

“When there’s too much variability in a person’s writing, there may also be chaotic elements in their personality,” says Poizner. “Someone who charges forth and then throws on the brakes suddenly, [causing] whiplash.” In some cases, it could also be influenced by disorders like ADHD, which can impede fine motor skills and functions like planning, organization, focus, and attention.

#28 Hand Painted Sign In Downtown Laurel, Ms

#29 Restaurant Menu That Has No Flaws

#30 My Handwriting

#31 Isolation Doodlin’

#32 The Most Ambitious Crossover Since Avengers Endgame (Oc)

#33 I’m Always Weirdly Proud Of My Handwriting

#34 Voltaire Knows What’s Up

#35 My Friend’s Notes Are Getting Out Of Hand

#36 Way To Keep Cursive Alive, Danielle!

#37 This Note In A Book I Found At My Workplace

#38 Don’t Care If It’s Early, I’m Excited

#39 I’m Really Proud Of How I Wrote This Part Of My Notes!!!

#40 Trying Out A New Style

#41 Is My Handwriting Legible?

#42 And It’s True!

#43 My Wife Nailed The Frosting Medium. She Is Super Talented With Handwriting, And I’m Continually Jelly

#44 Which Line Is The Most Pleasing To Your Eye?

#45 A Trader Joe’s In Albuquerque New Mexico

#46 My Mother’s Handwriting About 85 Years Ago On Primary School. So Nice To See This In Her Old Exercise Book. After Primary School She Had To Work And Couldn’t Go To School Anymore. I’m Sorry She Passed Away A Few Years Ago. I Miss Her

#47 Man-Made Comic Sans Ms. Kind Of :/

#48 A Co-Worker Of Mine Needs To Announce Letters Over The Pa System. The Other Day She Said “K As In Knight” Which Inspired The Following

#49 Wanted To Share My Own Handwriting

#50 From My iPad. I Don’t Write Like This Anymore

#51 Do You Prefer The Straight Or The Slant?

#52 A Unique Letter “R”?

#53 This Is My Handwriting

#54 Is There Anything To Do With My Handwriting

#55 “Wave” By Lex Wilson

#56 First Time Piping For Our 4th Of July Cake!

#57 I Came In To Find This On My Keyboard. I Envy Those Who Have Extremely Neat Printing. The Neat Penmanship Of Her Note Outweighs The Annoyance Of Having To Readjust My Computer

#58 Professors Underestimate My Fine Motor Skills When They Allow Us A Single-Sided Cheat Sheet For The Final

#59 Half Inch “Quick Brown Fox”

#60 So My Teacher Hates My Handwriting. Please Provide Me With Suggestions For Improvement 🙂

#61 My Boyfriend’s Handwriting

#62 My 11 Year Old Korean Student’s Incredible Type-Esque English Handwriting. I’d Love To Show Her How Impressed The Internet Is With Her Amazing Hard Work~

#63 Normal Handwriting (Not Taking My Time)

#64 My Japanese Handwriting Practice ✍️

#65 I Prefer To Write In Pencil

#66 My Medicine Notes! Got About 120 Pages Of This

#67 Winner Of School Annual Handwriting Exam For First-Grade In Vietnam

#68 I’ve Been Practicing My Numbers Lately

#69 Very Nice Protest Signs

#70 My Friends Handwriting Is Like A Font

#71 My Wife’s High School Calculus Notes On An A4 Piece Of Paper

#72 Interesting All-Caps Handwriting!

#73 Is There A Better Season?

#74 I Made This A Few Weeks Ago But It’s Still Applicable 😂

#75 Back To The Basics: Proportions Of The Roman Square Capital

#76 I Was Told That These Cookies I Made Might Fit In Here! (X Post From R/Baking)

#77 A Letter Eminem Wrote To Tupac’s Mother

#78 First Time Post Here, I’ll Keep Practicing

#79 Postcard My Dad Sent Me In 1992

#80 Diary Entry From 22 Year Old Me

#81 The Nurse That Took Care Of My Dad Had Very Cool Handwriting

#82 Note Left In My Elevator, Tought You Guys Would Appreciate It

#83 Accidentally Crossing An “L” Is The Worst Feeling Ever

#84 Abstract Algebra Notes

#85 My Grandmother Taught Me Penmanship

#86 Barbie Themed Cookies I Made 💅 Someone Suggested I Post Here

#87 New Weekly Sign For Work! All Dry Erase Markers, No Stencil

#88 This Note From Our Hotel’s Housekeeper

#89 Something A Little Different, Thai Penmanship

#90 This 3 I Wrote While Studying For Finals

#91 Is My Handwriting Legible?

#92 I Bought A New Pen And Notebook And I’m In Loooove

#93 I May Be A Lefty But I Can Still Use Whiteboards

#94 In 4th Grade My Teacher Told Me My Cursive Was “Too Curly”…fast Forward To Freshman Year Of College

#95 Stepmom Handwrote A Personalized Cookbook For Me

#96 Can You Read My Handwriting?

#97 Every Few Years, My Handwriting Changes. Current:

#98 I Recently Discovered That I’m Ambidextrous

#99 Hi R/Handwriting! First Time Posting

#100 This “Quote Of The Day” Whiteboard From The London Undergound

#101 Somebody Did A Real Nice Job Labeling My Takeout!

#102 I Thought My Mother’s Grocery List Belonged Here

#103 My Girlfriend’s Lecture Notes

#104 My Engineer Grandfather Wrote This In 1976 When He Thought My Dad Was Going Down A Bad Path

#105 My Art Teacher’s Handwriting

#106 My Grandpa’s Handwriting – Mechanical Engineer

#107 I Was Briefly Possessed By A Master Of Calligraphy For This @

#108 One Inch „quick Brown Fox”

#109 Do You Guys Think This Is Readable?

#110 Random Grocery List- Thought It Looked Pretty Nice

#111 Sharing My Handwriting! [update]

#112 Sharing My Handwriting!

#113 Thought These Were Printed Onto The Cups At First Glance

#114 I’ve Been Writing Random Words All Day And This Is By Far The Best I’ve Ever Written

#115 For My Nieces. “If Something Happens, I Love You.”. Graphite On Graph Paper. My Nieces Know My Health Is In Decline These Years, And My 16 Year Old Niece Asked For Me To Create Something She Could Get Tattooed When She’s Older (Also Inspired By A Heartbreaking 12 Min Movie)