Cursive Handwriting Practice for Adults, Printable Drills, Pangrams and Signature Pages

Cursive practice for grown-ups who learned it once or never did. No pictures and nothing childish. It has 39 practice pages, 42 pages in all.

Letter charts: 4 pages with all 52 letters, a number where each stroke starts and arrows for direction.

Speed drills: 12 pages. Trace a line such as minimum or tomorrow, then write it as many times as you can in a minute. There are three boxes for your count.

Pangrams: 12 sentences written for this book, each using all 26 letters, which a script confirmed. Trace each one, then copy it.

Everyday words: 10 pages, including days, months, notes and cards, a shopping list, number words and words used at work.

Signature practice: 4 pages of made-up names, to practice capitals, then 3 pages of lines with an x for your own name.

The letters use Playwrite US Trad, an open-license cursive font. Your handwriting does not have to match it.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Cursive-Practice-for-Adults-Letter.pdf, 42 pages
- Cursive-Practice-for-Adults-A4.pdf, 42 pages
- Start-Here-Cursive-for-Adults.pdf, which file to use, print settings

Digital download. Nothing is shipped.

COMPATIBILITY
Print PDF. Page sizes in the files: US Letter 612 x 792 pt and A4 595 x 842 pt. A script confirmed the sizes, that the fonts are embedded and that no ink falls within 0.25 inch of the page edge. Test printing on a real printer has not been recorded for this file.

QUESTIONS AND HOW-TO
Do I need to have learned cursive before?
No. Start with the letter charts. If you want a full page for each letter, the Cursive Alphabet book in this shop has one, though this book is the one written for adults.

Can I use it to copy someone else's signature?
No. The names on the signature pages are made up, and the last pages are for your own name.

How long does a drill take?
One minute per try, with three tries on a page. Use any clock.

Can I type in it?
No. It is a flat PDF for printing and writing by hand.

Print settings for this PDF
Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader or Preview, not in a browser tab. Browsers can change the scale without telling you.
In the print window, pick the paper size that matches the file name.
In Acrobat Reader, set Page Sizing to Actual Size. In Preview, set Scale to 100%. If the edges get cut off, switch to Fit in Acrobat Reader or Scale to Fit in Preview.
Print one page first and check it before you print the rest.
To print only some pages, type the numbers in the Pages box, for example 3-8.
For double-sided pages, choose flip on long edge for portrait pages.

A4 or US Letter
US Letter is 8.5 x 11 inches (216 x 279 mm). It is the usual paper in the United States and Canada.
A4 is 210 x 297 mm (8.3 x 11.7 inches). It is the usual paper in most other countries.
The paper size is in each file name. Print the one that matches the paper in your printer.
If you only have the other size, use Fit or Scale to Fit in the print window. The page will come out slightly smaller, with wider margins.

HOW AI WAS USED
AI helped write the listing text, the how-to text, the words and sentences, the stroke order and the code that builds this file. Scripts tested: the 52 letters on the charts, the arrow directions on 17 letters (the loops of b, f, h, k, l and S, where I and J start, the entry strokes of i, j, t, u and w, the retrace arrows on a, d and u, one stroke for E and two for H), that no two number circles overlap, that each pangram has all 26 letters and none is a well-known one, that each trace matches its printed line, repeats, the names, the contents links, overflow and ink near the page edge. No person is claimed to have checked it unless stated here.

PLEASE NOTE
Printer and paper are not included. These are practice pages, not lessons, and they make no promise about handwriting results. Digital files cannot be returned once downloaded; if a file does not open or a link is broken, send a message through Etsy. License: for your personal use only. No resale or sharing of this file.