About Handwriting Practice Worksheets

This site makes handwriting practice sheets you build yourself: type the words, pick a style and line size, and print. Free, no account, no watermark.

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What the site does

Most free handwriting worksheets online are fixed PDFs. They are fine until you need a name that isn't in the pack, a spelling list from this week, or a sentence in the cursive style your child is learning. The worksheet makers here draw the page from whatever you type, so the sheet matches what you are actually practicing.

There are makers for name tracing, letter tracing, number tracing, line and shape tracing, kindergarten handwriting, word and sentence tracing, cursive practice, a cursive alphabet chart, copywork, signature practice, practice sheets for adults, and blank handwriting paper in eight rulings.

How the worksheets are made

Each page is drawn in your browser as a set of guide lines and letters. You can print it through the normal print window, or press Download PDF, which builds the file on your device. Nothing you type is uploaded or stored. Copy link puts your settings in the part of the address after the # sign, which stays in your browser unless you paste the link somewhere. On the signature page you can draw your own signature to trace; the drawing stays on the page and is never saved or added to a copied link.

The letters come from free typefaces released under the SIL Open Font License. Most pages use these three:

• Andika, designed by SIL International for literacy programs and beginning readers, used for print and slanted print.
• Playwrite US Trad, designed by TypeTogether for handwriting education, used for traditional cursive.
• Playwrite US Modern, also by TypeTogether, used for modern cursive.

The signature page also offers five script typefaces from Google Fonts, under the same license: Dancing Script, Great Vibes, Allura, Sacramento and Parisienne.

Each row is scaled so tall letters reach the top guide line and every letter sits on the baseline. The guide lines follow the common three-line school layout, with an optional fourth line for letters with tails. The paper rulings, such as Seyes and wide ruled, follow published measurements.

How the content is kept accurate

Facts on this site, such as paper ruling measurements and word lists, are checked against a source before they go on a page, and the source is named in the "How this page was made" note on that page. Handwriting styles are described in plain terms (print, slanted print, traditional cursive, modern cursive) rather than with curriculum brand names, because the typefaces are close cousins of those styles, not official copies. If a source or typeface changes, I update the pages that use it.

Who it's for

Parents helping a child at home, teachers making sheets for a class, homeschool families doing copywork, and adults working on their own handwriting or signature. The pages are written for the adult making the worksheet.

Questions, corrections or an idea for a new worksheet maker? Use the contact page.