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Cursive A

Capital A and lowercase a in a classroom cursive face, with stroke order, joins, fonts and a practice sheet.

Capital A stroke order

1 stroke

Lowercase a stroke order

1 stroke

Copy cursive A

Text styles that have both a capital and a lowercase form of this letter. Paste into bios and messages; some devices show boxes for the rarer sets.

  • Bold Script
  • Bold Italic
  • Heart Script
  • Star Script
  • Sparkle Script
  • Dotted Script
  • Arrow Script
  • Wave Script

How to write capital A

  1. Start just below the top line and swing an oval down to the baseline and back up, closing it at the top.
  2. Without lifting, pull a downstroke along the right side of the oval to the baseline.
  3. Finish with a short tail curving up to the right, ready to join the next letter.

How to write lowercase a

  1. Start just below the midline and swing an oval down to the baseline and back up, closing it at the top.
  2. Retrace down the right side to the baseline.
  3. Exit with a short upstroke to the right.

Common mistakes

  • A common slip is leaving the oval of a open at the top, which turns it into u.
  • With the capital, learners stop the final stroke short instead of carrying it into the next letter; the tail of A is the join.

Joining a to other letters

The a exits from the baseline with a short upstroke that becomes the entry stroke of the next letter.

All letter joins · How joins work

Handwriting practice: lowercase a in cursive

Lowercase a in cursive is one continuous stroke. Start at the baseline, curve up and left, around the top, and down to the baseline. Finish with an upward tail that connects to the next letter. Keep one slant.

Cursive capital letter A

A cursive capital A uses two strokes: left downstroke, then crossbar. Pull the left downstroke from the top to the baseline. Add the crossbar from left to right after lifting the pencil. Use this cursive letter at the start of names and sentences.

Cursive letter A style: connect during writing practice

The lowercase tail is the join between letters. Keep it short so the flow stays smooth. If you lift before the tail, the connection breaks. Write cursive words and cursive sentences with this letter.

Use cursive for handwriting after the alphabet

Start with cursive A, then practice the English cursive alphabet. Once you can write in cursive, keep the same slant for every letter. The stroke order is the instruction for cursive handwriting.

Cursive alphabet, writing worksheets, and worksheet practice

A cursive worksheet for penmanship should let you repeat the lowercase tail and the capital crossbar. Repeating these forms can improve handwriting because the movement becomes familiar.

For design projects, a cursive text generator can create script-style text. Styled text is not accessible to screen readers and is not for official use.

A in cursive fonts

Try A in every style and font

Frequently asked questions

How do I do an A in cursive?

For lowercase a in cursive, use one continuous stroke. Start at the baseline, curve up and left, around the top, pull down to the baseline, and end with a short upward tail. That tail connects to the next letter. For capital A, the letter record gives two strokes: left downstroke, then crossbar.

Is there an uppercase A in cursive?

Yes. The letter record for this page says capital A has two strokes: a left downstroke and a crossbar. Lowercase a has one stroke that forms the oval and downstroke. Practice both forms, then join the lowercase tail to other letters.

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