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✍️Handwriting (Aotearoa NZ)

Build a clear, fast, comfortable hand in the NZ basic script

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Why bother with handwriting now

The NZ basic script, and why your style might look different

Pick tools that help instead of fight you

Sit so your arm can move

Hold the pen the tripod way

Move from the arm, not the fingers

Warm up with ovals and push-pulls

The skeleton: baseline, x-height, ascenders, descenders

Pick the NZ slant and keep it

Lowercase part one: the oval family

Lowercase part two: the straight and bump families

Lowercase part three: diagonals and the leftovers

Uppercase letters

Writing macrons for te reo Māori

Spacing between letters and words

Rhythm and the whole-line view

Entry and exit strokes: the NZ pre-cursive bridge

Joining letters: the NZ cursive

Should you write print, cursive, or a mix

Fixing cramp, illegibility, and inconsistency

Writing faster without it falling apart

A ten-minute daily practice routine

Develop a hand that is yours

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