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So, French handwriting is gorgeous. No, really. Everyone here has beautiful handwriting. Look:

I was doing a little reading up on this and it turns out that the French have dedicated handwriting lessons throughout primary school. Plus, art lessons tend to focus a lot on calligraphy. It’s a big deal.

It’s such a big deal that apparently some high school teachers won’t mark work that is handed in with poor handwriting. I guess it’s a good lesson in presentation.

I found this video on how the French teach handwriting. It’s pretty interesting. It explains how they use dance to teach young kids the large flowing movements they will need to know when they write (and all sorts of other interesting things).

Apparently the font they learn is called “La Ronde”, but I can’t find mention of that anywhere but that video. Basically, the handwriting style looks like this. The single letters shown don’t really show you how it looks when put to good use, but it will give you an idea of the font.

For those of you wanting to read a little more, I also found this article comparing French and English handwriting and how that relates to other areas of study.

I’m certainly finding this all rather interesting and certainly a positive shift in beliefs from my own Aussie schooling.
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