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One of the biggest casualties of the digital age has been the fine skill of handwriting, and the opportunities to show off one's artsy and satisfyingly precise script are diminishing every day. When was the last time you picked up a pen?

While calligraphy continues to flourish in the forms of wedding and event invitations, fontand typography design, having perfect handwriting doesn't really get you that much social cred anymore. Luckily, for those who are blessed with natural talent or have worked hard on their penmanship, there are places on the internet where you are still appreciated! The subreddit penmanshipporn has long been such a place, where scribes come together to share and celebrate the aesthetic value of their beautiful handwriting.

Following on from a previous post, we here at Bored Panda have compiled a list of satisfyingly neat and creative handwriting examples for your viewing pleasure. Scroll down below to check them out for yourself, and let us know which hand lettering you've found the most aesthetically pleasing!

#1

8th Grade Nepali Student

8th Grade Nepali Student

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#2

My Grandma Makes A Calendar Every Year, All By Hand

My Grandma Makes A Calendar Every Year, All By Hand

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Tony Moon
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am so impressed by this I can't begin to explain. This is quite phenomenal.

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#3

Philippine Professor's Insane Handwriting

Philippine Professor's Insane Handwriting

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Danielle Minnaar
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How does he keep it so straight?? If that was me, it would look like a land slide!

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#4

I Write Sheet Music By Hand Using Charcoal - This Is My Latest: Canon In D By Pachelbel

I Write Sheet Music By Hand Using Charcoal - This Is My Latest: Canon In D By Pachelbel

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#5

Some Of My Handwritten Anatomy Notes

Some Of My Handwritten Anatomy Notes

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K. LNU
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anatomy notes... going for an MD? Your handwriting will never pass the "doctor's prescription" exam. lol (Congrats if you are going for your MD, BTW!) :)

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#6

Practising Some Copperplate - Pablo Neruda's Soneto Vxii

Practising Some Copperplate - Pablo Neruda's Soneto Vxii

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#7

José Naranja And His Travel Books

José Naranja And His Travel Books

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#8

Not The Most Elaborate Font But I Found This Really Satisfying (Bristol, Uk)

Not The Most Elaborate Font But I Found This Really Satisfying (Bristol, Uk)

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Susan Dikko
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do not judge your food preparers/ servers they are amazing human beings.

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#9

How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck If A Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood?

How Much Wood Would A Woodchuck Chuck If A Woodchuck Could Chuck Wood?

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Kjorn
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

damn the subject did not match the beauty of the writting... it's like having a Disney movie about farting

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#15

My Handwriting

My Handwriting

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Molly Block
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To make beautiful handwriting often requires a great ink pen also. You can tell a lot of these were written with nib pens.

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#17

Found In Public Restroom In Berkeley

Found In Public Restroom In Berkeley

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Paul O'Connor
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once, whilst travelling in Italy and visiting countless wonders of art and architecture, I got sick and tired of the appalling graffiti in all the toilets (I was hosteling and camping) so I drew a large, detailed image of a statue from the Trevi fountain holding a bottle of Smirnoff vodka and wrote 'Inter Rail and Smirnoff leave me breathless'. It would have washed off had anyone ever bothered, but I just thought the city deserved a better class of vandalism :-)

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#18

The Handwriting At The Diner By My House

The Handwriting At The Diner By My House

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#20

Not Sure If This Belongs Here, But I Think I Just Drew The Perfect Tick

Not Sure If This Belongs Here, But I Think I Just Drew The Perfect Tick

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#21

Only Allowed A Single Page Formula Sheet? Challenge Accepted

Only Allowed A Single Page Formula Sheet? Challenge Accepted

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#22

Handwritten Menu At Mockingbird Lounge

Handwritten Menu At Mockingbird Lounge

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Bored Office Girl
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My question is, do they eyeball the spacing or hold up a ruler to make each line even with the last?

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#23

My Friend's Beautiful Bio Notes

My Friend's Beautiful Bio Notes

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Ellen
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How can writing so beautiful be impossible to read at the same time

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#24

My Late Grandfather’s Printing

My Late Grandfather’s Printing

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*incoherent screaming*
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hahaha this handwriting is beautiful but i also LOVE the list, your grandfather must have had a great sense of humor!

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#25

By Order Of The Peaky Fockin' Blinders

By Order Of The Peaky Fockin' Blinders

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#26

Enjoying Writing Again After Recovering From A Sprained Wrist

Enjoying Writing Again After Recovering From A Sprained Wrist

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#27

An A2 Poster I Made For Biology

An A2 Poster I Made For Biology

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*incoherent screaming*
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Your writing is beautiful, but i dont think anyone is going to sit there and read all of that.

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#28

More Fancy Cursive With Bic Ballpoint Pen

More Fancy Cursive With Bic Ballpoint Pen

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#29

This Is The Homework Of An 8-Year-Old Vietnamese Girl Whose Family I Stayed With In Hanoi. She Got A 10/10

This Is The Homework Of An 8-Year-Old Vietnamese Girl Whose Family I Stayed With In Hanoi. She Got A 10/10

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Rebekah
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Eight? EIGHT??? Dang. I can't even draw a straight line and I'm... not eight.

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#30

Arabic Words, Chinese Style

Arabic Words, Chinese Style

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#31

My Friend’s Social Notes

My Friend’s Social Notes

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Beth Elizabeth
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All these school notes make me realize how much I loved, loved university!!! :-)

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#33

This Receipt From A Hardware Shop

This Receipt From A Hardware Shop

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#34

This Majestic 2 Slipped Out While Studying

This Majestic 2 Slipped Out While Studying

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#35

Powerwasher Penmanship

Powerwasher Penmanship

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#37

A Letter My Great-Great-Grandfather Wrote

A Letter My Great-Great-Grandfather Wrote

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#38

That Friend Who Spends Too Long On Their Notes

That Friend Who Spends Too Long On Their Notes

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Hanneke Legerstee
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My first page on every blank note book at the beginning of the year looked like this! the end of the notebook, don't ask....

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#39

I Work For The University Of Oxford, And This Hangs In My Office. One Of The Last Pieces Of Legislation The Present Dalai Lama Passed Before Fleeing Tibet

I Work For The University Of Oxford, And This Hangs In My Office. One Of The Last Pieces Of Legislation The Present Dalai Lama Passed Before Fleeing Tibet

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#40

Found My New Favorite Pen

Found My New Favorite Pen

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#41

I Quite Liked How This Word Turned Out During Practice This Evening

I Quite Liked How This Word Turned Out During Practice This Evening

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#42

A Friend Brought Us Dinner Tonight. This Was On The Bag, All Written By Hand

A Friend Brought Us Dinner Tonight. This Was On The Bag, All Written By Hand

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#43

Could Not Have Been More Pleased By This Treble Clef

Could Not Have Been More Pleased By This Treble Clef

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#45

Just For Fun, Minimum. Inspired By Greek Architecture

Just For Fun, Minimum. Inspired By Greek Architecture

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#48

My Note To An Awesome Professor

My Note To An Awesome Professor

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#49

Beginning Of The Semester Notes Are Always In Tip Top Shape

Beginning Of The Semester Notes Are Always In Tip Top Shape

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Bored Office Girl
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And get progressively worse as school goes on. That was the case for me, anyway hah.

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#50

I’m Obsessed With These Beautiful Things Of Handwriting

I’m Obsessed With These Beautiful Things Of Handwriting

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Note: this post originally had 271 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.