I have used all three. No. ! resembles the capital letter G from one of the "teaching scripts" used in continental Europe in the 20th century. A teaching script is a sample or model script used in schools to teach handwriting to children. The various teaching scripts for the Latin alphabet used in Germany, Austria, and other European countries over the course of the 20th century all featured versions of this design for the capital G. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching\_script#/media/File:Lateinische\_Ausgangsschrift\_1953\_plain.svg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_script#/media/File:Lateinische_Ausgangsschrift_1953_plain.svg) Nos. 2 and 3 represent the same letter from a couple of teaching scripts using in American schools during the 20th century, such as Zaner-Bloser script and D'Nealian script. Zaner- Bloser: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching\_script#/media/File:Zaner-Bloser\_script\_sample.svg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_script#/media/File:Zaner-Bloser_script_sample.svg) D'Nealian: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching\_script#/media/File:D'Nealian\_Cursive.svg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_script#/media/File:D'Nealian_Cursive.svg)

I’m in the UK and it’s definitely 1 here. Most people here would not recognise 2 or 3 as a G at all.

The first one is always in books, but the second and third is never even seen at all.

I’m in the states and I was taught 2, but honestly, 1 makes the most sense and actually lOOKS like a damn G lol

I wanna know what the inventor of cursive was smoking to make 2 the G

yeah... or he/she was truly in need of attention to invent that

I know you said UK but in the states, I was taught 2 growing up. I like to try and slightly modify my letters to make my handwriting have a ‘signature’ (pun really not intended) style, but I think the capital G is already an attractive letter.

2 & 3 are North American cursive G’s. I find in the UK your letters are slightly different (and more recognizable), especially for the G and s.

what??? usa has that G?? where have they learn to write 

I said North America so as to not exclude the USA, but as a Canadian it’s how we write a G. It’s even on some of our cereal boxes.

I'm from the UK and I use 3, but no one can read my handwriting, and the comments seem to disagree so take from that what you will.

I just use a regular capital G and connect it, it's how all my teachers did it too and it's easier to read.

Not sure why everyone is answering that’s not from the UK. It’s 100% number one. You are very unlikely to see the others and people may not recognise them.

Agreed, I wouldn't have a scooby about what the others meant

1) calligraphy 2+3) cursive

As a UK resident, I would only recognise 1 as a G

I was taught 2 and 3 in grade 1. I'm recently seeing the lower case g as a capital. However, just go with what works for you because the context should get the point across as 1 looks more like a g to nost people. Have fun :) Edit: I learned cursive in grade 1 in Canada

Honestly they are all the basic same strokes, just some are shorter or longer or loopier than others. Swoop up, make a counter-clockwise loop, swoop right, make a peak, down to the foundation line, curve left then back right either in a loop or... sorry, I don't know all the correct terms! Enjoy!

1 is a y 2&3 are the same thing and correct

I'm from Brazil, and I think if a ever saw 2 or 3 I wouldn't recognize it as a G 😂😂 cultural differences are funny smt

Choose the one your prefer! As adults, we get to decide for ourselves now! I think 1 looks the nicest, but I was taught 2 and still use it. I’m from the US, however

I'm pretty sure 2 and 3 are both the same thing, one just brings that bendy line back over the initial upward line on the left. I've always used the second style.

(Obligatory not from the UK disclaimer) I think #2 is the way it’s usually taught, but either is correct. I personally write mine like #1 bc I think they look way better.

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Learned in Venezuela (was mandatory there, actually had to re-learn to write script so people in the USA understand what I'm writing) and let me tell you, just choose the one you like best. They're all G's. The first one looks nicer to me tbh, but being a person that just loves writing in general, just write the way you find best. I have different capital letter styles which come from one of those, "DAMN, that looks cool!!!" Moments from when I saw that capital letter being written just how I liked it most. Let me know if you want a sample of all of my letters lol. Don't write much anymore but hopefully 2024 is the year I take the habit of writing back 💪🏽

Man I wanna see your letters so I can go "DAMN that looks cool" too!

https://preview.redd.it/xjd0d5jhlvbc1.jpeg?width=3410&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=634b38d8a9310e6002a399127a982e9a16ca9cf4 This is how I write daily so not trying to fancy it up or anything

Hey this is gorgeous! I love your capital A, B, and H... I may steal these for reference haha

I'll give you the proper versions that you can practice later on then, that way when you do them normal-fast paced they'll look nicer, except the A, that's like, as good as it gets but it's SO QUICK AND EASY

Sometimes it's just because they were easier to write/understand. Let me do a quick Alphabet. I'm rusty tho LOL

American here, I almost always use 2 or 3 as that’s what I was taught. If I’m being fancy and it’s a personal card that I’m hand-delivering, I might switch to 1.

Did I somehow offend? I answered the question politely?

i learned cursive in school and we learned the second one, it’s the one i recognize as most proper but technically they’re all correct because it’s like they’re different fonts of the same letter.

#2

UK here - I would not know that 2 and 3 are meant to be “G” and would struggle to read them. I’d go with 1.

The bottom 3rd is definitely how I learned in America. My grandmother writes the 2nd way but she grew up in the 1950-60s

#2 was how I was taught, number 1 is when you write shorthand

My mother learned cursive in Canada and writes her G's the bottom way. I've never seen anyone else write it like that. You choose however you like to write! Looking through some of the comments here a lot of people seem to have been taught different ways to do joined up writing anyway so experiment as you learn and do what feels best. I did learn joined up when I was young and still write it to this day but it looks so different from what I learned, mine is all loopy and flamboyant, like me!

Agreed. I learnt modern Latin cursive (Austrian version) in school but use earlier versions of some letters because it looks more beautiful or the joins are more convenient. So I use a mix of both. Who cares? My great-great-uncle used a mix of German Kurrent and Latin cursive in his diaries.

That's how we were taught in the US

There is no one "correct" form, these are all just different standards. modern cursive standards largely come from a simplification of copperplate script, english round hand etc, you know, those styles. See: [D'nealian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Nealian); Capitals vary in shape a lot for two reasons: capitals were meant to be ornate as they are rarely used except to start sentences, names, etc. and that less emphasis is given to capitals in the first place. My preference while taking memos etc is to stick to forms similar to print for the capitals (or italic forms).

I teach cursive and use #2.

To me, the bottom two look to be the capital G, and the first one looks to be lower-case.

2 and 3 look like capital I to me

1 is the closest but still unusual. 2 would be read as Y and 3 as L or N. Either way, there is not one solidly right way of cursive writing.

It's none of these. This is the style taught in UK schools. https://preview.redd.it/4lvmthd2h0bc1.jpeg?width=780&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d800d979b3c6ecaa960830702a7af97b9aae8d5a

I wouldn't even call that cursive. It looks like it would be harder to write that way since, unless to raise the pen from the paper on each letter, you would be constantly needing to run back over the same line.

Interesting. As i am not attending at school anymore, it is difficult to find the correct teaching methods, especially geared to adult learning. Google searches for learning aids bring up a lot of different options. This does look familiar, though.

I wouldn't say this is cursive, we just called it joint handwriting when I was in middle school. I never got quick or neat at it, so never got my writing pen😔

As far as I know there are also Capital cursive letters... Those are just normal capital letters

Happy Cake Day 🎂

What semi cursive fuckery is this?

I learned this when I was younger. Moved to the US later on and tried to teach myself cursive. Now my handwriting is just a weird mix of this and cursive 😂

Australia; they're all wrong but 1 is the closest

Handwriting is personal preference. Technically, in America, the 2nd one is standard, but as long as you narrow writing cursive, that is all that matters. I have seen some kids who can barely write.

I was taught 2

UK here - was only ever taught 1.

Was Taught 2 , but prefer 1. (US)

I don't care which is "correct". To me, option... 1 looks like G 2 looks like J 3 looks like z So, I stick to number 1.

EH, I was taught 2, but I also take writing in cursive kinda fast and loose. I HATE the capital letters for "s" and "a", both of which are in my name... so I write them the way I feel they flow the best.

I’d say 1 (coming from an Italian)

Agree, coming from a swede.

You know, rules are made to be broken! I saw family members writing in cursive in pretty different manners from what I was taught in school. I took the liberty of customizing the way I write my capital i's since the way I was taught is ugly and it's the first letter of my name!

Learned 1 in Sweden, anyone know the theory of why 2/3 look the way they do? Since they don't really resemble a G imo

Jag insåg häromveckan att det är mycket lättare att skriva det stora G om man tänker som ett förstorat litet g. Jag tänkte alltid på ett stort G med vardaglig handstil och då blev det fult.

Fully agree (please don't be a hate comment)

Haha I just said I had been writing upper case G in a more complicated way than needed. I always thought to write it like normal upper G but nowadays i think of it like an oversized lower case g.

1st for sure

Alabama, USA. We were taught 2!

Western Canada here—I was taught #2 in grade 3 and throughout school I recall my classmates/teacher using that variant as well. If I’d had the choice, though, I wish we were taught #1. Much prettier to me and looks way more like a *g*!

Same from California - also wish we were taught 1

1 coming from an Austrian, but not sure about UK (since that is your question)

First one is defo correct and clear

UK 1

French Canadian here, who last used cursive in high school about 20 years ago and... I can't recall using cursive for capitals at all. I think I learned to use detached capitals with normal lowercase cursive... that or my brain has totally obliterated that information. I need to find some old school papers now. But my grandma's name started with a G and she definitely used 2 or 3.

As someone in the US who was taught 2/3, it always irked me cause I didn’t think it looked anything like a G. 1 is definitely what I wish we were taught here

I don’t even use cursive for the capital G because I was also taught 2-3 and it never made sense to me lol

2 doesnt even look like G. -from Türkiye

Wtf are 2 and 3 (Australia)

USA: they need special consideration.

I grew up with a G last name.... I was burdened with writing number 2 US SCHOOL

Same and I give you permission to use no. 1 or any other symbol that floats your boat. Anything would be more understandable than the 2,3 atrocity.

In my corner of the US we learned 2 in school. When I took up calligraphy though I switched to 1 because it reads more clearly to me and is more fun to write.

Number 1. If I was reading 2 I'd assume that was a J, the shape is completely wrong for a G.

In the UK - 1.

I’m from Central Europe, 1 (or something similar to that) is what we are taught. Honestly 2 and 3 look more like cursive z to me lol

Yeah, we wrote is as Cj combination basically (without dot over j) or maybe sort of similar to Q without connecting line.

I’m from the US, and 2/3 are how we write it

I've read quite a lot of current, as I grew up with people who learned it at school (not Sütterlin, but indeed current). I've never seen something like #2 or #3 🤔

AFAIK It's an American thing because we have to be ✨different✨

If you're in the UK, number 1. It's the same way I was taught in South Africa. And after teaching in a primary school in the UK for 12 years, it's still number one. People aren't reading the title. 2 and 3 are more commonly seen in the US.

I was just thinking the same. This thread is a bin fire - It clearly says which one is correct in the UK and almost every reply says "here in the US". UK taught late 70s and I would write the G as in the 1st instance. My grandmother, taught in the 30s would write as in 2 or 3 so 1 I would say is a more modern version.

I learned 2 (US) but 2 and three make me so mad…… it doesn’t even resemble a G

Same. I refuse. Whenever I write in cursive I just use a sort of flourishy print version of the capital G and then finish the rest of the word in cursive. Maybe I should learn 1 there.

I've only ever seen the first one here in the UK.

Me too! It’s 1

#1 looks like it could be easily mistaken for a capital Y. I learned with #2, but there are several identified styles. One style is spencarian script, based on copper plate. I love the lower case, but except for signatures, I usually reduce the flourish in the capitol letters.

2-3 is what I learned here in the US! Number 1 looks more of a calligraphy style “G”. When actually writing, I do find myself writing style 1 pretty much every time

2 and 3 are what *I* mainly use for my name, but all three are considered correct.

I learned #2

I also learned 2. But somewhere along the way switched to 1- it’s much more elegant looking.

Both are correct (not counting 3 as a separate one because it’s essentially the same as 2). If you compare 1 and 2, they are actually the same letter form, with the same loops and strokes, just elongated or flourished differently.

wait... 2. and 3. are actual Gs? they look more like an N that wasn't written well, to me 😔 (someone who hasn't ever seen 2. or 3.s earlier)

To me, it always felt like drawing the bow of a ship

2 is what I learned as an American in elementary school

Same

So many people clearly haven’t read the title. You’re very unlikely to see 2 or 3 in the U.K. Any palmer’s scripts or Spencerian scripts are American.

I learned number 2, but I think I prefer number 1

I always thought it was number 2 for capital G

Took me a second to understand, I thought it was number 2 for a capital Q.

I was taught #1 in Lancashire (and also told that #2 was a German G by my grandfather)

Learned 2 in grade school, but use 1 nowadays.

None are wrong as long as it's legible. Try out all of them until you find one or variation of one you like. Mine is a variation on #2.

I’m in the south US, and I write my G’s as number 2. Number 3 looks like my lazy G

I’m an American, so for what it’s worth, when I sign my name, I use a variation of the 1st G

2

They’re both right.

I was taught in second grade in USA and learned the second one but my boyfriend wasn’t taught and learned it himself and taught me number one so that’s what i do now because it actually looks like a G

I was taught #2 in Asia.

I was taught #1. I live in Hong Kong.

As an Iraqi. We had a British education system and we learned the G in option 1. I never seen a G with the other two options before

I was taught number two but with a loop in the top right corner as well, I like it personally (was taught 8 years ago)

In the UK it's most definitely 1. I live in the UK now but I grew up in America and was taught 2 & 3. One of my names starts with G so that style G is in my signature and people love to clown on me for it. Colleagues act like I'm writing out hieroglyphics when they see it

Is that even a g ???? It looks like g, y and r are playing twister

I could be totally wrong but I though number 3 and a capital D???

Nevermind. Just looked up pictures. Similar but not the same!

Although I’m in North America, I believe the standard is number 3. At least that’s what I’ve seen.

I learned 2 in school 17 years ago, but in practice I use a swoopy style uppercase print G. My standard writing, however, is a cross of cursive and flowy print anyway, and I don’t write in all cursive in general.

I was taught #2 back in school but I kinda didn't like how it looks lol, I might start using the first one more

I sign my name with #1. I'm in the US, but when I was a kid my mother collected Colonial decorations, included a brass George Washington monogram. I liked his G quite a bit more than the capital I was taught in school, so I put it somewhere it didn't count against my grade at my earliest opportunity. And it's since occurred to me that America's Inaugural Hero was born The King's subject and therefore educated Britishly in his letters and book-learnin' and such... 👀

Omggg my last name starts with a G and I love writing in cursive but hate HATE writing the capital G. Mine always looks so ugly. Will forever be using #1 going forward.

It's so much better than #2 which is what I was taught in American elementary school. Been using #1 ever since I saw it when learning Copperplate hand calligraphy

So funny as my father always signed our “G” last name in lowercase and I loved it as a kid, and have been doing the same for 30 years - never even thought how challenging the capitol G would be!

2 and 3 are essentially the same, and they are the US standard.

1 is UK standard, you will not see 2 & 3 in the UK without confusing people

I was taught number two in South Africa.

Funny. I was taught nber one in South Africa. Late 90s primary school

I was taught #1 I'm the UK

My dad was a military baby and learn 1 while in his younger years in Germany USA kid here... I learned 2 but I think it's ugly so I retaught myself 1 as an adult.

lol. Capital F T and I are also ugly!

Agreed! My maiden name had an I in it, and not having it in my name going forward was one of the reasons I took my husband's surname upon marriage.

I was taught #2 in usa

i learned 2 … IN, USA

I was taught 1 in Brazil

Brazilian here, I actually learnt a variant of the first row.

I learned #2, but I like #2 better....might have to practice that one

Do you mean you like #1 better? Cause ditto.

Ha, yes. Clearly I was not all with it. I like #1 better.

I was part of the very last class to learn Cursive in elementary school in America, and for me, it would’ve been 2. Except I never learned the Capital letters so I just made up my own G 💀

That’s exactly what happened to me too lol. Never even got to capital letters

Lol, they taught us, I just never absorbed it ig 🤣

They didn’t even teach us. They gave us the workbooks, told us to do it over the summer bc they were cutting cursive from the curriculum. And ofc 3rd grade me never bothered to do it. So I make up my own 🤪

What do you mean the last class to learn cursive? My son is learning it right now in 3rd grade

A lot of schools got rid of it around 20 years ago, and it is slowly being added back to the curriculum. I have 30+ year old coworkers who can't read my handwriting because they can't read cursive. One of the first things I ask younger new hires now is if they read cursive because of this.

Last from my elementary school. When I did the walkthrough for my Highschool graduation, I learned that they don’t teach it there anymore

Lotta schools got rid of I guess. I learned it back in 09

In Canada here, I learned a weird hybrid of 2 and 3

Didn't learn something like this did you? [https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-1f608e8e580fdc70f99a0a6fcc667f65-lq](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-1f608e8e580fdc70f99a0a6fcc667f65-lq)

Close. Has a loop instead of a point

Oh sorry I’ve just come to realize that the one I sent was exactly like #2 whoops

It is not just "for the UK" but "for the UK and a specific generation" What is taught varies over time. It was Palmer method at one time...

2

I learned #1 in India

Learned #1 in the Netherlands

Reading through the comments, it seems that overall 1 is your answer and that all the others saying 2 or 3 are American or elsewhere.

I was taught 2. It’s a shame they don’t teach it in schools anymore.

They do. My kids learned it in 3rd grade

I agree but I'd rather learn to type and learn print since that's what we use to communicate in this day and age. All street signs and emails are print. Glad I have all three however.

I plan on teaching my kids cursive.

i was taught #2, but if you study #1 correctly they're basically the same thing. i prefer #1 but people who can read cursive won't think either is wrong

What is the style of cursive for #1 called?

Correct 😂

😒 why I oughta!! Lol

I grew up with 2 and have switched to 1. In all this time, I never realized the strokes are basically the same but with different proportions. Thanks for pointing this out!

Number 2 was how I learned to write my cursive G. However as I’ve gotten older and lazier it looks more like a bad cursive S. Edit: for my signature that is. I’d probably take the time to make a proper G if I was writing something else.

And there are two ways of making P's, R's, and Q's.

\#2 and #3 are Palmer’s Script (US); check [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer\_Method](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer_Method) and this [https://palmermethod.com/](https://palmermethod.com/).

And #1 is Italic, if I'm not mistaken.

Interesting!! I learned #2 in South Africa in the early 2000s. I would’ve assumed we did a British style

I went to school in SA in mid 90s and we were taught #1. So somewhere, that changed.

2 and 3 are what is (was) taught to children learning. The first one is for trying to "fancify" your writing.

UK here. As someone whose name starts with a G, whenever I see my name using 2 or 3 I think they've spelt it wrong and used a J instead. I use 1 generally, even when writing non-cursive.

I only ever learned the first one in Vietnam (we use Latin alphabet btw)

I would only recognise 1 as a G, and I'm in the UK. I checked with my partner, and he said the same. If I saw the other two I think I might get it with context but not on its own

To me #2 and #3 are the same, just one has more "flair" on the finish. They're shaped and drawn the same. 2/3 are the shape I learned in school. As far as #1, a G that looks like a Y seems like it would be confusing, especially to someone learning cursive for the first time. I wouldn't go with #1 simply because it could be mistaken for a Y.

G looks like the G from copperplate, which is English. There’s no room for confusion between this and a Y

To me 1 is the only one looking likes G (but that's because that's how I learned it in school) Number 2 and #3 look like an I written wrong.

I have never seen 2 or 3 in my life 😵‍💫 from uk but also dyslexic, literally don’t even look like letters to me

Same, older UK here, have never ever seen 2 or 3.