Help & support

How does daily practice work?

Pick lowercase or capitals and each session gives you up to 8 letters: reviews that are due first, then new ones. A new letter plays its strokes, then you trace it over the outline. The next day it comes back on empty lines, to write in cursive from memory with only the printed letter to go on.

Each time you write a letter from memory without a slip, the wait before you see it again doubles: 2 days, 4, 8, 16, 32. One or two slips keep it where it is. Three or more, or asking to see the strokes, send it back to the next day. Letters you know well come round rarely, and the ones you're still learning come round often.

Why was my stroke marked wrong?

Each stroke is checked for its shape, its position on the lines, its direction and its place in the order. The most common reasons a stroke doesn't count:

• It was drawn the wrong way round, such as a loop clockwise instead of anticlockwise.
• It was a different stroke from the next one, such as the dot of an i before the body.
• It started or ended too far from where that stroke goes, or was much bigger or smaller.

After three misses on one stroke, the stroke is shown to you. "Show stroke order" replays the whole letter at any time.

Which cursive style is this?

The letters are based on the Hershey script font, a classic joined hand. Schools teach several styles (Zaner-Bloser, D'Nealian and others) that differ mostly in the capitals and in a few lowercase letters such as r, s and z. If your school's version of a letter looks different, tell us which style you learned.

Can I use a phone, tablet or stylus?

Yes. Daily Cursive runs in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, with a finger, a stylus or a mouse. A tablet with a stylus is closest to writing on paper. On a phone you can add it to your home screen from the browser's share or menu button, so it opens like an app.

Where is my progress saved?

Without signing in, your progress belongs to a random ID kept in this browser. Clearing your browser's site data, using a private window, or switching to another device or browser starts you from scratch.

Sign in with Google on the home page to keep it on your account instead. Whatever you practised before signing in comes with you, and signing in on another device adds that device's progress as well. Our privacy policy sets out exactly what is kept.

How do I delete my account?

Email [email protected] from the address you signed in with, and we'll delete your account and its practice history. Signing out only ends the session on that device; your progress stays on your account for next time.

Why did my streak reset?

The streak counts days in a row on which you finished at least one letter, going by your own device's date. If yesterday had no practice, it starts again today. It isn't lost until the end of the day: it still shows in the morning before you've practised.

Does it cost anything?

No. Daily Cursive is free to use.

Found a mistake?

If a letter's shape, stroke order or direction looks wrong, email [email protected] with the letter and what you expected, and which cursive style you learned.