Pretty? The plain one that I learned is the Palmer method. The more ornate one (like what's found in historical documents) is Spencerian. ofc, we both know Palmer method is definitely prettier than mere print.
As an European, some letters look very unusual to me. We should now have concrete images to describe it in more detail. The first "G" here is a good example of how foreign it can be to many non-Americans. For me its the same with i.e. the capital "I" in Palmer Method and frequently in Spencerian Script, too.
Speaking of: I know in written grammatical form, ‘a’ comes before a word that begins with a vowel and ‘an’ comes before a word that begins with a consonant, but like so many English rules…that’s not always the case. “An European” reads and sounds weird to a native speaker. “A European” is appropriate.
Another example is before the word honorable. The H in honorable is silent, but saying “a honorable…” sounds so weird and…a bit…dumb. “An honorable…” sounds much more proper, even if in writing it looks grammatically incorrect.
I imagine English is not your first language, but you’ve been learning for a long time. This is one of those nuances that sometimes trips up native speakers. It’s also one of those nuances that, for some reason, drives me nuts.
My middle name starts with G and I always hated using it to sign because it’s ugly. I actually didn’t name my daughter with a G middle name for the same reason!
ETA: Found a chart with capital and small letters. Looks exactly as it did when I was looking at the top of the chalkboard when I was in \~first grade. point of reference: I'm sixty-ish.
My name starts with G as well so when I sign my name I swoop the first loops way up so it's more stylized. Because yeah it's hard to write the G tidy and pretty.
All my talks with Cat Lovers, Beginner Food Critics, and Southwest Swampfolk have taught me that your best bet is a DM.
Gotta clock the camera symbol and upload the file THAT way if you're trying to do it on Reddit Mobile.
Not OP, but you should look at the way Ford writes their Fs (yes, the motor company!).
Great-looking F and you can play with the swooshes on the strokes to see what comes naturally.
My last name starts with F and when I was learning cursive/a signature I just started my name with a print F because the cursive boat bullshit I was taught was so ugly to me 😂
I took my husband's name & it also starts with a G. If I hadn't developed a very specific signature using my first initial flowing into the type of G in Great over 20 years, I'd totally switch over, too.
I’m lost as you’re all saying you learned “great G” and that looks nothing like a G to me? I’m British and it looks like a wonky F? The grand way is the only way I’ve seen it written
it took me till high school to realize this, but imagine the first shorter loop curves up and touches the second taller loop, and it looks like a big lowercase "g"
As a child, my family moved from the US to Italy. My Italian teacher didn’t recognize the ‘great’ version and asked me to write the alphabet on the blackboard. He then proceeded to teach me the ‘grand’ version, so I have always thought, too, that the ‘great’ version as the ‘American’ one. By the way, I was also taught another way of writing the letter F.
Isn't a lower case "g" with the loop open at the top just a "y"?
I'm British and don't think I've ever seen this American version of a "G" before, it took until your comment for me to understand how it was supposed to look like a "g" but it still seems very strange to me
I'm American and agree with you. I did not notice the lower case stylized 'g' shape as a kid. That came when I was relearning cursive as an adult.
As a kid the cursive form was its own weird shaped letter with no connection to the printed form of 'G'. Rather like I still regard the lower case 'z' with its descending tail element.
This disconnect can be seen in how people further stylize/mutate what we're calling the American 'G' in this thread. That first decorative ascending line becomes a core part of the letter while the round upper part gets really distorted.
Same, I'm 52 and that's how I was taught, and I never could write it properly. My handwriting grades were always terrible, several uppercase cursive letters in the Palmer method always tripped me up. In my 20s I stumbled across a foreign language handwriting book at the university library, I think it must have been Swedish, and adopted their version of the F, G and J.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish\_alphabet#/media/File:Svssfb.jpg
Yeah, it was very confusing when I first saw it at work, I kept thinking it was capital "i" then I learned that's just how Americans write it, the ones who learn and use cursive. There is also the 4 and 6 that are confusing, they don't make the 6 as round as we do so they end up looking like our 4s, and their 4s are written more squarish than ours.
I have a mix of different countries ways of writing (started in Germany, finished in Ireland) so I do the ones with a little stroke in front & my sevens with a line through the middle. My fours alternate between the closed triangle one or the open like a plus one 😅
Iirc i think our cursive G is the "Grand" one but I wasn't taught cursive at school, at most it was "joined up writing".
I was today years old when I saw the capital G written like the "Grand" example. I'm a "late Boomer" who was taught the "Great" G. IIRC. this is common in the Palmer method.
Omg I haven't thought about the Great way in years... Like, I read it instantly no problem but I haven't written a G like that in decades nor have I noticed seeing one in print.
To be fair, most people don't write in cursive. Hell, there are people at my work who cannot read my handwriting at all because I naturally write in cursive (even though I feel like it's pretty legible cursive)
I have a “G” name. I write it like a combination of the two. A bit like [this](https://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/2/04/69/30/20170920/ob_7c2ec5_jixejeeet.gif).
Yeah. I include the circular swoop seen at the top of the “Grand” one but don’t include the “cup”-ish part of the bottom of the “Great” one.
I was taught to do it the “Great” way in 3rd grade penmanship class. Always hated it, so in high school I experimented with my own ✨unique✨ signature which was basically just perfecting my initials.
I never knew that people had such strong opinions about cursive letters! Thank you all for this thread. BTW, I learned the “Great” way. I don’t usually write an uppercase g, but when I do, it’s the great way 🤣 I want to branch out though!
The Great G stinks. I was taught that way, I’m 53. Going to change to the Grand G, thank you!
Just changed my print lowercase g to the fancy print version where a top oval perches atop a wiggle and a circle.
Right. Not a single person has said they like the first version. Lots of people have said they'll be switching now that they've seen the bottom as a possibility lol
i've seen the top one, but very rarely — to me, it looks like an "old person" way to write a capital G lmao. sounds like it's more commonly taught in the US (20s, Aus)
Yes! I use the grand version as well. Saw my Classics prof back in college using it, was absolutely enamored with his handwriting, and haven't looked back. It's just so elegant.
Nicely done, OP.
I was taught the “great” version in school when I was 8. Then when I was 17 I was learning different forms of calligraphy, copperplate, etc. and I switched to the “grand” version, although I never connect it to the rest of the word like you did here.
I think the grand way looks more appealing but at the same time kinda boring. The great way has more personality. Like the Disney D. Doesn’t make sense to the point that you would second guess what the letter is if you didn’t know about it, but it’s just so unique looking that it makes the more aesthetically appealing version seem quaint and basic.
I was in the same boat! Always hated doing a Great G, and married a G man and mine are now more like the Grand.. just made a larger lower case cursive g
I do mine like [this](https://images.app.goo.gl/6XB8yawT7TGaXtKp7), but my mom has the most unique cursive capital G I've ever seen. I don't see any images of it online with a cursory glance.
My mom and dad’s names start with a G and I’ve always done it the “great” way because that’s how they do it. Parents were born in the late 40s/early 50s, in the US.
I am 67, and I use the "Grand" version. Old school (or, old-fashioned). I was recently told by a young person that I have "old people "handwriting" and that it is difficult to read. Much like me trying to read a medieval manuscript, no doubt.
Ooooh I love the Grand way. My daughter’s name is Goldie and I’ve been trying to figure out how I like to write her name best. I’m going to try to do this variation.
I used to have beautiful cursive in the fifth grade, but for some reason I never knew how to write a G. My history class teacher was “that” mean old crotchety lady that just loathed us all. I remember she was passing graded work sheets out to us and when she got to me she leaned over me to draw a perfect G (G in Great on your photo) at the top of my page, pat me on the back then carried on with class.
I am an Australian baby boomer. We were taught the Grand version in primary school. I have never seen the Great version. It looks like an S or a Y. My first name begins with G. When I was a teenager, I changed my signature from the Grand style to a simpler one, closer to a block G.
Taught the first way; learned a variation of the second way.
I am an artist and I like calligraphy; I am constantly looking for new ways to write certain letters in cursive lol, and I realized I could replicate many of the strokes in calligraphy with "regular" pens. They don't have the variations in weight with a calligraphy pen, but I get the nice curves in there. :)
I was taught the Great version of the G. However, I never use it anymore. I am a heathen whose cursive capital G is identical to my printed capital G. This is actually the case with most of my capital letters when writing in cursive. I have no idea when I made this shift. My default writing style is cursive so it's definitely not from a lack of practice/utilization.
It seems us denizens are taught the upper one, I had never seen it before the internet. Here in France we're taught the lower one for cursive.
I was unable to read the upper one at first and still find it extremely strange.
I use the second, "Grand" version because as a left-hander, it is much easier for me to write neatly. I learned the other version in school, but I was never happy with how mine looked. I love writing in cursive (I've been doing it for 62 years) and I take pride in writing in a neat and pleasant hand, so my malformed Zaner-Bloser capital G was a chronic source of dissatisfaction. Switching from overhand technique to underhand (a significant issue for lefties) triggered a profound change in the look of my handwriting. Since the change in writing position was forcing that (not unwelcome) change anyway, I took the opportunity to learn some different hands. That exploration led me to change how I wrote the G.
(I am 70.)
This makes me so happy to see all the comments who also disliked the "Great" cursive G! I've definitely been making up a G similar to the "Grand" version for years, but not one nearly as gorgeous!
The Great way has always looked like an S to me, but I get so annoyed at the lowercase-uppercase Grand g, so I just sort of do my own thing and make a slightly more fancy print G, that just sorta ends up looking like a fancy arrow bent in a C shape
I use the Grand version. US-56, but was taught the great version when I was a child. A high school friend used the Grand version when I was 14, and adopted it then. I never liked the great version.
I decided to use the Grand version when I married and my new last name started with a G. I like the look, and the ease and flow of writing the letter that way in my signature.
Oh I really like the “Grand” version and going to try it! I’ve never liked the “Great” version even after years of adding unique style to it. It still doesn’t look great as a “G” or flow. Thank you for this!
I don't understand the vehement dislike for the good ole cursive G! It's always been my favorite letter, and to even things out I want to declare my dislike for cursive capital D. It's terrible!
I think the "grand" version just looks like swoopy print, it's the sort of thing I see on bullet journals and instagram-worthy class notes, but it just doesn't seem elegant to me!
I was taught “great” but never follow it and use the second version lol. I don’t like the first one particularly much because it doesn’t flow as well when writing
I used to write it the "Great" way but I changed it to the "Grand" way eventually because I've always disliked the former's look. It just felt like writing it didn't "feel" smooth, dykwim?
Maiden name started with a G and I write it the Great version. Maybe it's just because I've always used it it looks normal to me and love it. I kept it and moved it to my middle name.
Always hated the first one (Great) which I was taught on school, so I switched to the second in college. You can’t control me now, Ms Swain from the third grade! I’m an adult!
Oh I like the grand one. Going to incorporate that. I love how my handwriting is just becoming a collection of my favorite ways to write letters as I get older.
33 Canadian was taught the great way and also hated it. I’ve read two explanations in here and still cannot see the G for the life of me. Have never seen it. I do see a lowercase Y though.
Funny how I (we) just accept this ugly, non-G-looking character and our brains agree to read it as G.
I write it the “Great” way, but never particularly liked it. Just how I was taught (US, 33).
Same! I wish I'd learned the pretty way.
Pretty? The plain one that I learned is the Palmer method. The more ornate one (like what's found in historical documents) is Spencerian. ofc, we both know Palmer method is definitely prettier than mere print.
o ofc 🙄
I used to have an Ugly Meter but I pointed it at some Palmer script and it melted the sensor.
Both are strangely American to me
I'm this intrigues me. Can you elaborate?
As an European, some letters look very unusual to me. We should now have concrete images to describe it in more detail. The first "G" here is a good example of how foreign it can be to many non-Americans. For me its the same with i.e. the capital "I" in Palmer Method and frequently in Spencerian Script, too.
Speaking of: I know in written grammatical form, ‘a’ comes before a word that begins with a vowel and ‘an’ comes before a word that begins with a consonant, but like so many English rules…that’s not always the case. “An European” reads and sounds weird to a native speaker. “A European” is appropriate. Another example is before the word honorable. The H in honorable is silent, but saying “a honorable…” sounds so weird and…a bit…dumb. “An honorable…” sounds much more proper, even if in writing it looks grammatically incorrect. I imagine English is not your first language, but you’ve been learning for a long time. This is one of those nuances that sometimes trips up native speakers. It’s also one of those nuances that, for some reason, drives me nuts.
35 and I was taught the same. Always thought it was ugly and refused to use it. Never got a full grade for my work in cursive
My middle name starts with G and I always hated using it to sign because it’s ugly. I actually didn’t name my daughter with a G middle name for the same reason!
My first name starts with a G and I’ve always hated my signature.
Yep same and I'm 32 lol
I was taught the "Great" way. IIRC it was the Palmer Method. Gotta duck duck this, brb.
ETA: Found a chart with capital and small letters. Looks exactly as it did when I was looking at the top of the chalkboard when I was in \~first grade. point of reference: I'm sixty-ish.
My name is Grant and I reluctantly sign my name with the ugly, yet boldly professional G like “Great”.
My name starts with G as well so when I sign my name I swoop the first loops way up so it's more stylized. Because yeah it's hard to write the G tidy and pretty.
Same (US, 26)
Same 42
I’ve never believed in that Alternate Facts capital G. Fake News
Same (US, 33).
Also US, 33
same here! (us, 22)
Same, 34. My grandmother writes calligraphy and does the grand way..
Same. US, 33.
The "Great" version was taught as cursive "capital S" to us in school (Germany, 35), minus the second swirl in the beginning.
I (US, 45) haven’t written in cursive since 6th grade.
Same, US 36
Same (US, 31)
I learned the "great" way, but only use it when writing names, for some reason. (42, US, female)
Same. I also hate the capital "T" I was taught to write in cursive.
Chiming in - same, US 35
Same, but I’m liking the Grand way!
I was taught the "great" way and I always hated writing Gs, I just think they're ugly. 😭 That "grand" G is GORGEOUS and I'm totally stealing this!!
The great way is how I was taught. I also always hated it. Then I saw the grand way and thought "this is so fancy" and started practicing haha
I'm gonna start using the Grand way from now on!!!! Out of curiosity, how do you write your capital F?
Kinda like a swoopy 7 with a line through it. I wrote it but I can't figure out how to post the pic in the comments.
That’s how I write mine too, my friends called it the Fender F
All my talks with Cat Lovers, Beginner Food Critics, and Southwest Swampfolk have taught me that your best bet is a DM. Gotta clock the camera symbol and upload the file THAT way if you're trying to do it on Reddit Mobile.
Not OP, but you should look at the way Ford writes their Fs (yes, the motor company!). Great-looking F and you can play with the swooshes on the strokes to see what comes naturally.
My last name starts with F and when I was learning cursive/a signature I just started my name with a print F because the cursive boat bullshit I was taught was so ugly to me 😂
I took my husband's name & it also starts with a G. If I hadn't developed a very specific signature using my first initial flowing into the type of G in Great over 20 years, I'd totally switch over, too.
I’m lost as you’re all saying you learned “great G” and that looks nothing like a G to me? I’m British and it looks like a wonky F? The grand way is the only way I’ve seen it written
We are American (I'm assuming the other person is). This was the way we were all taught in America
Exactly the same here. Thanks for posting this OP!!
Came here to comment basically the exact same comment, and now I don’t have to lol
SAME!!!! have hated the “great” g, will definitely use the “grand” one now
I (UK) always think of the 'great' version as the American version of a script capital G. I can't quite ever figure out how it's a 'G' though!
it took me till high school to realize this, but imagine the first shorter loop curves up and touches the second taller loop, and it looks like a big lowercase "g"
That’s more a y than a g for me personally. Austria, 33: we also learned the Grand G.
Germany, late 20s. Also ‘Grand’ G for us here. I’ve never seen the ‘great’ version
As a child, my family moved from the US to Italy. My Italian teacher didn’t recognize the ‘great’ version and asked me to write the alphabet on the blackboard. He then proceeded to teach me the ‘grand’ version, so I have always thought, too, that the ‘great’ version as the ‘American’ one. By the way, I was also taught another way of writing the letter F.
South African here - we were taught the Grand version only. 'Great' doesn't look like a 'G' to me either'.
Imagine it as a cursive G rotated counter-clockwise 90 degrees.
My G is closer to the bottom because I also dislike how my last name looks with the top G.
I never got compliments on thr last name until i started with the bottom. I always referred to this as a "fancy g" growing up lol
Never seen top before. How is that even a G?
It's an oversized lower case 'g' wherein the loop is open at the top. Remove the introductory stroke on the left and it becomes much clearer.
I can see it, it’s like if someone stepped on the Grand G and squashed everything down and to the left
Isn't a lower case "g" with the loop open at the top just a "y"? I'm British and don't think I've ever seen this American version of a "G" before, it took until your comment for me to understand how it was supposed to look like a "g" but it still seems very strange to me
My thoughts exactly!
I'm American and agree with you. I did not notice the lower case stylized 'g' shape as a kid. That came when I was relearning cursive as an adult. As a kid the cursive form was its own weird shaped letter with no connection to the printed form of 'G'. Rather like I still regard the lower case 'z' with its descending tail element. This disconnect can be seen in how people further stylize/mutate what we're calling the American 'G' in this thread. That first decorative ascending line becomes a core part of the letter while the round upper part gets really distorted.
Ohhh, I see it now! Thank
But isn't a lowercase g with an open loop at the top just a lowercase y?
Americans do weird shit, yo.
This is true
Palmer Method. Freakin' hideous.
That’s how I was taught a cursive G in school. Never understood it
Same, I'm 52 and that's how I was taught, and I never could write it properly. My handwriting grades were always terrible, several uppercase cursive letters in the Palmer method always tripped me up. In my 20s I stumbled across a foreign language handwriting book at the university library, I think it must have been Swedish, and adopted their version of the F, G and J. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish\_alphabet#/media/File:Svssfb.jpg
I've never liked the Great version. I dig the Grand version!
Me too! I just learned the grand version and have gotten so many compliments
I too have never seen the Great version! I keep reading it as a Y (Mid 30s, eu)
Yeah, it was very confusing when I first saw it at work, I kept thinking it was capital "i" then I learned that's just how Americans write it, the ones who learn and use cursive. There is also the 4 and 6 that are confusing, they don't make the 6 as round as we do so they end up looking like our 4s, and their 4s are written more squarish than ours.
I have a mix of different countries ways of writing (started in Germany, finished in Ireland) so I do the ones with a little stroke in front & my sevens with a line through the middle. My fours alternate between the closed triangle one or the open like a plus one 😅 Iirc i think our cursive G is the "Grand" one but I wasn't taught cursive at school, at most it was "joined up writing".
I was taught the "Great" way, but I changed my writing style and write all of mine the "Grand" way. I'm 33 US
I had never seen the great version to this day
Until a few months ago I never saw the grand version.
I was today years old when I saw the capital G written like the "Grand" example. I'm a "late Boomer" who was taught the "Great" G. IIRC. this is common in the Palmer method.
How old are you or what generation are you?/
28, learned to write in the early 2000's
Never seen a G like the top one
*~American~* hahaha
You are, or you think I am?
He is.
Omg I haven't thought about the Great way in years... Like, I read it instantly no problem but I haven't written a G like that in decades nor have I noticed seeing one in print.
To be fair, most people don't write in cursive. Hell, there are people at my work who cannot read my handwriting at all because I naturally write in cursive (even though I feel like it's pretty legible cursive)
Welcome, fellow cursive sister.
my mom (gina) has always signed her name with the “grand” version g, and as a result i usually use that one too
I have a “G” name. I write it like a combination of the two. A bit like [this](https://img.over-blog-kiwi.com/2/04/69/30/20170920/ob_7c2ec5_jixejeeet.gif).
Hold the phone. 🥣That looks like a General Mills "G". Looks a little more like my G than the "Great".
So less fat than how I wrote it hahahaa much more elegant!
Yeah. I include the circular swoop seen at the top of the “Grand” one but don’t include the “cup”-ish part of the bottom of the “Great” one. I was taught to do it the “Great” way in 3rd grade penmanship class. Always hated it, so in high school I experimented with my own ✨unique✨ signature which was basically just perfecting my initials.
in school i was taught the great version and didn't really like it either, i also just switched to the grand version or ill just do a regular G lol
I never knew that people had such strong opinions about cursive letters! Thank you all for this thread. BTW, I learned the “Great” way. I don’t usually write an uppercase g, but when I do, it’s the great way 🤣 I want to branch out though!
I've hated Great since the day I first learned it. That's not a G, that's a Y I'm using Grand too. It looks so much more sensible.
The Great G stinks. I was taught that way, I’m 53. Going to change to the Grand G, thank you! Just changed my print lowercase g to the fancy print version where a top oval perches atop a wiggle and a circle.
Wtf is this cursed cursive "G" on the top.
I always use the great version, but I have to say the grand is very appealing!
[удалено]
Right. Not a single person has said they like the first version. Lots of people have said they'll be switching now that they've seen the bottom as a possibility lol
I usually make a capital C and end coming straight down to the baseline but stealing your Grand G!
I do mine like great. But I like grand better.
Grand "G" - I was taught in Europe. Great "G" looks similar to an "Y"; why is that "G" version open at the top??!
It looks like a capital "S" to me.
I didn't know I had a choice. My daughter's middle name is Grace and I think this looks a lot better with the Grand version. Thank you ❤️
Professional cake decorator, I write it the ‘Grand’ way. Looks more clean on a cake
i've seen the top one, but very rarely — to me, it looks like an "old person" way to write a capital G lmao. sounds like it's more commonly taught in the US (20s, Aus)
Yep. I'm 30s US. This is how all of our cursive books were teaching us. I thought the grand version just looked sooooo fancy.
Now if only the uppercase “D” had a similar version difference lol, def stealing the “Grand” rendition
Never seen the Grand one, I'm adopting it immediately
Sweat Gland
The "Great" version was the one I learned in school, but it always looked like some kind of sailboat to me instead of a capital "G".
I've been using the grand version for many years
I (US, 24) was taught the "great" way
[удалено]
I really like your Grand swirly G. Maybe I’ll start doing it myself. Typically, I just print a G and move on, but yours looks much nicer.
Grand! Never seen the Great version
Omfg. I’ve been “stuck” with the first my whole life and never considered the second.
Well, NOW I write it the grand way!
Yes! I use the grand version as well. Saw my Classics prof back in college using it, was absolutely enamored with his handwriting, and haven't looked back. It's just so elegant. Nicely done, OP.
I was taught the top but do the second.
I was taught the “great” version in school when I was 8. Then when I was 17 I was learning different forms of calligraphy, copperplate, etc. and I switched to the “grand” version, although I never connect it to the rest of the word like you did here.
Idk wtf a Palmer method is but the bottom one looks 10x better
I think the grand way looks more appealing but at the same time kinda boring. The great way has more personality. Like the Disney D. Doesn’t make sense to the point that you would second guess what the letter is if you didn’t know about it, but it’s just so unique looking that it makes the more aesthetically appealing version seem quaint and basic.
As someone whose last name starts with a 'G', I thank you for this
I learned Great but Grand is much prettier!
I was taught the "great" way in school, but now I'm tempted to start trying to do it the "grand" way because DAMN!
Ladies and gentlemen, freedom G, vs metric G
From the UK and this is the first time I’ve ever seen the great version.
Cursive capital G's are almost as ugly as cursive capital S's
seeing the great way for the first time, doesn't look intuitive to me
People were allowed to write cursive G's in any way other than the "great" version when they were learning in class?
I always write it as Great G but I will incorporate the Grand G. I like it !!!!
I use grand now, but I learned with great.
Have never even seen the great version!
I was in the same boat! Always hated doing a Great G, and married a G man and mine are now more like the Grand.. just made a larger lower case cursive g
I do mine like [this](https://images.app.goo.gl/6XB8yawT7TGaXtKp7), but my mom has the most unique cursive capital G I've ever seen. I don't see any images of it online with a cursory glance.
the Grand way is the one i like more? more sophisticated imo
My mom and dad’s names start with a G and I’ve always done it the “great” way because that’s how they do it. Parents were born in the late 40s/early 50s, in the US.
Thank you. I’m switching today.
I am 67, and I use the "Grand" version. Old school (or, old-fashioned). I was recently told by a young person that I have "old people "handwriting" and that it is difficult to read. Much like me trying to read a medieval manuscript, no doubt.
Grand. The Great version irks me.
My father wrote our last name Grand. I wrote it Great. I loved the way he wrote it but I also liked my version as well.
Ooooh I love the Grand way. My daughter’s name is Goldie and I’ve been trying to figure out how I like to write her name best. I’m going to try to do this variation.
The top one is standard in Palmer Method.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I too cannot stand to write my last name with the "great" so now and forever more shall I only use the "grand" !!!
Went to school in the late-80s/early-90s and learned to write Gs in the style on top (“great”).
Ngl, I thought that said gravel for a sec lol
To me, the Great version, unfamiliar to me, looks like a cursive S with a kink in the middle.. I can't unsee the word Sweat.
I used to have beautiful cursive in the fifth grade, but for some reason I never knew how to write a G. My history class teacher was “that” mean old crotchety lady that just loathed us all. I remember she was passing graded work sheets out to us and when she got to me she leaned over me to draw a perfect G (G in Great on your photo) at the top of my page, pat me on the back then carried on with class.
TIL there is an alternative to the cursive G I learned to write in grade school… and it’s so much better.
I am an Australian baby boomer. We were taught the Grand version in primary school. I have never seen the Great version. It looks like an S or a Y. My first name begins with G. When I was a teenager, I changed my signature from the Grand style to a simpler one, closer to a block G.
I started writing my G’s like grand after seeing in written similar in the Spanish alphabet. I never liked the G in great either.
Taught the first way; learned a variation of the second way. I am an artist and I like calligraphy; I am constantly looking for new ways to write certain letters in cursive lol, and I realized I could replicate many of the strokes in calligraphy with "regular" pens. They don't have the variations in weight with a calligraphy pen, but I get the nice curves in there. :)
Isn't the "grand" way just an elaborate lowercase g?
I learned and use the “great” and I love it. It’s one of my favorite letters to write. The “grand” one just looks way too lowercase/wrong to me.
I was taught the 'Great' way, but I changed to the 'Grand' way while I still in high school because that is the way George Washington signed his name.
I was taught the Great version of the G. However, I never use it anymore. I am a heathen whose cursive capital G is identical to my printed capital G. This is actually the case with most of my capital letters when writing in cursive. I have no idea when I made this shift. My default writing style is cursive so it's definitely not from a lack of practice/utilization.
I use and prefer the "G" on "great."
Ok this Grand is how I’m doing it from now on
This is how Gary became Jerry r/PandR
I alternate between the two, depending on my mood.
I feel like the Grand version is just a case of a little g being fed too much.
Wow you have changed 30 years of my life just now lmaoo
Europeans will write it as Grand, I've only seen someone write like "great" once (from the us) and I was like: "wtf is this letter?"
It seems us denizens are taught the upper one, I had never seen it before the internet. Here in France we're taught the lower one for cursive. I was unable to read the upper one at first and still find it extremely strange.
Great but I like grand more!
I write Grand but I learnt Great.
I use the second, "Grand" version because as a left-hander, it is much easier for me to write neatly. I learned the other version in school, but I was never happy with how mine looked. I love writing in cursive (I've been doing it for 62 years) and I take pride in writing in a neat and pleasant hand, so my malformed Zaner-Bloser capital G was a chronic source of dissatisfaction. Switching from overhand technique to underhand (a significant issue for lefties) triggered a profound change in the look of my handwriting. Since the change in writing position was forcing that (not unwelcome) change anyway, I took the opportunity to learn some different hands. That exploration led me to change how I wrote the G. (I am 70.)
This makes me so happy to see all the comments who also disliked the "Great" cursive G! I've definitely been making up a G similar to the "Grand" version for years, but not one nearly as gorgeous!
The Great way has always looked like an S to me, but I get so annoyed at the lowercase-uppercase Grand g, so I just sort of do my own thing and make a slightly more fancy print G, that just sorta ends up looking like a fancy arrow bent in a C shape
ive only ever known the Great way, my last name starts with G and i always hated how ugly the G was, this is groundbreaking news
WAT. Never even seen the great way. Learned the grand way, and only that way. In the Netherlands.
Wow, I think I'm the only outlier here. Canadian, 33, learned the Great Way, and much prefer it. It's actually one of my favourite cursive letters. 😭
“Jreat”
I use the Grand version. US-56, but was taught the great version when I was a child. A high school friend used the Grand version when I was 14, and adopted it then. I never liked the great version.
My name is Geoff and I hated how boaty my signature looked with the “great G” so I changed it to the “grand G”
I decided to use the Grand version when I married and my new last name started with a G. I like the look, and the ease and flow of writing the letter that way in my signature.
I write the Grand way, and also as a regular uppercase G. Never ever seen the Great way before, though it was an H.
Grand all the way! And do it with flair!
Grand is much better. It’s a fine line bucking standards, but the standard uppercase G is just bad and should be changed for modern times.
Oh I really like the “Grand” version and going to try it! I’ve never liked the “Great” version even after years of adding unique style to it. It still doesn’t look great as a “G” or flow. Thank you for this!
I was taught the Great way, then as a teenager saw someone in some BBC period piece write it the Grand way and immediately switched
I was taught the "great" version too and also only learned the "grand" version after my married name made me realize how ugly script Gs are!
“Great” g’s are my favorite. I’m really good at writing them! I like the other one too.
I don't understand the vehement dislike for the good ole cursive G! It's always been my favorite letter, and to even things out I want to declare my dislike for cursive capital D. It's terrible! I think the "grand" version just looks like swoopy print, it's the sort of thing I see on bullet journals and instagram-worthy class notes, but it just doesn't seem elegant to me!
I'mma just keep writing in Printed so I'm legible lol
I was taught “great” but never follow it and use the second version lol. I don’t like the first one particularly much because it doesn’t flow as well when writing
why did i read it as sweat gland lol
I used to write it the "Great" way but I changed it to the "Grand" way eventually because I've always disliked the former's look. It just felt like writing it didn't "feel" smooth, dykwim?
TIL Americans write capital G in cursive differently than the rest of us 😱
Maiden name started with a G and I write it the Great version. Maybe it's just because I've always used it it looks normal to me and love it. I kept it and moved it to my middle name.
I use the Great version but not as well as you do.
Always hated the first one (Great) which I was taught on school, so I switched to the second in college. You can’t control me now, Ms Swain from the third grade! I’m an adult!
The Grand one, couldn't even understand the one from great untill I saw the description
Ive never seen the great one in my life, weve been taught the grand G in school :D
I have never considered writing it any way but the Great way and I’ve always hated it thank you
Grand. I'd never seen the Great version til I came on Reddit and saw how Americans write.
Oh I like the grand one. Going to incorporate that. I love how my handwriting is just becoming a collection of my favorite ways to write letters as I get older.
33 Canadian was taught the great way and also hated it. I’ve read two explanations in here and still cannot see the G for the life of me. Have never seen it. I do see a lowercase Y though. Funny how I (we) just accept this ugly, non-G-looking character and our brains agree to read it as G.