Capital letters A–Z
Uppercase Cursive Alphabet
Capital cursive letters are larger, more decorative and usually written on their own. Pick one to see it drawn stroke by stroke and to practice it.
Uppercase cursive alphabet
Tap any capital for its full lesson with tracing.
Capital letters grouped by shape
Learning capitals in families makes the movements stick. Each group shares a first stroke.
Capitals that are easy to confuse
These pairs cause most mix-ups in cursive. Compare them side by side, then open each letter.
I or J?
Both start at the top with a small curl and run down a long stem. J drops below the baseline into a loop; I stops on the baseline.
M or N?
Count the peaks. M has two, N has one. Both begin with the same upstroke from the baseline.
U or V?
U is a round cup with a retraced right side; V is a narrower curve that ends in a small curl at the top right.
H or K?
Both start with a stem. H adds a second stem and a crossbar; K adds an arm that loops into the stem and a leg.
F or T?
Both have a crossbar. On F it sits at the midline; on T it sits at the top line.
S or L?
L ends in a long sweep along the baseline after a second loop; S curls back at the bottom without that sweep.
When to use capital letters in cursive
- The first letter of a sentence, a name, a place, a month or a day of the week.
- The pronoun I.
- Titles, headings and the first letters of a signature.
In most school programs a capital letter is not joined to the letter after it. Finish the capital, lift your pen, then start the lowercase letter. A few capitals, such as O, V and W in some styles, do carry a connecting stroke. When your teacher's model differs from these pages, follow the model.
Ready to put them to use? Practice names with the name practice generator, or work through the whole set on the alphabet practice sheets.
Uppercase cursive questions
Are capital and uppercase cursive letters the same thing?
Yes. People search for both terms, but they mean the same: the larger letter form used at the start of sentences and names.
Why do some capital cursive letters look so different from print?
Cursive capitals were designed for flowing, pen-driven movement, so a few of them, such as Q, G and Z, kept decorative strokes that print letters dropped. Learn them as shapes rather than trying to connect them to their print twins.
Which capital should I learn first?
Start with the oval capitals C, G and O, then the loop capitals I, J, L and T. These use movements you already know from lowercase letters.