This is written in Primer Apples (26) which I find is a good starter size. My six year old uses this size and goes from one letter to the next to introduce joining. I don’t encourage her to join letters that complete to the left, but it would be possible to do so.

 

An alternative is Jarmandotted, which can also be italicised if you prefer, but cannot be made more upright. This is more similar to the Getty & Dubay style and perhaps leads more naturally into the joins.

 

Another similar font to these is ‘ Boring Boring’ - which, if fiddled with, can be made to join - like this ( size 28, condensed spacing by 2pts).

 

As you can see they all make excellent starters.

Print this page and let your child have a play with it, see which fits them best .

PRIMARY FONTS 1

SCRIPT FONTS

PRIMARY FONTS 2

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Any of these texts can be made to work in italics and all can be greyed out.

 

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