Cursive I

Cursive i is one stroke up and one stroke down, and the dot goes on after the word — higher above the midline than the dot on a printed i.

Cursive capital I and lowercase i written on a four-line school ruling

Written in the traditional US school model — the looped, joined cursive of the Zaner-Bloser and D'Nealian copybooks, which is the model every sheet on this site is set in.

How to write cursive i

  1. Swing up from the baseline to the midline.
  2. Come straight back down to the baseline.
  3. Exit to the right into the next letter.
  4. Finish the word, then dot the i about halfway between the midline and the top line.

The capital I

Capital I looks nothing like the printed bar: a hook out to the left at the midline, up to the top line, then a loop back down that crosses itself just above the baseline.

Where it goes wrong

Dotting mid-word. Stopping to place the dot is what makes the join before it come out short, and in a joined word the dot lands over the wrong letter more often than not.

Print the i practice sheet

Printable cursive i practice sheet — first page
Printable i worksheet, US Letter Printable i worksheet, A4

What is on the sheet

  1. Lowercase i
    iii
    Write three letters i, exactly as in the model. Trace the pale row first, then write the empty rows on your own.
  2. Capital I
    I I I
    Write the capital I three times, with a space between them. Capitals fill the full height from the baseline to the top line.
  3. Words: winter and invite
    winter invite
    Write both words as in the model, with a clear space between them. Keep every i the same size and the same slant.
  4. Word: digit
    digit
    Write the word in one movement where you can, then go back for any dots and crossbars.

Print at 100% on US Letter — not “fit to page”. The ruling is classroom size, and scaling the page down makes every letter the wrong size; the 10 cm scale at the foot of the sheet is there to check against. Every block gives you a model row in full ink, a pale row to trace over and empty ruled rows of your own.

All twenty-six on one page: the cursive alphabet chart.

The other letters

Cursive F Cursive S Cursive G Cursive J Cursive Z Cursive T Cursive B Cursive R Cursive K Cursive Q Cursive L Cursive D Cursive A Cursive H Cursive E Cursive N Cursive M Cursive P Cursive V Cursive C Cursive X Cursive W Cursive Y Cursive O Cursive U

Check your i against the model

Write the sheet by hand, photograph it, and our AI scores letter formation, spacing and slant against the same model you traced.

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Undercurve Family: i and t

In the course, i is taught with the letters that share its movement — that is where to go once the shape itself is no longer the problem.

Undercurve Family: i and t The full cursive course