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Cursive H

Cursive h: see capital H and lowercase h on handwriting lines, then print a free practice sheet with tracing, letter pairs and words like hat and house.

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This free Cursive H worksheet creates a printable practice sheet for the capital H and the lowercase h in traditional US cursive. It runs in your web browser, so nothing is uploaded, and no account or sign-up is needed. You choose which letters to include, how many tracing rows to show, the line size, and whether to add practice words. The model letters use Playwrite US Trad, a font modeled on traditional American school cursive. Your school’s chart is still the final reference for stroke order. This page covers only the capital H and lowercase h. The full set of cursive letters is on its own pages.

How to use the Cursive H Worksheet

  1. Under Letters, choose Capital H and lowercase h, Capital H only, or Lowercase h only.
  2. Under Line size, pick the size for your child’s grade. Large, 3/4 inch suits K–1st, Medium, 5/8 inch suits 2nd, and Small, 3/8 inch suits 3rd and up.
  3. Set Rows to trace the capital and Rows to trace the lowercase (0 to 4 each).
  4. Set Rows of letter pairs (joins) (0 to 3) and Practice words (Off, or 1 to 8 words).
  5. If you want, type your own words in Your own words (optional).
  6. Set Blank rows to write on (0 to 6), then choose Tracing letters: Light gray or Dotted outline.
  7. Choose Lines and Color, turn the descender line on or off, and set the paper to US Letter or A4.
  8. Check the preview. It updates as soon as you change a setting.
  9. Select Print or save as PDF. The browser’s print dialog can also save a PDF.

Use Reset settings to return to the defaults, or New worksheet for a different sheet with the same settings. Each sheet has a short worksheet code under the buttons. The settings are saved in the page address after the #, so a bookmarked or shared link opens the same sheet.

How do you write a capital H in cursive?

Trace the gray model on the sheet, and compare it with the chart your school uses for the strokes. Stroke order differs between US handwriting programs, such as Zaner-Bloser and D’Nealian, so the sheet does not show one. In the font used here, the finished capital H reaches the top line and sits on the baseline.

How do you write a lowercase h in cursive?

Trace the gray copies in the lowercase row, and check the chart your school uses. The finished lowercase h is a tall letter. It reaches the top line, sits on the baseline, and has a loop at the top of its tall stroke, like b, f, k and l. Because it is a tall lowercase letter, not a capital, it is grouped with those letters on the sheet.

What does the cursive letter h look like?

In the default big model row, the capital H and the lowercase h appear in dark letters, placed one after the other and not connected. Both letters sit on the baseline. The capital reaches the top line, and the lowercase h also reaches the top line. Neither letter goes below the baseline. Small letters such as a, c and o stay lower, reaching only the dashed midline, so the h is easy to tell apart from them.

Is this cursive practice sheet free to print?

Yes. The tool is free, and it needs no sign-up. It runs in the browser, and nothing is uploaded. Select Print or save as PDF to print on US Letter or A4 paper. With the default settings, the sheet fits on one page of either size.

Does it show the stroke order with arrows?

No. The sheet has no stroke order and no arrows. Stroke direction differs between handwriting programs, and a font cannot show it correctly. The first dark letter in each row is only a model to copy, so use your school’s chart for the strokes.

Can I print only the capital or only the lowercase letter?

Yes. Under Letters, choose Capital H only or Lowercase h only. The sheet then uses only the letter you picked, and the settings for tracing rows still apply.

Questions teachers and parents ask

Why does the sheet show ha, ho and sh but not every pair?

The letter pairs come from the practice words. For h, the pairs are ha, ho, sh, ch and he. The default row shows three of them: ha, ho and sh. Each pair appears once as a dark model and once as a gray copy to trace. Set **Rows of letter pairs** to 0 to hide the row.

Which practice words does the sheet use?

The built-in words are hat, house, hand, horse, happy, fish, chair and shell. The default sheet uses hat and house. Each word appears once as a dark model, followed by gray copies. A word that is too wide for one row wraps to a second row, with the dark model in one row and the gray copy in the next.

Can I add my own words?

Yes. You can add up to three words. Use letters, hyphens and apostrophes only, with up to 14 characters per word. Your words go before the built-in words. If a word is too wide for one row at the chosen line size, the tool leaves it out and shows a note.

Which line size gives a sheet that fits on one page?

The default Medium, 5/8 inch line size fits on one page. The Extra large, 1 inch size makes the default sheet 325 mm tall, which is more than one page. The Small, 3/8 inch size makes it 156 mm tall.

Which letters in this font go below the baseline?

In this font, lowercase f, g, j, p, q, y and z go below the baseline, along with capital J, Y and Z. The lowercase h does not. The descender line, which is shown by default, marks the space below the baseline for these letters.

Why are the letters not joined in the model and trace rows?

The big model row and the trace rows place each letter separately so you can see its shape. In the word rows, the letters connect the way the cursive font joins them.

What is the difference between light gray and dotted outline tracing?

Both show the letters for tracing. Light gray prints solid pale letters. A dotted outline uses less ink. The dark model letters are always black, whichever you choose.

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