Name Tracing Sheets

Cursive D: capital D and lowercase d

Three pages to trace: capital D, lowercase d, and dog, duck and door joined. The letters print in light gray without arrows, so the steps below say where each stroke goes.

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Printed sample: Cursive D: capital D and lowercase d
The first page with the default settings, as it prints on US Letter paper.

How to write a cursive capital D

  1. Start at the top line and pull a slant down to the baseline.
  2. At the bottom, make a small loop to the left and swing out to the right along the baseline.
  3. Curve up the right side in a big arc to the top line and back over to the left, ending past the top of the slant.

On these sheets the letter after capital D starts on its own.

How to write a cursive lowercase d

  1. From the baseline, swing up to the midline, curve back to the left and around to close a small oval, as for a.
  2. Go straight up past the oval to the top line.
  3. Come back down the same line to the baseline and end with a curve up.

Joining cursive d to other letters

Lowercase d starts like a, with a downcurve, so the join into it climbs to the midline and arches over before the oval, as in ad, ed and od. The tall stroke is a retrace: up and back down on the same line, with no loop.

d leaves from the baseline, so did, dad and add are written without a lift. If the oval and the tall line separate, the d reads as cl.

Cursive D and print D

Print d is a circle and a tall line, and cursive d is the same idea, slanted and joined. Capital D is different: it starts with the slant, has a small loop at its foot, and its big curve comes over the top and ends to the left.

Print D with starting dots and arrows: letter D tracing worksheets.

Cursive d words

dog, duck, door, dad, dinner.

Previous: cursive C. Next: cursive E. All 26 letters: cursive alphabet worksheets.

Questions

Should cursive d have a loop at the top?

No. In traditional US cursive the tall line of d goes up and comes back down the same line. A loop there makes it look like a c followed by an l.

Why does capital D not join the next letter?

Capital D ends up at the top, curving back over the slant, too far from the baseline to join. Leave a small space and start the next letter on its own, as in Dad.

How do I stop b and d mix-ups in cursive?

In cursive the two start in different places. b begins on the baseline with a tall loop; d begins at the midline with the oval of an a. Practicing the two starts side by side makes the difference easy to feel.