Cursive O

Capital O and lowercase o in a classroom cursive face, with stroke order, joins, fonts and a practice sheet.

1 stroke

Copy cursive O

Text styles that have both a capital and a lowercase form of this letter. Paste into bios and messages; some devices show boxes for the rarer sets.

Bold Script
Bold Italic
Heart Script
Star Script
Sparkle Script
Dotted Script
Arrow Script
Wave Script

How to write capital O

Start just below the top line and draw a large oval down to the baseline and back up.
Close the oval at the top with a small loop.
Lift the pen; O does not join the next letter.

How to write lowercase o

Start just below the midline and swing an oval down to the baseline and back up.
Close the oval at the top.
Exit with a short level stroke to the right at the midline.

Common mistakes

A common slip is closing o at the baseline instead of the top, which leaves no exit stroke and breaks the join.
With the capital, learners try to join it to the next letter; O ends with a stroke that stops, so lift the pen and start the next letter fresh.

Joining o to other letters

The o ends at the midline, not the baseline, so the next letter starts from a short level bridge instead of rising from the line. That is why letters look slightly different after o.