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L in Cursive

Capital L and lowercase l in three cursive styles, plus two fancy variants people often compare them against. Click any letter to copy it, or scroll down for the stroke order if you are writing a cursive L by hand.

Capital L and lowercase l in three cursive styles and two fancy variants
StyleCapital LLowercase l
Cursive styles
Cursive Script
Bold Cursive
Old Style Script
Fancy variants (not cursive)
Double-Struck
Clean Monospace

More letters: B in cursive · E in cursive · H in cursive · all letters A–Z

Write Anything in Cursive

The table above is single letters. Type a word, a name, or a whole sentence here and get it in all five styles — click a row to copy it.

Cursive L Practice Sheet

A printable worksheet for handwriting the letter L: the stroke order at the top, then ruled lines with grey letters to trace and blank lines to finish on your own. For all 26 letters on one worksheet, use the cursive alphabet practice sheet.

Cursive L Stroke Order

Stroke order for a cursive capital L and a cursive lowercase l Two letterforms between dashed guide lines. The capital L is a looped stroke from cap height curving down and finishing in a wide loop along the baseline. The lowercase l is a tall narrow loop from the baseline up to the ascender line and back down, exiting on the baseline. cap height x-height baseline capital L lowercase l
The filled dot is where the pen starts, the open circle where it lifts.

How to Write a Capital L in Cursive

  1. Start near cap height with a small loop curling left.
  2. Carry the stroke down in a long curve towards the baseline.
  3. Swing left into a wide loop that sits on the baseline.
  4. Bring the stroke back out to the right to finish.

The bottom loop is what makes it an L. Without it the letter reads as a large comma.

How to Write a Lowercase l in Cursive

  1. Start on the baseline and rise to the ascender line, leaving a narrow loop.
  2. Come back down the same path to the baseline.
  3. Keep the loop open β€” it should be visible, not a single line.
  4. Exit right along the baseline.

Height is everything here: the l is a full ascender loop, and anything shorter is read as an e.

Cursive l vs Cursive e

They are the same shape at two different scales β€” a loop rising from the baseline. The l reaches the ascender line; the e stays inside the x-height. There is nothing else to tell them apart, which is why cramped handwriting turns tell into tee and feel into fell. If your letters are small, exaggerate the l.

Joining l to the Next Letter

The l exits on the baseline and joins cleanly into everything. The difficulty is doubling: ll appears constantly in English and two identical loops side by side blur into one tall mark. Keeping the second loop slightly narrower than the first is the usual fix.

Common Mistakes with Cursive L

  • A closed loop. A filled-in l is a straight line and reads as a t without its bar.
  • Insufficient height. An l that stops short of the ascender is an e.
  • Identical double l. Vary the width slightly so the pair stays countable.
  • Starting at the top. The l is written upward from the baseline.

Names Starting With L in Cursive

  • Liam — ℒ𝒾𝒢𝓂
  • Luna — β„’π“Šπ“ƒπ’Ά
  • Logan — β„’β„΄β„Šπ’Άπ“ƒ
  • Lily — β„’π’Ύπ“π“Ž

Words Beginning With l in Cursive

  • lantern — 𝓁𝒢𝓃𝓉ℯ𝓇𝓃
  • linen — 𝓁𝒾𝓃ℯ𝓃
  • lull — π“π“Šπ“π“

Want a whole word or sentence? Use the cursive letters generator, or the cursive name generator for names. To practise these strokes on paper, print a cursive practice sheet.

Cursive L FAQ

What is the cursive L?

The cursive L is the joined-up form of the letter L. The capital is a long curving stroke finished with a wide loop along the baseline; the lowercase is a tall narrow loop from the baseline to the ascender line and back, exiting on the baseline. Online, “cursive L” also means the copy-and-paste characters (β„’ and 𝓁) above.

How do you write l in cursive?

In short: one upward stroke from the baseline to the ascender line, leaving a visible loop, then straight back down to the baseline and out to the right. Keep the loop open. Steps and diagram are above.

What is the difference between a cursive l and a cursive e?

Height only. Both are loops rising from the baseline; the l reaches the ascender line and the e stops inside the x-height. Small handwriting makes them interchangeable, so the l has to be drawn tall.

Why do double l's look wrong in cursive?

Because two identical loops merge into one shape and the reader cannot count them. Make the second loop a little narrower than the first and ll stays legible.

Can I copy and paste a cursive L?

Yes. The Cursive Script capital (β„’) comes from the Letterlike Symbols block rather than the Mathematical Script block, one of the eight capitals Unicode encoded there first. It pastes normally.