How to write letter G in print
Letter G handwriting uses separate capital and small forms. Leave room beneath the line for g’s tail without enlarging the oval.
Letterform reference
Capital G and small g
How to write G
Start with a clear capital and small print form. Follow the ordered strokes, then copy the letter without tracing.
Learn the capital and small cursive G →
Capital G
- Start on the upper right and draw a large open curve around the top, left side, and bottom.
- Continue up the short right side, then turn left to form the inward horizontal bar.
Small g
- Draw the small oval from its upper-right side around to the right near the baseline.
- Lift the pen and draw the right-hand stem from x-height below the baseline, then curve left into the lower hook. This model uses a single-storey g.
Watch for this: Stopping the right-hand stem at the baseline makes the small g look like a. Carry the right stem into the descender space and finish its separate leftward hook.
Worksheet and print settings
Print at 100% (Actual size).
Letter shapes, words and corrections
Write capital G
Draw an open capital curve, turn inward from the lower right and add the short inner bar.
Write lowercase g
Make a body-height oval, then take the right stem below the baseline into a leftward hook.
Keep the form distinct
This single-storey g has a hooked descender; compare it with a, which stops on the baseline.
Practice g in words
Copy “going” and “again”, leaving each letter separate. Circle the clearest g in the row and use its body size for your next attempt.