How to write letter P in print
Letter P handwriting uses separate capital and small forms. Keep the lowercase bowl on the baseline while the stem descends beneath it.
Letterform reference
Capital P and small p
How to write P
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 P →
Capital P
- Start at the baseline and draw up the left stem to capital height.
- Continue right around the upper bowl and return to the stem at the middle; leave the lower half open.
Small p
- Draw the left stem from x-height down into the descender space.
- Lift the pen and draw one small bowl on the right, returning to the stem near the baseline.
Watch for this: A small p with no descender can resemble b. Keep the bowl between x-height and baseline, and extend the left stem below the baseline.
Worksheet and print settings
Print at 100% (Actual size).
Letter shapes, words and corrections
Write capital P
Make a tall upright and a single upper bowl returning to it near the middle.
Write lowercase p
Draw a stem from body height below the baseline, then place the bowl to its right above the line.
Keep the form distinct
Compare p with b: their bowls face right, but their stems extend in opposite vertical directions.
Practice p in words
Copy “page” and “paper”, leaving each letter separate. Circle the clearest p in the row and use its body size for your next attempt.