How to write letter V in print
Letter V handwriting uses separate capital and small forms. Meet the two diagonals cleanly at the baseline without extending below it.
Letterform reference
Capital V and small v
How to write V
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 V →
Capital V
- Draw diagonally from the upper left to one point on the baseline.
- Without lifting, rise diagonally to the upper right.
Small v
- Start at x-height and draw diagonally down to a clear baseline point.
- Continue diagonally up to x-height on the right.
Watch for this: Rounding the bottom of the small v makes it resemble u. Keep one clear point where the two diagonal sides meet on the baseline.
Worksheet and print settings
Print at 100% (Actual size).
Letter shapes, words and corrections
Write capital V
Slope down from the upper left to a low point and rise to the upper right.
Write lowercase v
Make the same pointed form inside the body band.
Keep the form distinct
Keep a point in v so it stays different from rounded u.
Practice v in words
Copy “very” and “over”, leaving each letter separate. Circle the clearest v in the row and use its body size for your next attempt.