The main problem is that it is such a big block of text so every little flourish is magnified and the dark fonts tend to be too dense. In general, serif fonts are easier to read. You just have to try and see what fits.
You must not have been taught cursive in school. The text is perfectly readable. If there are no "ties" or the "little loops," then it wouldn't be cursive. It would be printed.
That is not only a personally dismissive and insulting comment, but ignorant to boot. Of course I know that letters are connected in cursive and separated in block printing, since I have studied cursive and calligraphy in English, German, Russian, and Chinese. However, we are talking about the legibility of fonts on a poster. Go to any font site and see what they call a cursive font. The loops I mentioned are not essential to the cursive nature of this handwriting font.
The loops and connections are necessary for it to be cursive. It is meant to be written by hand quickly. I don't care what a "font site" calls it. The fonts on the poster were perfectly legible.
The loops actually were essential when I was in school learning to write in cursive in 3rd grade. And I still write in the manner I was taught.
The poster is legible, the discussion was about how to make it more impact full, and I was suggesting a cursive font that was simpler to look at in a full page.
It's the connections that are essential to all cursive styles. Other languages based on different characters don't have loops, for instance Chinese or ancient Egyptian (called demotic script). Those languages look like paint drips, not like letters at all. English letters have round parts and they can be exaggerated to loops. There are many styles of cursive and they are all "correct" if you can read them, the differences are a matter of fashion. Look up an old English cursive STYLE called Spencerian: this was the style that was standard in the 19th century. It was much fancier than the common styles taught since the early 20th century. In the older writing it was considered very artistic to make "flourishes" which are very loopy, out of the low parts like the lower part of "p," and out of capital letters like S or G that have big round parts, and "swashes" which are extra long cross marks, like the top of capital T and F. Nowadays this is a special art called calligraphy. People don't even learn regular cursive in many schools. Good for you that you know cursive at all. Perhaps if I had said "knots" instead of "loops" it would have been more clear what I meant. Look at the page as a whole, a little out of focus, so you see the words as blocks. Some of the letters have a tight little circle at the top, much smaller and tighter than handwriting. If you start noticing that detail it becomes distracting. My suggestion was to find a style that was simpler, so the details of the letters would not distract from quick reading.
Anybody over 30YO can read it, but kids coming out of high school today will not be able to read it. Might want to try block print. At least the kids can read block print while playing video games, cursive is too hard for them. A wasted generation if you ask me. We need to teach the fundies, not tranny crap. If our kids cannot read nor write what makes this country so special?
A font in white can be difficult to read against a light background - perhaps a sharper contrast will help. Black might be too harsh…perhaps a shade of brown?
I personally would try the picture of Trump full page background at perhaps 50-60% (or less). The white is too light against the gold but may work with Trump in the background. If you lighten the picture enough it could fade into a gold perimeter if you desire. Also you have everything left justified. I would try center justify so it is not so block looking and would be centered more on the paper. Or if you set a tab to make the poem in the center but left justified...you could indent the even numbered lines. Capitalizing the odd numbered lines or at least the first line is a nice touch. Well, just some suggestions...this type of work ees to be hands on...good luck and I sure apologize if you don't understand a word I have said. I have many card and print programs that allow you to do anything you want so what I see may not be omitting you can do.
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The cursive is a bit hard to read, but yeah man!
A cursive font without "ties," the little loops on the "o," "b," and "s," would have the nice calligraphy look but be easier to read. fontspace.com has quite a few cursive varieties that are free for personal use. There are lots of cheap bundles on Etsy like this one, which has some good possibilities: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1299151361/50-different-fonts-svg-cursive-fonts-svg?click_key=65047c58bdb99a04f40c89d46fe9c47c22488e5d%3A1299151361&click_sum=e5b7823c&rec_type=cs&ref=pla_similar_listing_top-5&pro=1
The main problem is that it is such a big block of text so every little flourish is magnified and the dark fonts tend to be too dense. In general, serif fonts are easier to read. You just have to try and see what fits.
You must not have been taught cursive in school. The text is perfectly readable. If there are no "ties" or the "little loops," then it wouldn't be cursive. It would be printed.
That is not only a personally dismissive and insulting comment, but ignorant to boot. Of course I know that letters are connected in cursive and separated in block printing, since I have studied cursive and calligraphy in English, German, Russian, and Chinese. However, we are talking about the legibility of fonts on a poster. Go to any font site and see what they call a cursive font. The loops I mentioned are not essential to the cursive nature of this handwriting font.
The loops and connections are necessary for it to be cursive. It is meant to be written by hand quickly. I don't care what a "font site" calls it. The fonts on the poster were perfectly legible.
The loops actually were essential when I was in school learning to write in cursive in 3rd grade. And I still write in the manner I was taught.
The poster is legible, the discussion was about how to make it more impact full, and I was suggesting a cursive font that was simpler to look at in a full page.
It wouldn't be "cursive" then. It must have the loops and connections to be cursive, rather than printed letters.
It's the connections that are essential to all cursive styles. Other languages based on different characters don't have loops, for instance Chinese or ancient Egyptian (called demotic script). Those languages look like paint drips, not like letters at all. English letters have round parts and they can be exaggerated to loops. There are many styles of cursive and they are all "correct" if you can read them, the differences are a matter of fashion. Look up an old English cursive STYLE called Spencerian: this was the style that was standard in the 19th century. It was much fancier than the common styles taught since the early 20th century. In the older writing it was considered very artistic to make "flourishes" which are very loopy, out of the low parts like the lower part of "p," and out of capital letters like S or G that have big round parts, and "swashes" which are extra long cross marks, like the top of capital T and F. Nowadays this is a special art called calligraphy. People don't even learn regular cursive in many schools. Good for you that you know cursive at all. Perhaps if I had said "knots" instead of "loops" it would have been more clear what I meant. Look at the page as a whole, a little out of focus, so you see the words as blocks. Some of the letters have a tight little circle at the top, much smaller and tighter than handwriting. If you start noticing that detail it becomes distracting. My suggestion was to find a style that was simpler, so the details of the letters would not distract from quick reading.
No, I think you are correct. I very much enjoyed your answer, and agree, "you can't read cursive" is a little insulting.
Anybody over 30YO can read it, but kids coming out of high school today will not be able to read it. Might want to try block print. At least the kids can read block print while playing video games, cursive is too hard for them. A wasted generation if you ask me. We need to teach the fundies, not tranny crap. If our kids cannot read nor write what makes this country so special?
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The schools have failed you. The text is very easy for me to read.
Yeah, the schools. They didn't really fail me, I wasn't super interested back in the day. I like this text much better than the OP.
It's perfectly readable. I'm not super artsy, but this would look good as a medium sized poster, perhaps framed with a simple frame.
A font in white can be difficult to read against a light background - perhaps a sharper contrast will help. Black might be too harsh…perhaps a shade of brown?
I personally would try the picture of Trump full page background at perhaps 50-60% (or less). The white is too light against the gold but may work with Trump in the background. If you lighten the picture enough it could fade into a gold perimeter if you desire. Also you have everything left justified. I would try center justify so it is not so block looking and would be centered more on the paper. Or if you set a tab to make the poem in the center but left justified...you could indent the even numbered lines. Capitalizing the odd numbered lines or at least the first line is a nice touch. Well, just some suggestions...this type of work ees to be hands on...good luck and I sure apologize if you don't understand a word I have said. I have many card and print programs that allow you to do anything you want so what I see may not be omitting you can do.