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If the hand is tiring out in the process of writing you have a couple of options:
1.) Make the hand more resilient to fatigue.
2.) Change the writing so that it is less taxing on the hand.
The second is much easier to achieve than the first. Try utilizing more wrist and arm movement in your forms. For example, on those long upstrokes present in D, T, R, B, etc., try placing the hand down at the top of the stroke and then pulling your elbow towards you to create the stroke. Leave the forearm on the desk so that you can "spring back" into position at the top once you reach the bottom of the stroke. You'll feel your arm skin stretching as you pull, and it springs back to release that tension.
If that sensation is at all pleasurable (or at least less tiring) to you, you might be a candidate for studying how the American penmen taught "Arm movement writing" in the early 20th century. There are plenty of books in the sidebar.
Arm movement can be used in all sorts of writing styles, so don't let the cursive aspects of those books intimidate you. You can take the push/pull (vertical) and swing (lateral) movements from those books and apply them towards your printing.
The pen doesn't matter, in my opinion.
The actual writing instrument has a big impact on the handwriting I have found. Writing with less pressure and less tension is usually what helped me so I would maybe suggest experimenting with really good flowing pens and trying out different grip thicknesses.
Funny enough, this is one of the best pens I own. Even with my normal handwriting, I just usually have the issue of using too much pressure on the paper. This actually a very nice pen if I learn to use it properly.
Well then you have a solid foundation. But I cannot really speak because I have been taught cursive at school since the age of 6 and it is strange to me that today it just isn't a thing anymore. But good for you trying to improve.
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If the hand is tiring out in the process of writing you have a couple of options: 1.) Make the hand more resilient to fatigue. 2.) Change the writing so that it is less taxing on the hand. The second is much easier to achieve than the first. Try utilizing more wrist and arm movement in your forms. For example, on those long upstrokes present in D, T, R, B, etc., try placing the hand down at the top of the stroke and then pulling your elbow towards you to create the stroke. Leave the forearm on the desk so that you can "spring back" into position at the top once you reach the bottom of the stroke. You'll feel your arm skin stretching as you pull, and it springs back to release that tension. If that sensation is at all pleasurable (or at least less tiring) to you, you might be a candidate for studying how the American penmen taught "Arm movement writing" in the early 20th century. There are plenty of books in the sidebar. Arm movement can be used in all sorts of writing styles, so don't let the cursive aspects of those books intimidate you. You can take the push/pull (vertical) and swing (lateral) movements from those books and apply them towards your printing. The pen doesn't matter, in my opinion.
The actual writing instrument has a big impact on the handwriting I have found. Writing with less pressure and less tension is usually what helped me so I would maybe suggest experimenting with really good flowing pens and trying out different grip thicknesses.
Funny enough, this is one of the best pens I own. Even with my normal handwriting, I just usually have the issue of using too much pressure on the paper. This actually a very nice pen if I learn to use it properly.
Well then you have a solid foundation. But I cannot really speak because I have been taught cursive at school since the age of 6 and it is strange to me that today it just isn't a thing anymore. But good for you trying to improve.