How to Write Capital Letters in Calligraphy (Free Worksheet!)

When you learn a new calligraphy or hand lettering style, there are two steps: first learning the lowercase alphabet, and then tackling the uppercase letters.

Today, let’s look at the second step. Taking on the capital letters shows that you’re ready to be bigger and bolder. WE’RE SO EXCITED FOR YOU! We’ll teach you how to write capital letters in calligraphy in not one but TWO different styles.

Plus, we have lots of photos to serve as inspiration for your own practice.

Free Calligraphy Capitals Worksheets

Want to trace the exact letters shown in our tutorial? We created a free capital letters calligraphy worksheet PDF for you to download!

These free calligraphy practice sheets are perfect for building muscle memory. Simply tracing over the letters makes it very clear where the thin lines and thick downstrokes are and you’ll find that it really helps you learn. Just enter your details for instant access.

Practice Supplies

Although you can practice writing calligraphy with an ordinary monoline pen or pencil, creating letters in calligraphy is typically done with a tool that is capable of drawing thick and thin strokes.

For our demonstration, we used two different pens. The first style is more modern bounce lettering style and uses a Zig Fudebiyori brush pen. The second style is closer to Copperplate calligraphy and uses a Pentel brush pen with a slightly smaller tip.

1. Zig Fudebiyori brush pen (available on Amazon)
2. Pentel Sign Touch brush pen (available on Amazon)

Make sure you scroll down to grab your copy of the free calligraphy worksheets with the exact capital letters shown in the video!

Entire Uppercase Alphabet in Calligraphy

Watch our most popular video tutorials EVER that shows two different styles of each capital letter.

As you practice, remember that this is not cursive writing. Rather than writing the letters in one go, you’ll see that we lift our pen after every stroke.

While this guide focuses on teaches simple forms of the capital letters, you can scroll below to see the majuscules intricately flourished:

The Basic Strokes

In calligraphy, both lowercase and uppercase letters are constructed using a combination of the basic strokes. Using this technique, calligraphers learn to isolate and perfect the individual movements and elements (shapes) of each letter. This is what separates calligraphy writing from cursive.

Here’s an example of the Copperplate capital letters being constructed using the basic strokes:

These different strokes are a foundational building block for anyone who’s practicing calligraphy. Even when you’re a beginner who’s learning styles such as faux calligraphy, we still recommend you study them.

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Uppercase Strokes

Although these strokes for capital letters come from our post on Copperplate calligraphy, you can use them as a starting point for any script. For capital letters, the strokes are as follows:

• Universal line of beauty
• Hairline universal line of beauty
• C-curve
• Vertical curve
• Reverse oval
• Extended compound curve
• Horizontal oval

We teach these strokes in detail in this guide, and we share a deep-dive analysis into the strokes in our YouTube series:

Consistency tip: When you’re practicing calligraphy, always pay close attention to the contrast between your thick and thin strokes. Like the lowercase letters, we use thick lines when the pen goes down and thin strokes for the upstrokes.

If you’re an absolute beginner, we highly recommend you check our tutorial on the basic strokes of calligraphy. Here, we break down each stroke for the lowercase letters into more detail and show you how to practice them.

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More Capital Letter Inspiration

One of the things that makes calligraphy such a wonderful art form is the endless creativity. From faux calligraphy to elaborately flourished embellishments, there’s literally endless ways to write your capital letters. Swipe below to see some of our different styles (plus some snapshots of us practicing!).

These styles are simply starting points. The possibilities for creative lettering are endless! Here’s an example of how you can use letter formulas to develop your own unique style of capital letters:

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Is the thought of coming up with new ways to write the capital letters intimidating?

We understand, because that’s how we used to feel! But we’ve created our signature step-by-step approach for tackling capitals and put everything in one place: Letter Logic Capitals course.

Our Letter Logic Capitals course will help you feel unstuck by:

• Breaking down each capital letter into its two basic components
• Explaining the logic behind creating new styles (it’s going to make so much more sense!)
• Giving you the exact framework we use for systematically coming up with variations

In addition to receiving the 400+ letter examples we have already created for you, you’ll also be equipped with the tools and knowledge needed to create even more on your own!

Or save with our Lowercase + Capitals Bundle

Are You Ready to Level Up Your Calligraphy Skills?

We hope that you had fun learning how to write the calligraphy capital letters. There’s always something new to learn on this journey, so please make yourself at home here at Loveleigh Loops so we can practice together 💕

If you’re interested in practicing your capitals, download our worksheet below for instant access to our free printable worksheet. Use it to get basics down, then have fun developing your own style. Let us know in the comments which styles you’re most interested in!

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