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Letterpaths
What it is
Letterpaths is a handwriting practice resource aligned with the UK primary school curriculum. It provides printable worksheet generators for cursive, joined, print, and pre-cursive writing. The cursive generator creates sheets for words, names, and spellings. Print and pre-cursive sheets can add guide lines, stroke order, arrows, and numbered starting points. Tracing activities include guided practice with plain, snake, and rollercoaster skins, while freehand tracing uses grey word shapes and checkpoints. The apps open in a browser and can be installed for a full-screen experience on Android phones, iPhones, iPads, and tablets. Cursive worksheet settings are stored in the page URL, so links can be copied to save or share them. Its associated cursive font works on the web and in Microsoft Word or Apple Keynote. Letterpaths is free, with no signup or adverts. A public GitHub project supplies handwriting geometry data for other applications to render.
For and against
For
- Free resources with no signup or adverts
- Printable cursive, joined, print, and pre-cursive sheets
- Tracing modes include guided and freehand practice
- Works on web, Android, and iOS
- Custom words, names, and spellings supported
Against
- No free trial because the service is already free
- GitHub library does not render output itself
The verdict
Letterpaths combines curriculum-focused worksheet creation with browser and mobile tracing activities. Its free access and shareable worksheet links make it practical for home or classroom handwriting work.
Who it suits
It suits UK primary teachers, parents, home educators, and teaching assistants needing handwriting practice. It also fits learners using Android, iOS, or a web browser.
Plans and prices
Free
all resources · no signup · no adverts
Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
On the record
- Animation API
- compileAnimation converts a writing path into a timed player with speed, pen-up speed, delays and frame state.github.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The cursive worksheet generator is described as built for UK primary teachers, parents, home educators, and teaching assistants.robinlinacre.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Cursive generator
- The cursive worksheet generator creates printable worksheets for words, names, and spellings.robinlinacre.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Cursive worksheets
- The cursive generator creates printable joined-handwriting sheets for words, names and spellings.robinlinacre.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Development origin
- The maker says the library was created to help his children practise handwriting and to support games and worksheet generation.robinlinacre.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Development tooling
- The project includes browser tools for editing letters, viewing the glyph gallery, inspecting joins and editing lowercase and capital kerning.robinlinacre.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The maker says the library is available through npm for building applications on top of it.robinlinacre.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The README documents layout, animation, tracing, curve methods, options and returned TypeScript structures with code examples.github.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Fading practice
- The fading-practice tool produces lined sheets whose trace words gradually disappear as practice progresses.robinlinacre.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Font
- The project includes a cursive font usable on websites and in desktop software such as Microsoft Word and Apple Keynote.robinlinacre.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Font compatibility
- The associated cursive font can be used on the web and in desktop apps such as Microsoft Word or Apple Keynote.robinlinacre.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Formation annotations
- The library can generate renderer-agnostic formation hints including directional dashes, start arrows and draw-order numbers.github.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Freehand tracing
- The freehand app presents grey word shapes and uses checkpoints to assess whether drawing stays near the intended path.robinlinacre.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Guided tracing
- The guided tracing app lets learners trace words, names and spellings using plain, snake or rollercoaster visual skins.robinlinacre.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Letter Constellations
- Letter Constellations teaches print and cursive letters by having users connect star points.robinlinacre.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Letter formation
- Print and pre-cursive worksheets can include guide lines, stroke order, arrows, and numbered starting points.robinlinacre.com · read 2 Oct 2026
- Letter-formation worksheets
- The print and pre-cursive generator supports guide lines, stroke order, arrows and numbered starting points.robinlinacre.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Library limitation
- The library does not render output itself; it returns data for applications to render.github.com · read 2 Oct 2026
