In antiquity, a cursive form of handwriting was used in writing on papyrus.

The syllable kut, for example, resembles the cursive form of the English word good.

On the other hand, there are typefaces with upright characters that take a more cursive form without a change in angle.

The "L" was written in the cursive form with the rest of the letters following.

It represents an intermediate cursive form between historic man'yōgana script and modern hiragana.

The Greek alphabet has had several cursive forms in the course of its development.

A cursive form eventually developed and it became increasingly slanted due to the quickness with which it could be written.

It is written in hieratic, the Egyptian cursive form of hieroglyphs, in black and red ink.

Over time the man'yōgana was reduced to a cursive form, the hiragana.

The cursive form of the capital letter Te can also be seen in the chart following the lower case letter.