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Letterpaths
What Letterpaths is
Letterpaths is a handwriting practice resource with letter-formation materials linked to the UK primary school curriculum. Its worksheet generators cover cursive, joined, print, and pre-cursive writing. The cursive generator makes printable practice for words, names, and spellings, while print and pre-cursive sheets can show guide lines, stroke order, arrows, and numbered starting points. Tracing activities include guided practice with plain, snake, and rollercoaster skins, plus freehand tracing using grey word shapes and checkpoints. The apps open in a browser and can be installed for a full-screen experience on phones and tablets; instructions cover Android and iPhone or iPad. Cursive worksheet settings are encoded in the page URL, so users can save or share a sheet by copying its link. The associated cursive font can be used on the web and in desktop apps such as Microsoft Word or Apple Keynote. Letterpaths is free forever, with no signup or adverts. Its public GitHub repository describes a TypeScript library that returns handwriting geometry data for other applications to render.
Who it suits
Letterpaths suits UK primary teachers, parents, home educators, and teaching assistants preparing handwriting practice. It also offers resources for learners who need tracing or printable letter-formation sheets.
What it does well
- Worksheets cover cursive, joined, print, and pre-cursive writing.
- Letter guides can show stroke order and starting points.
- Tracing includes guided and freehand activities.
- Free forever, with no signup or adverts.
- Worksheet links can be copied to save or share.
What to know first
- The geometry library does not render output itself.
- Resources correspond to the UK primary school curriculum.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | all resources · no signup · no adverts | Free |
As robinlinacre.com lists them, read 14 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open the Letterpaths website in a browser.
- Choose a worksheet generator or tracing activity.
- Create a worksheet for cursive, joined, print, or pre-cursive practice.
- Copy the page link to save or share a cursive worksheet.
- For full-screen phone or tablet use, follow the site's installation instructions for Android or iPhone and iPad.
Verdict
Letterpaths offers printable worksheets and tracing activities across several writing styles, with mobile browser access. Its geometry library is for applications to render, rather than a standalone renderer.
Questions
Is Letterpaths free?
Yes. Its Free plan costs nothing and includes all resources, with no signup or adverts.
Which platforms does Letterpaths support?
It supports web, iOS, and Android. The apps can be opened in a browser and installed for full-screen use on phones and tablets.
What kinds of handwriting worksheets can it make?
Its generators cover cursive, joined, print, and pre-cursive practice. The cursive generator creates sheets for words, names, and spellings.
Can I save or share a worksheet?
Cursive worksheet settings are encoded in the page URL, so you can copy the link to save or share it.
Is Letterpaths open source?
The project links to a public GitHub repository. Its README describes a headless TypeScript library that generates handwriting geometry data for applications to render.
Can the cursive font be used outside Letterpaths?
The associated font can be used on the web and in desktop apps such as Microsoft Word or Apple Keynote.
Facts from Letterpaths's own pages
- Animation API
- compileAnimation converts a writing path into a timed player with speed, pen-up speed, delays and frame state. · github.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The cursive worksheet generator is described as built for UK primary teachers, parents, home educators, and teaching assistants. · robinlinacre.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Cursive generator
- The cursive worksheet generator creates printable worksheets for words, names, and spellings. · robinlinacre.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Cursive worksheets
- The cursive generator creates printable joined-handwriting sheets for words, names and spellings. · robinlinacre.com, 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, 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, 14 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The maker says the library is available through npm for building applications on top of it. · robinlinacre.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The README documents layout, animation, tracing, curve methods, options and returned TypeScript structures with code examples. · github.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Fading practice
- The fading-practice tool produces lined sheets whose trace words gradually disappear as practice progresses. · robinlinacre.com, 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, 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, 2 Oct 2026
- Formation annotations
- The library can generate renderer-agnostic formation hints including directional dashes, start arrows and draw-order numbers. · github.com, 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, 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, 14 Oct 2026
- Letter Constellations
- Letter Constellations teaches print and cursive letters by having users connect star points. · robinlinacre.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Letter formation
- Print and pre-cursive worksheets can include guide lines, stroke order, arrows, and numbered starting points. · robinlinacre.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Letter-formation worksheets
- The print and pre-cursive generator supports guide lines, stroke order, arrows and numbered starting points. · robinlinacre.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Library limitation
- The library does not render output itself; it returns data for applications to render. · github.com, 2 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The repository is released under the MIT License, allowing use, modification, distribution and sublicensing subject to the notice requirement. · github.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: educator validation
- The maker states that he is not a teacher and asks handwriting educators for feedback on improving the apps. · robinlinacre.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: font polish
- The maker says font generation was difficult and remains imperfect, with discontinuities requiring human guidance. · robinlinacre.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: join quality
- The maker reports that some letter combinations still looked wrong and required a dedicated kerning editor because algorithmic joining had edge cases. · robinlinacre.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Limit: letter variants
- The maker lists user-selectable letter variants, such as alternate x and f formations, as a future feature rather than a current capability. · robinlinacre.com, 14 Oct 2026
- Maker background
- Robin Linacre describes himself as a data scientist, software developer, data engineer, economist and parent. · robinlinacre.com, 14 Oct 2026
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