[NRHuntoon]

I'm left handed and had terrible penmanship as a child and all through undergrad. A few things have really helped me. 1. Get pens that write with low friction. As a lefty you're 'pushing' the pen instead of pulling it, and tools with higher friction cause the pen to tilt up in your hand. I found writing with gel pens, a nice fountain pen, or now I use 0.2/0.25 inking pens as my main 'daily driver'. 2. Focus on a few 'problem letters' and get them well sorted. I always struggled with things like 'u' and 'v', '5' and 's', etc. In college I had to make these work, so I spent a lot of time developing a specific style for all of the problem symbols and got *really* good at them. 3. Print vs cursive. I know in school they make you learn cursive, but a lot of the connections between letters decrease readability, and increase complexity for writing them. I no long write in pure cursive, but I have a sort of hybrid print/cursive script. I write many letters in their cursive form as they are faster and flow better, but I never connect letters together. It is a good compromise between speed and readability. 4. Practice, practice, practice. I know this is probably self evident, but it really does take practice. Practice writing letters slowly. It's like martial arts, you go slow and get the movement perfect. Then do it over and over again. That builds the muscle memory better.

[DougN7]

I don’t know if it helps, but Tūl brand pens in the US are gel pens like you mention. I’ve never had a favorite pen, but I do since a friend introduced these to me.