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What it is

Letterpaths is a free handwriting practice resource linked to the UK primary school curriculum. It provides worksheet generators for cursive, joined, print, and pre-cursive writing, with custom word practice for words, names, and spellings. Print and pre-cursive sheets can show guide lines, stroke order, arrows, and numbered starting points. Tracing activities include guided modes with plain, snake, and rollercoaster skins, plus freehand tracing using grey word shapes and checkpoints. The tools run on the web and on iOS and Android; the apps can open in a browser or be installed for a full-screen tablet or phone experience. Cursive worksheets encode their settings in the page URL, allowing links to be copied for saving or sharing. The associated cursive font works on the web and in Microsoft Word or Apple Keynote. Letterpaths also links to a public TypeScript library that generates handwriting geometry data for other applications to render.

Spec sheet

What it does
Letterpaths provides handwriting-practice resources aligned with the UK primary-school curriculum.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Purpose
Letterpaths offers handwriting practice and letter formation resources corresponding to the UK primary school curriculum.Read 2 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Audience
The cursive worksheet generator is described as built for UK primary teachers, parents, home educators, and teaching assistants.Read 2 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Animation API
compileAnimation converts a writing path into a timed player with speed, pen-up speed, delays and frame state.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com
Cursive generator
The cursive worksheet generator creates printable worksheets for words, names, and spellings.Read 2 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Cursive worksheets
The cursive generator creates printable joined-handwriting sheets for words, names and spellings.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Development origin
The maker says the library was created to help his children practise handwriting and to support games and worksheet generation.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Development tooling
The project includes browser tools for editing letters, viewing the glyph gallery, inspecting joins and editing lowercase and capital kerning.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Distribution
The maker says the library is available through npm for building applications on top of it.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Documentation depth
The README documents layout, animation, tracing, curve methods, options and returned TypeScript structures with code examples.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com
Fading practice
The fading-practice tool produces lined sheets whose trace words gradually disappear as practice progresses.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Font
The project includes a cursive font usable on websites and in desktop software such as Microsoft Word and Apple Keynote.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Font compatibility
The associated cursive font can be used on the web and in desktop apps such as Microsoft Word or Apple Keynote.Read 2 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Formation annotations
The library can generate renderer-agnostic formation hints including directional dashes, start arrows and draw-order numbers.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com
Freehand tracing
The freehand app presents grey word shapes and uses checkpoints to assess whether drawing stays near the intended path.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Guided tracing
The guided tracing app lets learners trace words, names and spellings using plain, snake or rollercoaster visual skins.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Letter Constellations
Letter Constellations teaches print and cursive letters by having users connect star points.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Letter formation
Print and pre-cursive worksheets can include guide lines, stroke order, arrows, and numbered starting points.Read 2 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Letter-formation worksheets
The print and pre-cursive generator supports guide lines, stroke order, arrows and numbered starting points.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Library limitation
The library does not render output itself; it returns data for applications to render.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com
Licence
The repository is released under the MIT License, allowing use, modification, distribution and sublicensing subject to the notice requirement.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com
Limit: educator validation
The maker states that he is not a teacher and asks handwriting educators for feedback on improving the apps.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Limit: font polish
The maker says font generation was difficult and remains imperfect, with discontinuities requiring human guidance.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
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.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
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.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Maker background
Robin Linacre describes himself as a data scientist, software developer, data engineer, economist and parent.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Maker contact
The maker’s about page lists GitHub, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Bluesky and email as contact channels.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Mobile access
The apps can be opened in a browser and installed for a full-screen experience on tablets and phones, with instructions for Android and iPhone or iPad.Read 2 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Mobile installation
The tablet and phone apps run in a browser and can be installed for a full-screen experience using Android or iPhone/iPad instructions.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
No account or advertising
The maker states that resources are free forever and require neither signup nor advertisements.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Notable news (2026-04-19)
Robin Linacre announced the free Letterpaths library and its handwriting-teaching purpose in a blog post dated April 19, 2026.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Notable news (2026-06-15)
A June 15, 2026 post described the human-guided process used to build Letterpaths geometry, joins and fonts.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Open source
The project links to a public GitHub repository whose README describes Letterpaths as a headless TypeScript library for generating handwriting geometry.Read 2 Oct 2026 · github.com
Praise: open source
An independent Reddit discussion describes Letterpaths as a free open-source cursive-generation library intended for educational apps.Read 14 Oct 2026 · reddit.com
Praise: permissive reuse
Tegaki credits Letterpaths as built-in print and taught-cursive data and identifies its MIT licence, supporting reuse in another handwriting tool.Read 14 Oct 2026 · tegaki.ink
Public API
The TypeScript library exposes buildHandwritingPath as a high-level API that returns renderer-independent handwriting geometry.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com
Rendering limitation
The library returns cubic-Bezier and related geometry but does not render graphics itself; consuming applications must provide a renderer.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com
Repository status
The public GitHub repository shows two forks, five stars, six issues and no pull requests when opened.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com
Save and share
Cursive worksheets are encoded in the page URL so users can save or share them by copying the link.Read 2 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Shareable worksheets
Cursive worksheet settings are encoded in the page URL so a prepared sheet can be saved or shared by copying its link.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Supported styles
The API supports print, pre-cursive and cursive styles and allows guide scaling, word spacing and join adjustments.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com
Tracing API
compileTracingPath and TracingSession provide sampled paths and pointer-driven tracing state management.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com
Tracing apps
Guided tracing supports plain, snake, and rollercoaster skins, while freehand tracing uses grey word shapes and checkpoints.Read 2 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Worksheet generator
The type-in generator lets users enter text on lined pages, adjust letter height, tracing darkness and writing guides, then print.Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Worksheets
The worksheet generators create printable cursive, joined, print, and pre-cursive handwriting practice.Read 2 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com

Plans and prices

Free Free All resources free forever · no signup · no adverts Read 2 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com
Free Free all resources · no signup · no adverts Read 14 Oct 2026 · robinlinacre.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Free resources with no signup or adverts
  • Works on web, iOS, and Android
  • Generates cursive, joined, print, and pre-cursive sheets
  • Includes guided and freehand tracing modes
  • Supports custom word practice

Limits

  • The geometry library does not render output itself
  • Free trial is not offered

Who it suits

It suits UK primary teachers, parents, home educators, and teaching assistants needing printable or on-screen handwriting practice. It also fits learners using tablets, phones, or a web browser.

Verdict

Letterpaths combines curriculum-linked worksheets with tracing activities and mobile access. Its link-based worksheet sharing and desktop-compatible font add practical options for teaching and practice.

Where Specifiction places it

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