handwriting

handwriting
hand‧writ‧ing /ˈhændˌraɪtɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]
the style of someone’s writing:
    I recognised her handwriting on the envelope.
    My handwriting has never been very neat.
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ adjectives
   ▪ neat/clear Your handwriting is much neater than mine.
   ▪ legible/illegible (=written clearly/not written clearly enough for you to read) He writes very quickly and his handwriting is almost illegible.
   ▪ small/tiny Her handwriting was so tiny I couldn’t read it without my glasses.
   ▪ bad/poor/terrible/awful Why do doctors have such terrible handwriting?
   ▪ good/lovely/beautiful He wrote, in his lovely handwriting, a letter asking Ramsey to visit him.
   ▪ sb’s best handwriting In his best handwriting, he wrote, 'Happy Father’s Day, Dad'.
■ verbs
   ▪ have neat/small etc handwriting Yu Yin has tiny handwriting.
   ▪ recognize sb’s handwriting Marcus didn’t recognize the handwriting on the envelope.
   ▪ read sb’s handwriting I’m afraid I find it very difficult to read your handwriting.
■ handwriting + NOUN
   ▪ a handwriting expert (=someone who studies people's handwriting ) A handwriting expert has confirmed that the letter was almost certainly written by Bateman.
■ phrases
   ▪ in sb’s own handwriting Entry forms must be in the candidate’s own handwriting.