How to Write Welcome in Cursive

By Maya Chen, lettering designer and type educator · Checked by Jordan Hale · October 2026 · How we review content

"Welcome" in Playwrite US Trad, a typeface modelled on traditional school cursive.

Welcome is a popular word for door signs, wedding boards and guest books, and it hides several traps: a wide capital W, a loop right after the e, a c that looks like an e, and an m whose humps are easy to miscount. Write them in that order and the word fits a sign without crowding.

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Letter by letter

Each distinct letter in "Welcome" has its own stroke-by-stroke page.

The joins in Welcome

We: The capital W is a lifting capital: finish its last stroke, lift, and start the e just to the right on the baseline. Keep the gap small, no wider than the e itself, or the W and e drift apart. Let the e loop open so it sits level with the rest of the word.
el: The e exits at the baseline and rises into the l loop. The l goes to the top line and returns down in a straight slant. Keep the e small so the l loop clearly towers above it.
lc: The l exit climbs from the baseline to the start of the c. The c begins at the midline with a short backward curve, so the join is a gentle slope, not a loop. Do not close the c at the top.
co: The c leaves at the baseline and rises into the o. Close the o at the top and let it exit with a bridge at the midline, which leads straight into the m.
me: The m exit swings up at the baseline into the e. Keep the final e small and open it to the right, then finish with a short upturn rather than a long tail.

Tricky spots

The c and the e: A cursive c is open at the top and stops short. If you close it or loop it, it reads as an e and welcome turns into weleome. Keep the c open and make the e a clear loop.
Counting the m humps: The m has three humps with parallel downstrokes. Count them as you write, and keep the humps equal; a two-hump m reads as n and the word loses a letter.
Wide capital W: The W is the widest capital in the word. Plan where it ends so there is room for the rest. On a sign, write the word lightly in pencil first to check spacing.

Capitals

Capitalise welcome when it greets someone, as in Welcome home. The capital W is four slanted strokes ending in a small curl, and it lifts, so start the e just to its right. In a lowercase welcome sign, start with a lowercase w, which is smaller and quicker to write, and its high bridge joins straight into the e.

Variations and styles

For a door sign, write welcome in one slanted line with a long exit stroke from the final e that doubles as a flourish. For a wedding board, a pointed pen gives the W and l heavy downstrokes and hairline upstrokes. A simple option on cards is to underline the word with a single loop from the last e.

Printable practice sheet

Trace the grey letters, then write your own on the empty lines. Prints on one page (Letter or A4).

Cursive practice: Welcome

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Copy-paste versions of Welcome

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Welcome in cursive: questions

How do you write welcome in cursive?

Write a capital W with a lift after it, loop an e beside it, add a tall l loop, then an open c, an o that closes at the top, a three-hump m and a final e. The o and m leave at the midline, so each following letter begins high. Pencil the line first to check the spacing.

Why does my cursive welcome look like weleome?

The c has probably closed into a loop, which makes it look like an e. A cursive c is a small curve open at the top and right. Keep it open and the l, c and o stay distinct. A quick test is to cover the l: if the c still reads as a c, it is open enough.

How do I fit welcome on a sign?

Write it in pencil first and mark the start of the W and the end of the e. Then use equal spacing between letters rather than equal width, since the m and W are wide and the l and c are narrow.

Is welcome in cursive hard for beginners?

Moderately. The capital W and the m take the most practice. Lowercase welcome is easier because the w is much simpler than the W, and it joins into the e through a bridge, with no lift. Practise the m humps first, since a two-hump m turns the word into welcone.