How to Write Luna in Cursive

Your name in school cursive with the capital, the joins and the tricky spots explained, plus a printable practice sheet.

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

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

Luna is four letters with no tall loops after the capital and no descenders at all, so it is compact and even. The capital L is a looped, curving letter that connects. The u and n are both made of the same strokes, so the middle of the name is a rhythm of two short, similar shapes before the final a closes it.

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Letter by letter

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

The joins in Luna

Lu: The L's exit at the baseline rises directly into the u's first stroke. Keep it short and let the u begin as a sharp upstroke, so the capital and the first small letter don't leave a gap.
un: The u ends with a downstroke and a short exit, and the n begins with an overcurve, so the exit must roll over the top. Keep the u's two strokes parallel and the n's two humps even.
na: After the n's second hump, the undercurve exit leads into the a's oval. Close the a at the top and end with a short exit, or a small curl for a signature.

Tricky spots

u vs n: In cursive the u has pointed tops and the n has rounded humps. Keep the points sharp on the u and the humps smooth on the n, or Luna can read as Lnna.
The capital L loops: The L has a loop at the top and sometimes at the bottom. Keep the top loop small and the stem on the slant, or the capital becomes a plain 2 shape.
Closing the a: The final a must be closed at the top. An open a at the end reads as u, and Lunu would be an easy misreading.

The capital L

Cursive capital L is a curving stroke that starts with a loop at the top, sweeps down and finishes in a small loop at the baseline, then exits to the right, so it connects to the u. Keep the loop at the base small, and the capital about twice the lowercase height.

Luna as a signature

A short name leaves room for a large flourish. The capital L has a natural loop that can be stretched into a long entry or a low sweep, and the final a can end with a curl or an underline. Keep the u's points and the n's humps clear, since they are the identifiers in a four-letter name.

Short forms of Luna

Luna is usually written in full. Lu is occasionally used as a short form, which is just a capital L and a u, a very small two-letter mark.

As a tattoo

Luna is short, so it can be written large and elegantly, with the L's loops clean. Keep at least 8 mm x-height so the u and n stay distinct, and check the L's loops on the stencil. It is a natural fit for a wrist, a finger edge or beneath a small design.

Printable practice sheet

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

Cursive practice: Luna

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Copy-paste versions of Luna

Copy-paste Luna in script is ℒ𝓊𝓃𝒶 and in bold script is 𝓛𝓾𝓷𝓪. Luna gets one borrowed letter: the capital ℒ (U+2112), with u, n and a drawn from the main script block. It is a short four-letter string, so it fits almost any display-name field. If you want the whole thing in a single block, bold script has no borrowed letters.

Luna in cursive: questions

How do you write Luna in cursive?

Draw a looped capital L that exits into a u, then an n with two humps and a closed a. The capital connects, so the whole name can be written in one stroke. Keep the u's tops pointed and the n's humps rounded, and make sure the final a closes at the top so it does not read as a u.

Does the L connect to the u in Luna?

Yes. Capital L ends with an exit stroke at the baseline, so it joins the next letter and no lift is needed. Keep that exit short so the u starts close to the capital. A long tail pushes the u away and breaks up the compact four-letter shape that makes Luna look neat.

How do I tell u and n apart in cursive Luna?

A cursive u has pointed tops and a rounded bottom stroke, while an n has rounded humps on top. Keep the points sharp on the u and the humps smooth on the n. In Luna the two sit side by side, so a sloppy u that rounds off looks like a second n and the name reads as Lnna.

What does Luna look like in cursive?

It looks like a looped L followed by a pair of narrow shapes from the u and n, then a closed a. There are no tall loops after the capital and no descenders at all, so the name sits compactly between the baseline and the midline except for the capital, which stands about twice the height of the rest.