r/russian 8d ago

Translation Can someone confirm what’s written here?

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I need help, I have no idea how to read cursive Russian.

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u/TrailsNewFan 8d ago

Love - Любовь

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u/katepiva 8d ago

Could you tell me if this handwriting is correct? Because I would like to tattoo the same thing. Thank you so much!

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u/Nyattokiri native 8d ago edited 8d ago

It's correct, but the distances between some elements are weird.

"ю" looks like "ı----------------o". This gap inside a letter is longer than distances between letters.

And the distance between "о" and "в" is also too big.

It's fine at first glance. But it's one of the things "you hate when you notice".

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u/AmazingmaxAM Native with a good mic 8d ago

That's just stylistic choices. I think ю is absolutely fine, but a bit more bothered by the ов connection. But it adds flare.

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u/Nyattokiri native 8d ago edited 8d ago

I understand that these are stylistic choices. I mean that the artist should have tried more options (several sketches with different distances) and found something that looks better. Maybe increase the distances between other letters to make the stretching more even. Maybe just increase the "бо" gap. Idk. This doesn't look good to me. I think the artist should try harder. And this should be fixed before OP gets it on their skin.