So I recently started practicing Japanese, beginning with learning Hiragana. Here are two different fonts, which are the most normal one? [One](http://japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/characters/hiragana_writing_practice_sheets.pdf) or [two](https://guidetojapanese.org/learn/complete/hiragana)
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One of those links is a download, which I’m not going to do, but just to say, it doesn’t really matter. Just learn the basic shapes. Everyone’s writing is different and you’ll see slightly different printed iterations of the kana all over the place. Don’t be concerned with fonts. Just get a basic hiragana learning book, that will teach you not only the shape but also the proportion and stroke order, and go from there.
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As u/gegegeno mentions, the first link shows the correct handwritten forms of the hiragana. I have no idea why Tae Kim (the second link) is showing incorrect stroke order diagrams. (さ is, properly, three strokes, and き is four).
If you prefer instruction in video format, [here’s a good video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx4AGDXfwGE). It’s in Japanese, but you should still be able to follow along with the markings as to which points should be aligned, etc.
edit: typo
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