Hm. One wonders if his nonstandard letter formation (which I often see in dysgraphics) is a reflection of some subtle motor planning or visual-spatial relative weakness--if you start all your letters from the bottom up, you don't have to predict where the bottoms of them will end up accurately enough for them to land on the lines. The spacing issues would be consistent with that, as it sounds like he does not automatically judge the correct distance between letters/words before he begins writing them. Does he have any other spatial or fine-motor planning symptoms?
