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As a dyspraxic, I feel you. Years of special classes to try and improve my handwriting and general coordination (this was before the condition was very well understood) and none of which really worked.
I have simply learned to avoid writing by hand as much as physically possible. It's the main reason I was so interested in computers as a kid (again, before they were in everyone's pocket) and I found programming as a creative outlet very liberating from the limitations of my physical abilities.
I’ve been trying to improve my handwriting so I started doing calligraphy. Getting back to basics has really improved the legibility of my writing. Since you want to improve your consistency, the calligraphy practice work books (or even just grade school level writing books) come prelined so you can get a more consistent shape. Reading some calligraphy books helped to because it better quantified the spacing between words and lines for me. Good luck
I learned to write a couple of different styles/fonts for a job I had a few years ago.
It's doable, but it takes patience and time, like any skill. Good luck.
This is what I was also going to advise! Pick a couple of styles to emulate for a purpose and use them. In my 20s I picked up block print so I could write to my buddies in the armed forces without the censors throwing my stuff away. It also comes in handy for whiteboarding at work. If you are into game design, maybe pick a style from one of the D&D dungeon illustrations and it might come in handy for your purposes?
Would they throw it away if it was hard to read or something?
Yes that's the specific reason they give. They're fascists though, ultimately they just like finding excuses to throw away mail, so you don't give them any.
I'm intrigued now. Could you post a picture ?
Write on 5x5mm paper
About the only requirement is that it is legible. Your "distinctive" handwriting could become part of your brand.
There's no better way than by rote practice, which is to say, the more that you write, the more it should improve. I've been told that I have nice handwriting, despite seldom using cursive. It seems to be a bit of a bicycle thing, the more you practice, the easier it is, you can get right back on after years but never really forget either... Hand write notes on paper instead of on apps, I'm talking grocery list, reminders, books/movies that you hear about and want to read/watch later, use an actual physical calendar hanging on your wall, etc.
If you're specifically concerned about some discrepancy in your output where lower & uppercase characters are concerned, I'll recommend going over your writing afterward to adjust your output manually by very conscientiously re-copying it so that it appears as per technical standards (First letter of sentence only capitalized aside from proper nouns, acronyms, etc.). I couldn't speculate as to what specific variant of dyslexia you're experiencing, but you may be able to practice it to death by retraining yourself? The brain has an oddly consistent way of rewiring itself to adapt to input, the same may be true in your case. Best of luck.
This sounds like a problem for a professional therapist and not strangers on the internet.
For comics you may just type out everything on a computer instead of writing by hand. You could even write everything by hand initially and later overwrite everything on a computer.
Or you let your "strange" way of writing become part of your unique style.
