You CAN tie the R to the I, just not like this, the r has to be a standard lower-case cursive R that extends to the base line of the text, and similarly, the loop of the I has to extend the full length of the text, and start on the left at the base of text
does your artist not know cursive or was this a clever cover for forgetting a letter? with the exception to the r to th i (which really isn't that bad at all) it's not bad at all