Handwritten word segmentation problem is one of many problems in the handwritten wprd recognition field. This segmentation problem will be more complicated if dealing with cursive handwritten words. This paper will discuss a simple approach in segmentation using 1D Gaussian filters having 8 points in length and 4 - 12 in standard deviation as well as those having 12 - 24 points in length 4- 16 in standard deviation can be used effectively for this kind of segmentation.