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() is an old form of German-language handwriting based on late medieval
File:Lessing Kleist-Brief.jpg, Letter from Lessing to
German handwriting Schrift
Overview and examples of by N. A. Powell
German language page about , with history of German cursive handwriting and
Another version, by Lars Erik Bryld, called Manu Gothica
More information about German
Kurrent-Schreibmaschine – Old German typewriter
An online assistant for better reading Kurrent ; In German Wikipedia * (letter ''ß'') * handwriting * handwriting {{List of writing systems Blackletter German orthography Palaeography Penmanship Western calligraphy
() is an old form of German-language handwriting based on late medieval cursive
Cursive (also known as script, among other names) is any style of penmanship in which characters are written joined in a flowing manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster, in contrast to block letters. It varies in functionali ...
writing, also known as ("cursive script"), ("German script") and ''German cursive''. Over the history of its use into the first part of the 20th century, many individual letters acquired variant forms.
German writers used both cursive styles, and Latin cursive
Roman cursive (or Latin cursive) is a form of handwriting (or a script (styles of handwriting), script) used in ancient Rome and to some extent into the Middle Ages. It is customarily divided into old (or ancient) cursive and new cursive.
Old Ro ...
, in parallel: location, contents, and context of the text determined which script style to use.
is a modern script based on that is characterized by simplified letters and vertical strokes. It was developed in 1911 and taught in all German schools as the primary script from 1935 until the beginning of January 1941. Then it was replaced with ("normal German handwriting"), which is sometimes referred to as "Latin writing".
Lettering examples
Kleist Kleist, or von Kleist, is a surname.
von Kleist:
* August von Kleist (1818–1890), Prussian Major General
* Conrad von Kleist (1839-1900), German politician (German Conservative Party), member of Reichstag
*Ewald Georg von Kleist (ca. 1700–1748) ...
, 14 March 1758
File:Schein und Sein.jpg, Manuscript by Wilhelm Busch (undated, late 19th century)
File:Bielsko-Biała Teatr Polski 004.JPG, Example from a book published in 1905
File:Paul Simmel - Das Kind und der Krieg,1916.jpg, script used for text in a 1916 children's book
File:Staedt.Kinderheim-01.jpg, Signage on a municipal children's home (''Städtisches Kinderheim'') in in 2006
File:Kurrent Note.jpg, A handwritten restaurant order in from the 1920s
File:Vos-essentials-of-german-p294-raw.png, script from a 1903–14 primer on German, the 26 letters, ligatures, start of sample text
File:Vos-essentials-of-german-p295-raw.png, script from a 1903–14 primer on German, the rest of the sample text
File:Jul-Greg-George-II-1750.tif, Final paragraph of a German contract from 1750 signed by George II, King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover. It contains a mixture of and 'Latin font' scripts.
File:Letter to George Stier.png, Handwritten letter 1792
See also
* Antiqua–Fraktur dispute *Blackletter
Blackletter (sometimes black letter), also known as Gothic script, Gothic minuscule, or Textura, was a script used throughout Western Europe from approximately 1150 until the 17th century. It continued to be commonly used for the Danish, Norwe ...
* Fraktur (script)
References
External links
German handwriting Schrift
Overview and examples of by N. A. Powell
German language page about , with history of German cursive handwriting and
Another version, by Lars Erik Bryld, called Manu Gothica
More information about German
Kurrent-Schreibmaschine – Old German typewriter
An online assistant for better reading Kurrent ; In German Wikipedia * (letter ''ß'') * handwriting * handwriting {{List of writing systems Blackletter German orthography Palaeography Penmanship Western calligraphy