Kurrent

( ), also known as ("cursive script"), ("German script"), and German cursive, is an old form of hand used for writing the German language, and during the 19th century also the Nordic languages. Evolving out of late medieval cursive writing, many individual letters acquired variant forms over the long history of its use into the first part of the 20th century. Similarly to Antiqua and Fraktur, German writers used both cursive styles — and "Latin" cursive — concomitantly: location, contents, and context of the text determined which script style to use, and it was accordingly normal to switch between the two within a sentence. For instance, a term in French or a French toponym would be written in "Latin" cursive, surrounded by Kurrent. 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 1915 until the beginning of January 1941, when it was replaced with ("normal German handwriting"), sometimes called "Latin writing".

( ), also known as ("cursive script"), ("German script"), and German cursive, is an old form of hand used for writing the German language, and during the 19th century also the Nordic languages. Evolving out of late medieval cursive writing, many individual letters acquired variant forms over the long history of its use into the first part of the 20th century. Similarly to Antiqua and Fraktur, German writers used both cursive styles — and "Latin" cursive — concomitantly: location, contents, and context of the text determined which script style to use, and it was accordingly normal to switch between the two within a sentence. For instance, a term in French or a French toponym would be written in "Latin" cursive, surrounded by Kurrent. 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 1915 until the beginning of January 1941, when it was replaced with ("normal German handwriting"), sometimes called "Latin writing". ==Lettering examples== File:Lessing Kleist-Brief.jpg| Letter from Lessing to Kleist, 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 1905¹ 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 ( ) 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 Fraktur Grundschrift ==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 Yet another version, by Peter Wiegel – Old German typewriter An online assistant for better reading Kurrent

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