(), 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
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