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Sütterlin
Sütterlinschrift (German pronunciation: [ˈzʏtɐliːnˌʃʁɪft], 'Sütterlin script') is the last widely used form of Kurrent, the historical form of German handwriting script that evolved alongside German blackletter (most notably Fraktur) typefaces.
About Sütterlin
Sütterlinschrift (German pronunciation: [ˈzʏtɐliːnˌʃʁɪft], 'Sütterlin script') is the last widely used form of Kurrent, the historical form of German handwriting script that evolved alongside German blackletter (most notably Fraktur) typefaces. Graphic artist Ludwig Sütterlin was commissioned by the Prussian Ministry of Science, Art and Education (Preußisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung) to create a modern handwriting script in 1911. His handwriting scheme gradually replaced the older cursive scripts that had developed in the 16th century at the same time that letters in books had developed into Fraktur. The name Sütterlin is often used to refer to several similar varieties of old German handwriting, but Sütterlin's own script was taught only from 1915 to 1941 in all German schools.
From the Wikipedia article “Sütterlin”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using Sütterlin in a book
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Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q1056421 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).