Kurrent

Kurrent
Alphabet in script from about 1865. The next-to-last line shows the umlauts ⟨ä⟩, ⟨ö⟩, ⟨ü⟩, and the corresponding capital letters ⟨Ae⟩, ⟨Oe⟩, and ⟨Ue⟩; and the last line shows the ligatures ⟨ch⟩, ⟨ck⟩, ⟨th⟩, ⟨sch⟩, ⟨sz⟩ (⟨ß⟩), and ⟨st⟩.
Script type	Alphabet
Period	–
Direction
Languages	German
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Latf (217), ​Latin (Fraktur variant)

File:Dänische Kurrentschrift.png

Danish script () from about 1800 with ⟨Æ⟩ and ⟨Ø⟩ at the end of the alphabet.

File:Tavola Kurrentschrift" kaushik carlini.jpg

Sample font table of German handwriting by Kaushik Carlini, 2021.

() is an old form of handwriting of the German language based on late medieval cursive 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, 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 1915 until the beginning of January 1941, when it was replaced with ("normal German handwriting"), sometimes called "Latin writing".

Lettering examples

• Letter from Lessing to Kleist, 14 March 1758
  Letter from Lessing to Kleist, 14 March 1758
• Manuscript by Wilhelm Busch (undated, late 19th century)
  Manuscript by Wilhelm Busch (undated, late 19th century)
• Example from a book published in 1905
  Example from a book published in 1905
• Script error: No such module "Lang". script used for text in a 1916 children's book
  script used for text in a 1916 children's book
• Signage on a municipal children's home (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in Script error: No such module "Lang". in 2006
  Signage on a municipal children's home () in in 2006
• A handwritten restaurant order in Script error: No such module "Lang". from the 1920s
  A handwritten restaurant order in from the 1920s
• Script error: No such module "Lang". script from a 1903–14 primer on German, the 26 letters, ligatures, start of sample text
  script from a 1903–14 primer on German, the 26 letters, ligatures, start of sample text
• Script error: No such module "Lang". script from a 1903–14 primer on German, the rest of the sample text
  script from a 1903–14 primer on German, the rest of the sample text
• 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 Script error: No such module "Lang". and 'Latin font' scripts.
  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.
• Handwritten letter, 1792
  Handwritten letter, 1792

See also

• Antiqua–Fraktur dispute
• Blackletter
• Fraktur
• Grundschrift

External links

• German handwriting Schrift Template:In lang 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