What kind of handwriting was used in Germany?
Old German gothic handwriting and print are very different from the Roman script most English- speaking genealogists use. For examples of old German Gothic handwriting see the PDF file Handwriting Guide: German Gothic.
Where can I find handwritten records in Germany?
Type your name or other word into the font generator tool. Click on the 8 different fonts. Save the image to your computer and use it as you work with old Germanic records. A three-part online class called Reading German Handwritten Records is available on the FamilySearch.org website. Another helpful learning tool is the German Script Tutorial.
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What was the dominant writing style in Germany in the 1930s?
In the 1930s it had become the dominant writing style for teaching to write German. Even though Ludwig Sütterlin had also created a Latin alphabet for schools, his name became a synonym for his the Kurrent style. Sütterlin writing in a children’s cook book. Sütterlin did not try to invent new letters.
Old German gothic handwriting and print are very different from the Roman script most English- speaking genealogists use. For examples of old German Gothic handwriting see the PDF file Handwriting Guide: German Gothic.
Type your name or other word into the font generator tool. Click on the 8 different fonts. Save the image to your computer and use it as you work with old Germanic records. A three-part online class called Reading German Handwritten Records is available on the FamilySearch.org website. Another helpful learning tool is the German Script Tutorial.
What kind of script was used in Germany?
Before the 1940s, most records in German-speaking areas (as well as surname books, newspapers, journals and gazetteers) used a Gothic font called Fraktur. Handwritten documents were composed in cursive using a type of script known as blackletter.
In the 1930s it had become the dominant writing style for teaching to write German. Even though Ludwig Sütterlin had also created a Latin alphabet for schools, his name became a synonym for his the Kurrent style. Sütterlin writing in a children’s cook book. Sütterlin did not try to invent new letters.
