Kurrent

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Kurrent is an old form of German handwriting based on blackletter, specifically the Fraktur typeface. It is known in full as Kurrentschrift, or as Alte Deutsche Schrift ("Old German script"). In American English, its name has been seen shortened to Schrift. A well-known, although very late form of it, is Sütterlin. In school, it was taught until 1941.

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• German handwriting Schrift (deutsch) Overview about the writing of Kurrent.
  
• The typeface used to set the example text above
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• Another version, by Lars Erik Bryld, called Manu Gothica
  
• The newest form of German-style handwriting, called Sutterlin