Old handwriting alphabet

Making sense of German historical records can be tricky because the old German Cursive Alphabet and typefaces kept changing. See why!

Kurrent script from a 1903-1914 primer on German, the 26 letters, ligatures, start of sample text, from someone with impeccable and amazing handwriting.

A Victorian penmanship chart (ca. 1880?).

Making sense of German historical records can be tricky because the old German Cursive Alphabet and typefaces kept changing. See why!

Prepare to feel ~relaxed~.

An example of our Schooner Script font In use.

Raise your hand, Pandas who still have a notebook! (A handful of hands slowly come up.) Now, raise your hand if you write in that notebook! While we listen to the humming silence, I have to admit that in the past week, I scribbled out a single post-it note with my groceries list. The fact is obvious: typing has pretty much replaced the good, old and beautiful art of handwriting. (I am not looking at you, doctors!)