Sütterlin

The Sütterlin writings, usually simply called Sütterlin, two developed in 1911 by order of the Prussian Culture and Ministry of Education of Louis Sütterlin output fonts.

In addition to the better-known German Sütterlinschrift, which is a special form of German cursive, Ludwig Sütterlin also developed a less well-known, stylistically comparable Latin Sütterlinschrift.

History

It had become fashionable in England in the 19th century, to write with the newly developed steel pointed nib. The very oblique English cursive with their large lower and upper lengths and their variable character ( Schwellzug ) is very decorative, but technically difficult to write. In Germany you wrote this font with German letter shapes.

To facilitate learning to write the children Sütterlin simplified letterforms, reduced the upper and lower lengths ( Ruling in a 1:1:1 ratio ), presented the relatively wide letters upright and let them in Gleichzug with a ball pointed pen to write. In all these features, it is very similar to today's popular Antiqua -based dissertations.

The German Sütterlinschrift was introduced in Prussia in 1915. She began in the 1920s to replace the German cursive and in 1935 in a modified form ( slightly, with less round shapes ) as German folk font part of the official curriculum. In the wake of the font decree however it was banned by a circular dated September 1, 1941, after it was already prohibited by a circular of Martin Bormann ( head of administration of the NSDAP ) from 3 January 1941, the use of broken references ( fracture types ). As a starting script was after the ban of the German magazine from 1942 in the Latin-script schools in a variant, the German Normal font was called ( proportions 2:3:2, tilt, oval shapes ), is introduced. In West and East German schools German handwriting was also taught in some cases until the 1980s after 1945 except the Latin script output.

Styles of writing

Outdoor advertising in Sütterlinschrift ( " drugstore Lütjens " )

Text with ball pointed pen

Combinations of letters

Latin alphabet, text with ball pointed pen

Latin alphabet, letter groups