Kurrent
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[[Image:Kant deutsche Kurrent.png|thumb|right|Sample of German ''kurrent'' handwriting]]
'''Kurrent''' is an old form of [[Germany|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.
== External links ==
* [http://www.kurrent.de/_html/schreibschrift.htm German handwriting Schrift] (deutsch) Overview about the writing of Kurrent. <br />
* [http://www.altearmee.de/unkurr31.zip The typeface used to set the example text above]<br /> ["damaged file"]
* [http://www.bryld.info/filer/manugot19.ttf Another version, by Lars Erik Bryld, called Manu Gothica]<br />
* [http://www.altearmee.de/suett.zip The newest form of German-style handwriting, called Sutterlin]<br />
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[[Category:Blackletter]]
[[Category:Palaeography]]
[[Category:Penmanship]]
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