Sütterlin
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{{Infobox Writing system
|name = Latin script (Sütterlin subvariant)
|type = [[Alphabet]]
|time = 1915–1970s
|languages = [[German language|German]]
|fam1 = [[Blackletter|Latin script (Blackletter variant)]]
|fam2 = [[Fraktur (typeface sub-classification)|Latin script (Fraktur variant)]]
|fam3 = [[Kurrent|Latin (Kurrent subvariant)]]
|sample = Sütterlinschrift.png
|imagesize = 250px
|iso15924 = Latf
}}
'''Sütterlinschrift''' (Sütterlin script), or '''Sütterlin''' for short, is the last widely used form of the old [[Kurrent|German blackletter handwriting]] ("Spitzschrift"). In Germany, the old German cursive script developed in the 16th century is also sometimes called [[Fraktur (typeface sub-classification)|Fraktur]]. Some people refer to the script as Sütterlin, although it was in use centuries before graphic artist [[Ludwig Sütterlin]] (1865–1917) was born. The beautiful version that Sütterlin developed was taught in German schools from 1935 to 1941. Sütterlin was designed by and named after Ludwig Sütterlin, a [[Germany|German]] graphical designer and teacher who was commissioned to do so by the [[Prussia]]n ministry for culture in 1911. The word '''Sütterlin''' is nowadays often used to refer to all varieties of Old German handwriting.
==History==
Sütterlin was introduced in [[Prussia]] in 1915, and from the 1920s onwards began to replace the relatively similar old German handwriting in schools. In 1935 it officially became part of the curriculum as an "Aryan script".
When the [[Nazism|Nazis]] conquered much of Europe, they found that commands in the local language could not be understood when written in Sütterlin, so, in 1941, like all [[blackletter]] typefaces, it was officially banned from use. However, many German speakers brought up with this writing system continued to use it well into the post-war period.
Sütterlin was taught in some German, especially Bavarian, schools until the 1970s, but no longer as the primary script.
==Characteristics==
The Sütterlin lower-case 'e' resembles two slanted bars, in which the origin of the [[Umlaut (diacritic)|umlaut]] [[diacritic]] from a small 'e' written above the modified vowel can be seen.
Sütterlin is based on the old German handwriting, which is a handwriting form of the [[Blackletter]] scripts such as [[fraktur (typeface)|Fraktur]] or [[Schwabacher]], the German print scripts which were used during the same time.
It also had the [[long s|long s (ſ)]], as well as several standard [[ligature (typography)|ligatures]] such as {{unicode|ff}} (f-f), {{unicode|ſt}} (ſ-t), {{unicode|st}} (s-t), and of course [[ß]] (ſ-z or ſ-s).
For most people outside of Germany, as well as younger Germans, Sütterlin is nearly illegible — even more so than [[fraktur (typeface)|Fraktur]] printing. Sütterlin letters are still sometimes used for [[mathematics|mathematical]] symbols which would use Fraktur letters in print. The Sütterlin lower-case D is used in proof-reading for delete and stands for Latin deleatur - it shall be deleted.
== Overview of the letters ==
[[Image:Sütterlin letter A.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter B.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter C.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter D.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter E.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter F.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter G.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter H.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter I.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter J.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter K.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter L.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter M.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter N.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter O.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter P.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter Q.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter R.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter S.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter Eszett.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter T.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter U.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter V.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter W.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter X.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter Y.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter Z.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter A-umlaut.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter O-umlaut.png]][[Image:Sütterlin letter U-umlaut.png]]
[[Image:Sütterlin numerals.png]]
==Examples==
<gallery>
Image:ArreststubeNr1K.JPG|In [[Erfurt]] 2004 (Fortress Petersberg): "Arreststube Nr. 1" - "lock-up room No. 1" - Notice the long s's.
Image:Offizierswache1K.JPG|"Offizierswache", "Officers' guardroom" - Notice the round s at the end of the first syllable.
Image:Grenadierwache1K.JPG|"Grenadierwache", "Grenadiers' guardroom"
Image:450px-Brühl ZuckerM.jpg|"An Zucker sparen, grundverkehrt! Der Körper braucht ihn, Zucker nährt!" - "To skimp on sugar - fundamentally wrong! Your body needs it, sugar is nourishing!" [[Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia|Brühl]], [[Rhineland]]
</gallery>
==See also==
* [[Kurrent]]
==External links==
{{Commons|Sütterlin|Sütterlin}}
* [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/german.htm#suetterlin The Sütterlin script at Omniglot]
* [http://csumc.wisc.edu/mki/Resources/Suetterlin/sutterl.html Freeware Sütterlin font], from Prof Don Becker of the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]. This is the [[typeface|font]] used to set the sample characters at [[:commons:Sütterlin]]
* [http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Englisch/Sutterlin.htm Learn Sütterlin], a lesson, with sample texts
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