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{{Germany-sidebar}} | ''[[Germany Genealogy|Germany]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Handwriting''' {{Germany-sidebar}} | ||
=== Handwriting Examples and Tools === | === Handwriting Examples and Tools === | ||
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Sütterlin or Suetterlin writing ("old German hand") is a practiced style of writing similar to earlier styles. This is a script, created by the Berlin graphic artist Ludwig Sütterlin (1865-1917), which was taught from 1915 to 1941 in German schools. It is also called the "deutsche Schrift". The website [http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Englisch/Sutterlin.htm suetterlinschrift.de] allows you to type any word and see what it would look like in that script. This is a very useful learning tool. [http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Lese/Kanzlei1.htm This comparison page] for the alphabet gives multiple examples of each letter.<br> | Sütterlin or Suetterlin writing ("old German hand") is a practiced style of writing similar to earlier styles. This is a script, created by the Berlin graphic artist Ludwig Sütterlin (1865-1917), which was taught from 1915 to 1941 in German schools. It is also called the "deutsche Schrift". The website [http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Englisch/Sutterlin.htm suetterlinschrift.de] allows you to type any word and see what it would look like in that script. This is a very useful learning tool. [http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Lese/Kanzlei1.htm This comparison page] for the alphabet gives multiple examples of each letter.<br> | ||
==== '''Script Generator Tool''' ==== | |||
==== '''Script Generator Tool''' | |||
See your family names in the script of the era. Type your name or other word into the font generator tool using "[http://altdeutsche-schrift.de/adsschreiben.php#schrifftfeld alte deutsche Handschriften]" website. Click on the 8 different fonts. Save the image to your computer and use it as you work with old Germanic records.<br> | See your family names in the script of the era. Type your name or other word into the font generator tool using "[http://altdeutsche-schrift.de/adsschreiben.php#schrifftfeld alte deutsche Handschriften]" website. Click on the 8 different fonts. Save the image to your computer and use it as you work with old Germanic records.<br> | ||
==== Tutorials and Classes ==== | ==== Tutorials and Classes ==== | ||