Grundschrift

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Latin script (Sütterlin subvariant)
Hamburger Druckschrift ab 2011.jpg
Hamburg's block letters.
Script type
Period
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Languages German
ISO 15924
ISO 15924 Latf(217),​Latin (Fraktur variant)
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Grundschrift (basic handwriting, literally ground script) is a simplified form of handwriting adopted by Hamburg schools, and it is currently endorsed by the German National Primary Schoolteachers' Union. [1]

If nationally adopted, it would replace the three different German cursives currently being taught in schools: the Lateinische Ausgangsschrift (introduced in 1953), the Schulausgangsschrift (1968), and the Vereinfachte Ausgangsschrift (1969), providing a standardized system of handwriting in German school systems. [2]

Grundschrift letters are written separately as block letters as opposed to cursive script, in which letters are conjoined together in a flowing motion.

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Guardian - German teachers campaign to simplify handwriting in schools
  2. ↑ "Grundschrift - Schreibschrift: Verlust oder Gewinn?". Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
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