Grundschrift
Appearance
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Grundschrift (base font, 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Guardian - German teachers campaign to simplify handwriting in schools
- ^ "Grundschrift - Schreibschrift: Verlust oder Gewinn?". Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2014-01-23.