German cursive

[Hans-Peter Ording]

Hi everyone,

 

time for another sample of the old German cursive.

Some of you might remember that I included a sample of my handwriting when I introduced myself back in January 07. I wanted to show you more, so today I went to the local university to find a scanner. This is the result. You might notice some similarity to Gauss's scribblings.

 

The last line reads The quick brown dog jumps over the lazy foxes.

 

The text was written with the light blue Waterman Kultur that I got from our French pen seller a few months ago.

Nib size: F

Ink: Pelikan Brilliant Brown (the ink looks more orange on my screen than on the paper)

Paper: Zanders Gohrsmuehle 80 g/m², matt, watermarked (my favourite paper for writing letters)

 

I'm looking forward to your comments.

 

Just in case that someone can really read the first part: it is a political song of a German cabaret artist.

 

Best regards

Hans-Peter

[ArtsyWright]

That's really interesting! I can't read german, so I'm mainly studying the english part, but there're are some unique parts that amuse me, specifically the "u," "s," and the "th." I always love a good "obscure-ish looking" cursive.

 

edit: added "s" to the comment

Edited January 22, 2008 by ArtsyWright

[Harold Valorum]

I can read, write, speak, think German. But this cursive writing is a mystery to me, too. "Neulich, als ich nachts ... , lag ich unterm Pflaumenbaum" is the first line I think. With a little help from my grandma. ^^ It's easy to imagine, why we use much easier cursive scripts today. But after all, it's a question of practice to read it.

 

 

- Harold

[Pengrump]

I haven't seen this kind of Schrift since my last letter from an elderly friend from Basel back in the early 1970s! I am very happy and rather touched to see it again, even though I was better at reading it all those years ago than I am now. She was a very fine lady and a very kind friend to the young person I was then, traveling in the German-speaking parts of Europe.

[Lozzic]

That is very nice handwriting, I don't speak German unfortunately, though I wish I could.

 

I can read, write, speak, think German. But this cursive writing is a mystery to me, too. "Neulich, als ich nachts ... , lag ich unterm Pflaumenbaum" is the first line I think. With a little help from my grandma. ^^ It's easy to imagine, why we use much easier cursive scripts today. But after all, it's a question of practice to read it.

 

 

- Harold

 

It is interesting you should say that since during the war this script was banned (1941) for it's illegibility. It was considered inadequate for clearly understandable correspondence in the military especially for correspondence to and within countries outside of Germany itself (countries under occupation).

Edited January 22, 2008 by Lozzic

[Hans-Peter Ording]

Nice to see that there are still people around who associate something with this script. Thanks for your comments.

 

I write like that in my journal, btw.