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  2. Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives ...

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    If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority ...

  3. Cursive - Wikipedia

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    The individuality of the provenance of a document (see Signature) was a factor also, as opposed to machine font. [6] Cursive was also favoured because the writing tool was rarely taken off the paper. The term cursive derives from Middle French cursif from Medieval Latin cursivus, which literally means 'running'.

  4. Secretary hand - Wikipedia

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    Chancery hand – Any of several styles of historic handwriting (used in the records of the Court of Common Pleas) Court hand – Style of handwriting used in medieval English law courts (also known as law hand, Anglicana, cursiva antiquior, or charter hand) Cursive – Style of penmanship

  5. History of Western typography - Wikipedia

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    Comp.fonts FAQ: General Info Section four of six of the newsgroup FAQ; Twenty Faces; Planet typography A magazine on contemporary typography + a directory, a manual and other topics related to typography; The Printed Book Archived 2008-10-18 at the Wayback Machine; ABC typography. A virtual type museum "A brief history of the Fell Types". Igino ...

  6. Kurrent - Wikipedia

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    Kurrent (German: [kʊˈʁɛnt]) is an old form of German-language handwriting based on late medieval cursive writing, also known as Kurrentschrift ("cursive script"), deutsche Schrift ("German script"), and German cursive. Over the history of its use into the first part of the 20th century, many individual letters acquired variant forms.

  7. Chancery hand - Wikipedia

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    English chancery hand. Facsimile letter from Henry V of England, 1418.. The term "chancery hand" can refer to either of two distinct styles of historical handwriting.A chancery hand was at first a form of handwriting for business transactions that developed in the Lateran chancery (the Cancelleria Apostolica) of the 13th century, then spread to France, notably through the Avignon Papacy, and ...

  8. Learning cursive in school, long scorned as obsolete, is now ...

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    Teaching of cursive writing returns after falling to the wayside amid revised learning standards and emphasis on keyboarding. Backers say it promotes learning.

  9. Script typeface - Wikipedia

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    Script typefaces have evolved rapidly in the second half of the 20th century due to developments in technology and the end of widespread use of metal type. Historically, most signwriting on logos, displays and shop frontages did not use fonts but was rather custom-designed lettering created by signpainters and engravers.

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