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Up to the 19th century, Kurrent (also known as German cursive) was used in German-language longhand. Kurrent was not used exclusively, but rather in parallel to modern cursive (which is the same as English cursive). Writers used both cursive styles: location, contents and context of the text determined which style to use.
The Shaw Alphabet Edition of Androcles and the Lion, 1962.Paperback cover design by Germano Facetti. The Shavian alphabet (/ ˈ ʃ eɪ v i ə n / SHAY-vee-ən; [1] also known as the Shaw alphabet) is a constructed alphabet conceived as a way to provide simple, phonemic orthography for the English language to replace the inefficiencies and difficulties of conventional spelling using the Latin ...
The uppercase letter S: In Japan, this letter is often written with a single serif added to the end of the stroke. The uppercase letter Z : This letter is usually written with three strokes. In parts of Europe such as Italy, Germany and Spain, it is commonly written with a short horizontal crossbar added through the middle.
Writing systems are used to record human language, and may be classified according to certain common features. The usual name of the script is given first; the name of the languages in which the script is written follows (in brackets), particularly in the case where the language name differs from the script name. Other informative or qualifying ...
For broader coverage of this topic, see Writing. A writing system comprises a set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which the script represents a particular language. The earliest writing was invented during the late 4th millennium BC. Throughout history, each writing system invented without prior knowledge of writing gradually evolved from a system of proto-writing that ...
Starting this year, California grade school students are required to learn cursive handwriting, after the skill had fallen out of fashion in the computer age. Assembly Bill 446, sponsored by ...
“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. What’s happening. For Americans over a certain age, the idea of not learning cursive in school is close to ...
Capital yogh (left), lowercase yogh (right) In Modern English yogh is pronounced / j ɒ ɡ /, / j ɒ x / using short o [2] or / j oʊ ɡ /, / j oʊ k /, / j oʊ x /, using long o. [3]It stood for / ɡ / and its various allophones—including [ɡ] and the voiced velar fricative [ɣ] —as well as the phoneme / j / ( y in modern English orthography).