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Germanic script
Posted by alphapeta in
25 Feb 2013 — 10:03am
25 Feb 2013 — 10:03am
Hi, wondered if anybody could give any information on this piece of lettering.
It's German — 19/20th century. I'm sure somebody could enlighten me
and perhaps point me in the direction of some accurate digital specimens?
Many thanks
Pete
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25 Feb 2013 — 11:27am
The lettering is essentially German handwriting, so there may not be an original typeface upon which it was based…
26 Feb 2013 — 1:29am
Key word is Kurrent, sometimes also named with the improper term as Sütterlin.
26 Feb 2013 — 1:30am
Ah, that's great. Thank you Renko.
26 Feb 2013 — 1:33am
The image spells »Städtisches Kinderheim«, which means »Urban childrens home« if I’m not mistaken.
26 Feb 2013 — 1:38am
Ah, ok that's perfect. It's the basis for a new logo for a well-known brand.
26 Feb 2013 — 6:36am
The above photo is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurrent
Sütterlin fonts are available, for example, from here:
http://www.suetterlinschrift.de/Lese/Sutterlin0.htm
26 Feb 2013 — 10:30am
I’ll also point out our Flickr group with some interesting Kurrent samples:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/kurrentschrift/
27 Feb 2013 — 6:06am
Hi—
Thanks—I found all of this already. Thanks anwyay.