Editing Cursive (section)

== German ==
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 | image1 = Deutsche Kurrentschrift.svg
 | alt1   = Alphabet sample of German "Kurrentschrift"
 | image2 = Vereinfachte Ausgangsschrift.png
 | alt2   = Alphabet sample of German "Vereinfachte Ausgangsschrift"
 | footer = {{lang|de|[[Kurrent]]}} (left, pre-19th century) and {{lang|de|[[Vereinfachte Ausgangsschrift]]}} (right, from 1969)
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Up to the 19th century, {{lang|de|[[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. A successor of {{lang|de|Kurrent}}, {{lang|de|[[Sütterlin]]}}, was widely used in the period 1911–1941 until the Nazi Party banned it and its printed equivalent {{lang|de|[[Fraktur]]}}. German speakers brought up with {{lang|de|Sütterlin}} continued to use it well into the post-war period.

Today, three different styles of cursive writing are taught in German schools, the {{ill|Lateinische Ausgangsschrift|de|Lateinische Ausgangsschrift|vertical-align=sup}} (introduced in 1953), the {{ill|Schulausgangsschrift|de|Schulausgangsschrift|vertical-align=sup}} (1968), and the {{lang|de|[[Vereinfachte Ausgangsschrift]]}} (1969).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grundschrift-schreibschrift.de|title=Grundschrift-Schreibschrift|work=grundschrift-schreibschrift.de}}</ref> The German National Primary Schoolteachers' Union has proposed replacing all three with {{lang|de|[[Grundschrift]]}}, a simplified form of non-cursive handwriting adopted by [[Hamburg]] schools.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/29/germany-teachers-handwriting-schools-schreibschrift |title=German teachers campaign to simplify handwriting in schools |first=Helen |last=Pidd |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 June 2011}}</ref>