Sütterlin
Sütterlin is the version of Kurrent that Ludwig Sütterlin designed for schoolchildren, introduced in Prussia in 1915 and abolished with the rest of the German hands in 1941. It is upright and rounder than older Kurrent, so a document in it can usually be dated to a narrow window.
- Taught in schools 1915 — 1941 only
- Upright, where older Kurrent slants
- Same letters as Kurrent, simpler strokes
Sütterlinschrift
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Why it looks like that
Sütterlin was commissioned by the Prussian education ministry as a teaching hand and spread through German schools from 1915. Because it was taught for barely a quarter-century before the 1941 decree, it is a useful dating signal: a writer trained in Sütterlin was at school within that window.
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