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RE: `German handwriting`.......
Posted by:
Frank
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Date: August 17, 2001 09:02AM
<HTML>Hi again -
And many thanks to those who have replied.
Io - No, despite learning German (in England) in the `50s and `60s, and being aware that printed Gothic existed, I have never encountered written Gothic until recently. It certainly wasn`t touched on at school as part of our German course; (nor indeed was the reading of printed Gothic). Clearly an omission; it obviously has been in other countries !
Rainer - Thanks for that. I was aware that Gothic script had existed for centuries, (as viz. old Bibles) but had wondered whether it had been consciously revived under N.S. as a symbolic cultural differentiation. Clearly not !
Walter - I absolutely agree on the elegance of the script, as against modern Roman. And I`d be all in favour of a return to the inkpot. When I was at school ball points were completely outlawed in favour of dip-pens and, when a bit older, fountain pens. It definitely improves the writing !
MPC - I`d also be interested to know what script the day-to-day logs were written in. I was surprised to find the `official` KTBs (handed in at the end of the patrol) typed very neatly in Roman type, despite Gothic headings to the columns (which I confess I found impossible to read without a key.) I understand (from helpful replies through this forum a while back ) that the Radio Operator typed them up during leisure moments; but that of course presupposes handwritten accounts for him to type from. I have never seen any logs other than the `official` sort. Has anyone else ?
(BTW, I wonder whether there were such things as Gothic typewriters ?)
Ah well, I shall continue to do battle with my wartime `postcards home`. I must say, I does get easier - gradually !
Thanks again -
Yours aye
Frank
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And many thanks to those who have replied.
Io - No, despite learning German (in England) in the `50s and `60s, and being aware that printed Gothic existed, I have never encountered written Gothic until recently. It certainly wasn`t touched on at school as part of our German course; (nor indeed was the reading of printed Gothic). Clearly an omission; it obviously has been in other countries !
Rainer - Thanks for that. I was aware that Gothic script had existed for centuries, (as viz. old Bibles) but had wondered whether it had been consciously revived under N.S. as a symbolic cultural differentiation. Clearly not !
Walter - I absolutely agree on the elegance of the script, as against modern Roman. And I`d be all in favour of a return to the inkpot. When I was at school ball points were completely outlawed in favour of dip-pens and, when a bit older, fountain pens. It definitely improves the writing !
MPC - I`d also be interested to know what script the day-to-day logs were written in. I was surprised to find the `official` KTBs (handed in at the end of the patrol) typed very neatly in Roman type, despite Gothic headings to the columns (which I confess I found impossible to read without a key.) I understand (from helpful replies through this forum a while back ) that the Radio Operator typed them up during leisure moments; but that of course presupposes handwritten accounts for him to type from. I have never seen any logs other than the `official` sort. Has anyone else ?
(BTW, I wonder whether there were such things as Gothic typewriters ?)
Ah well, I shall continue to do battle with my wartime `postcards home`. I must say, I does get easier - gradually !
Thanks again -
Yours aye
Frank
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