Sütterlin

Latin script (Sütterlin subvariant)
Sample of Sütterlin
Script type	Alphabet
Period	1915–1970s
Languages	German
Related scripts
Parent systems	Latin script (Blackletter variant) Latin script (Fraktur variant) Latin (Kurrent subvariant) Latin script (Sütterlin subvariant)
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Latf (217), ​Latin (Fraktur variant)

Sütterlinschrift (German pronunciation: [ˈzʏtɐliːnˌʃʁɪft], 'Sütterlin script') is the last widely used form of Kurrent, the historical form of German handwriting script that evolved alongside German blackletter (most notably Fraktur) typefaces. Graphic artist Ludwig Sütterlin was commissioned by the Prussian Ministry of Science, Art and Education (Preußisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung) to create a modern handwriting script in 1911. His handwriting scheme gradually replaced the older cursive scripts that had developed in the 16th century at the same time that letters in books had developed into Fraktur. The name Sütterlin is nowadays often used to refer to several similar varieties of old German handwriting, but Sütterlin's own script was taught only from 1915 to 1941 in all German schools.

History

The ministry had asked for "modern" handwriting scripts to be used in offices and to be taught in school. Sütterlin created two scripts in parallel with the two typefaces that were in use (see Antiqua–Fraktur dispute). The Sütterlin scripts were introduced in Prussia in 1915, and from the 1920s onwards, they began to replace the relatively similar old German handwriting (Kurrent) in schools. In 1935, the Sütterlin style officially became the only German script taught in schools.

Use in Pantonia

Sütterlin was widely used in Hesterfeld from the 50s-60s. Many letters have been recovered which were written in Sütterlin.