German Cursive (Was Aramaic, Samaritan, Phoenician)

From: Karljürgen Feuerherm (cuneiform@rogers.com)
Date: Tue Jul 15 2003 - 17:43:40 EDT

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    I remember hearing the script called something like 'Sutterlin'--have never
    seen it written so no idea how it is spelled... Anyone happen to know?

    > > Is that the script where minimum comes out looking like:
    > >
    > > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
    > >
    > > (Ie, m => /\/\/\, n => /\/\, u => /\/\, i => /\ ?)
    > >
    > > NB how the i is dotless. (I can just see the [useless] debate
    > > of whether that should then be encoded as U+0069 or U+0131. :)
    >
    > No. There must be a kind of `dot' for the i and a kind of `breve'
    > sign above the u. Additionally, the connecting lines between the
    > characters are wider, something like
    >
    > / / \/
    >
    > /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /| /|
    > |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/ |/
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    > Werner
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