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Old 03-04-2008, 12:43 AM
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Hello everyone, Im new here

At college we are working on a typography project
And My group chose the theme "cursives"

So we're all researching 'bout cursives all over the place..

what I found so far is that "cursives" are usually referred to as "scripts"
From what I read there realy is no "cursive" in typography. Cursive really reffers to our actual handwriting...

...ANYWAY...

What I really wanted to find is some type of diagram of the script typeface's anatomy.
I've see all over the place diagrams such as this:
Anatomy of a Character - Fonts.com

but I never saw a diagram for the scripts...

so my questions is.....

Do scripts follow a particular structure? If so where can I find it?

thank you very much in advance!!

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Old 03-04-2008, 07:41 AM
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They don't follow a set stucture as most are based around freeform Calligraphy

Calligraphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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That's true. Of course, you're touching on the way you learn to write letters, how you are taught to join up your writing. There is a 'set' way of doing this that means certain letters don't join to each other.

Of course, for anyone who has ever seen my handwriting, you'll know I flout this totally and therefore people think my handwriting could be a serial killer's; not one letter is drawn the same.
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Thanks so much emilee and zumojuice!!
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That's true. Of course, you're touching on the way you learn to write letters, how you are taught to join up your writing. There is a 'set' way of doing this that means certain letters don't join to each other.

Of course, for anyone who has ever seen my handwriting, you'll know I flout this totally and therefore people think my handwriting could be a serial killer's; not one letter is drawn the same.
It might be a bit off topic, but i just thought i'd throw it out there that handwriting analysis to determine a person's personality type has been debunked. It doesn't actually work.
So if you ARE a serial killer, you won't be caught that way :P
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