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Skoropis′
Skoropis (russian: ско́ропись; uk, ско́ропис) is a type of Cyrillic handwriting that developed from in the second half of the 14th century and was used in particular in offices and private office work, from which a modern handwriting developed in the 19th century. Features It is characterized by a pronounced calligraphic character, roundness of letters, smoothness of their writing, a large number of strokes, ligatures and abbreviations. Usually it is small in lowercase and has long expressive elements with strokes as well as large capitals. Skoropis is difficult to adapt to typesetting due to the large number of strokes and ligatures. The cursive letters, partially connected with each other, differ from the letters of other types of writing by their light contours. Letters were largely elongated. In comparison with semi-ustav, cursive writing is marked by: * word abbreviations; * letters reaching to the top of the line; * omission of etymological -ъ and -ь ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Cursive
Russian cursive is a variant of the Russian alphabet used for writing by hand. It is typically referred to as ''(rússky) rukopísny shrift'', "(Russian) handwritten font". It is the handwritten form of the modern Russian Cyrillic script, used instead of the block letters seen in printed material. In addition, Russian italics for lowercase letters are often based on Russian cursive (such as lowercase , which resembles Latin ''m''). Most handwritten Russian, especially in personal letters and schoolwork, uses the cursive alphabet. In Russian schools most children are taught from first grade how to write with this script. History The Russian (and Cyrillic in general) cursive was developed during the 18th century on the base of the earlier Cyrillic tachygraphic writing (, '' skoropis'', "rapid or running script", which in turn was the 14th–17th chancery hand of the earlier Cyrillic bookhand scripts (called '' ustav'' and ''poluustav''). It became the handwritten counterpart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
