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Barchowsky Fluent Handwriting (BFH) is a modern
teaching script A teaching script is a sample script that serves as a visual orientation for learning to write by hand. In the sense of a guideline or a prototype, it supports the demanding process of developing handwriting skills and abilities in a visual and i ...
for handwriting based on
Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern I ...
, developed in the late 20th century by Nan Jay Barchowsky in
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, US, with the aim of allowing learners to make an easier transition from
print writing Block letters (known as printscript, manuscript, print writing or ball and stick in academics) are a sans-serif (or "gothic") style of writing Latin script in which the letters are individual glyphs, with no joining. Elementary education in En ...
to cursive.


Characteristics

BFH is an
italic script Italic script, also known as chancery cursive and Italic hand, is a semi-cursive, slightly sloped style of handwriting and calligraphy that was developed during the Renaissance in Italy. It is one of the most popular styles used in contemporary ...
, similar to the Getty-Dubay Italic, where the letterforms of the print writing version taught to initial learners are very similar to the semi-connected cursive forms taught to intermediate learners. BFH is written with a
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of 80 degrees, measured counterclockwise from the baseline.


See also

*
Spencerian script Spencerian script is a script style based on Copperplate script that was used in the United States from approximately 1850 to 1925, and was considered the American ''de facto'' standard writing style for business correspondence prior to the wid ...
, a US teaching script * Palmer script, a US teaching script * D'Nealian script, a US teaching script * Zaner-Bloser script, a US teaching script * Getty-Dubay Italic script, a US teaching script * Regional handwriting variation


External links


BFH Handwriting
official site {{Typ-stub Penmanship