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Hi all, I have seen the occasional mentions on FPN of the pleasant cursive handwriting that used to be taught in the schools in France. I decided to try to find a book or guide to enable me to try to learn that cursive style, and recently found the following items on the website of the government of France. My first link is to the webpage on which can be found the download links, plus their copyright/usage rights notices. Clicky! My second link is to a document that was published in 2013 by the French Ministry of National Education. The document contains a discussion of the value of learning cursive handwriting, and then of two different models for handwriting. The ethos behind the design of each of the handwriting model alphabets is explained, and then full example alphabets of majuscules and minuscules are shown, plus the numbers. The two model alphabets are also displayed in ‘ornamented’ versions that contain extra flourishes. The 52-page PDF document also contains other links to other, similar resources. Link to PDF. Sets of fonts for the two different models (‘Écriture A’ & ‘Écriture B’) can also be downloaded from the links page (underneath the caption “Documents à télécharger”). The two fonts are provided in normal ‘Roman’ and in slanted ‘Italic’ versions, and with both varieties of each font also being available on a lined background. The website & the PDF file are, obviously, written in French, not in English. I resorted to using my usual online translation tool to decipher the sentences for which my exceedingly-rusty memory of my second-rate High School French was insufficient! 😉 Anyway, I hope that these items prove to be useful. Alors, salut maintenant!