Irish cursive writing

[mhwombat]

This an old handout on how Irish cursive writing was done, back when they used the old style of printing and before the spelling reform. I thought it might be of interest to people here:

 

http://www.nualeargais.ie/foghlaim/IrishCursive.pdf

 

Note the unusual form of the g (which looks a bit like a 5) and the d (which people often mistake for an 'o'). The t recognisable, but looks more like a Greek tau. The t, a, and s are connected differently than in most English handwriting.

 

Here's the printed font, for comparison:

http://www.nualeargais.ie/foghlaim/seanchlo.php?teanga=

[islandlife]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting.

[SeanL]

Great timing! I've been looking for this. I discover this forum, register, and wham! There it is, having been posted just a few days before. Thanks.

[Italicist]

My goodness, Insular Miniscule still lives! I'm embarrassed that I was ignorant of this until now.

[Ondina]

Thanks for posting it, very interesting links.