Huh, I’m today learning calligraphy and cursive not synonyms
Though we don’t really use the word cursive in the UK, we just call it handwriting or the slightly awkward “joined-up handwriting” if you need to be specific, though that’s pretty much only with kids learning to write
Calligraphy just kind of means “pretty writing”, it’s not bound to a specific style. Edward Johnston used the term “penmanship” more often. Cursive means that the letters are formed in a “running” way, as opposed to the many times you have to lift the nib in some other styles.
Even the romans had a cursive form of the letters we now refer to as “capitals” or “upper case”.
Huh, I’m today learning calligraphy and cursive not synonyms
Though we don’t really use the word cursive in the UK, we just call it handwriting or the slightly awkward “joined-up handwriting” if you need to be specific, though that’s pretty much only with kids learning to write
Calligraphy just kind of means “pretty writing”, it’s not bound to a specific style. Edward Johnston used the term “penmanship” more often. Cursive means that the letters are formed in a “running” way, as opposed to the many times you have to lift the nib in some other styles. Even the romans had a cursive form of the letters we now refer to as “capitals” or “upper case”.
In german its easier
“schreibschrift” (writefont) = handwritten joined letter where you seldom lift the pen
“Druckschrift” (printfont) = singular letters (handwritten and printed)
“Kallgrafie” (calligraphy)= particularly nice font (mostly reffering to handwritten joined letters
“Kursiv” (cursive) = angled petters like this (engl. Italic)