![old german script at a book page](https://i0.wp.com/altdeutsche-schrift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/altdeutsche-Schriftseite-scaled-e1585172188702.jpg?resize=700%2C190&ssl=1)
Old German Font Types
The Old German script includes various fonts. These developed from the early Middle Ages to modern times. I would like to show you some typical old German print and writing scripts here.
![old German typography](https://i0.wp.com/altdeutsche-schrift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/altdeutsche-druckschrift.gif?resize=488%2C46&ssl=1)
![old German typography 2](https://i0.wp.com/altdeutsche-schrift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/altdeutsche-druckschrift-2.gif?resize=488%2C46&ssl=1)
![old German typography 3](https://i0.wp.com/altdeutsche-schrift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/altdeutsche-druckschrift-3.gif?resize=488%2C46&ssl=1)
![old German handwriting 1](https://i0.wp.com/altdeutsche-schrift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/altdeutsche-handschrift-1.gif?resize=488%2C58&ssl=1)
![Old German script Limp](https://i0.wp.com/altdeutsche-schrift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/altdeutsche-schrift-limp.gif?resize=488%2C52&ssl=1)
![old German script Verde](https://i0.wp.com/altdeutsche-schrift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/altdeutsche-schrift-verde.gif?resize=488%2C46&ssl=1)
![old German handwriting 6](https://i0.wp.com/altdeutsche-schrift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/altdeutsche-handschrift-6.gif?resize=488%2C46&ssl=1)
![old German running script](https://i0.wp.com/altdeutsche-schrift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/deutsche-kurrent-schrift-alt.gif?resize=488%2C48&ssl=1)
![Old German running script around 1800](https://i0.wp.com/altdeutsche-schrift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/altdeutsche-schrift-kurrent-um-1800.gif?resize=488%2C52&ssl=1)
![old German handwriting around 1900](https://i0.wp.com/altdeutsche-schrift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/altdeutsche-schrift-um-1900.gif?resize=488%2C46&ssl=1)
![old German Sütterlin script](https://i0.wp.com/altdeutsche-schrift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/altdeutsche-schrift-suetterlin.gif?resize=488%2C46&ssl=1)
The Sütterlin script and the Sütterlin alphabet
The last example in the list above shows the Sütterlin script. It was developed by Ludwig Sütterlin in 1911 and taught at school as a German script until 1941. Even today many great-grandparents and grandparents can still read this script. Below you see the Sütterlin alphabet:
![Suetterlin-Alphabet in upper and lower case](https://i0.wp.com/altdeutsche-schrift.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/suetterlin-alphabet-2.gif?resize=504%2C345&ssl=1)