Re: Hebrew handwriting

On Aug 14, 2004, at 11:18 AM, David H wrote:
> Hi, I have recently been trying to learn the Hebrew cursive
> (handwritten
> script) and I was wondering if anyone knows where I could find some
> examples of it. Also, khet and tet seem to look very similar in the
> cursive form...but maybe that's just because I'm not used to it.
> Thanks
http://boroparkpyro.free.fr/stuff/hebrew.pdf
I just put up there a PDF chart of Hebrew script style, made out of a
few handwriting-looking fonts i have.
Some things to notice:
ALEF: variable hight of the straight element
BET: two styles, one with an upwards lower spike, one with a leftwards
one.
GIMEL: sometimes extends below the baseline
DALED: sometimes, the end curves forwards so much it looks like a
miniature tzadi
ZAYIN: sometimes extends below the baseline
HHET: looks like Latin |n|
TET: should not look like hhet, usually left end is tall
NUN: sometimes non-final nun extends below the baseline
PEI: notice the two main styles of final pei
TZADI: usually tall
QUF: can sometimes look exactly like final kaf


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