Author Topic: Nordic letters - ÆæØøÅå  (Read 2461 times)

Offline Vlatorn

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Nordic letters - ÆæØøÅå
« on: March 28, 2018, 04:26:02 PM »
Hi @Salman Khattak (and others)

Since I’m from Denmark my alphabet includes no less than 3 extra letters namely Æ æ, Ø ø, and Å å. I would really appreciate suggestions for these as I’m having trouble finding exemplars.
When I was in school and learned cursive, we were taught that the ø would simply be an o with a vertical dash floating above.
I’m not finding that particularly elegant, and the letters are very common in Danish. Perhaps the forum has some ideas for variations?


Typical names:  Søren, Mø, Jørgen, Kåre
Ususally letters or invites begin with ‘Dear Norma’ which is ‘Kære Norma’
Loads of addresses includes all three: Nørrestræde 31, 8210 Ålborg
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Offline Salman Khattak

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Re: Nordic letters - ÆæØøÅå
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2018, 05:04:21 PM »
@Estefa and @jeanwilson might be able to help here. Other than the occasional 'strasse', I have not had to deal with any Europe specific letters.

I am curious though and will look it up and share what I find :-)

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Re: Nordic letters - ÆæØøÅå
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2018, 01:14:48 AM »
Since Iceland is part of the Nordic region would this be useful?  Bendikt Grondal 's Handwriting Models An Icelandic manual 1883.  I think Gothic and Italic hand is more suited for Nordic writing?
 
Below are the exemplars.
1st Sample: Jón Þórarinsson: Skrifbók með forskriftum, 1. hefti. Reykjavík 1896
2nd Sample: Benedikt Gröndal 1883
3rd Sample: Almanak Hins íslenzka þjóðvinafélags, Copenhagen 1877
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Re: Nordic letters - ÆæØøÅå
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2018, 05:38:08 AM »
Thanks for your trust, @Salman Khattak, sadly I have never written any Danish letters ;)!
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