{"id":595,"date":"2016-02-06T18:54:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T17:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=595"},"modified":"2026-01-25T13:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T12:15:12","slug":"gothinc-handwriting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/gothinc-handwriting-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gothic handwriting &#8211; 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/gothic-handwriting\/\">In the last &#8220;installment&#8221; of this &#8220;study&#8221;<\/a> I promised to be back with more. In this post, I focus particularly on Gothic handwriting and my attempts to recognize the letters. I have gone through some records from the early 1700s and tried to identify the letters there.<!--more--> As we see, the letters are much more difficult to read than in the illustration I shared in the first installment.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"596\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/gothinc-handwriting-2\/gotisk-alfabet\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gotisk-alfabet.jpg?fit=800%2C2760&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,2760\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gotisk alfabet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gotisk-alfabet.jpg?fit=297%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-596\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gotisk-alfabet.jpg?resize=749%2C2584&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gotisk alfabet\" width=\"749\" height=\"2584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gotisk-alfabet.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gotisk-alfabet.jpg?resize=87%2C300&amp;ssl=1 87w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gotisk-alfabet.jpg?resize=768%2C2650&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Gotisk-alfabet.jpg?resize=297%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, for some of the letters I have added different versions. 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