Cursive

:For the musical band, see Cursive (band).

Victorian Modern Cursive

Victorian Modern Cursive was developed as a writing form to be taught in primary schools in the Australian state of Victoria, and first used in 1985. In addition to Victoria, it is used in Western Australia and to some extent in the rest of Australia. The most traditional of about six writing forms, specialized for either the left or right hand, it is based on French cursive handwriting, and therefore features a "p" and "b" with open bowls such that the letters look like "n" with a descender and "v" with an ascender, respectively, as well as an "x" formed from two semicircles. It differs particularly in its use of a block-letter "r", reduced loops and onsets, and slanted print-style capital letters similar to the "italic" schoolchildren's writing forms. The other writing forms do not have loops.

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Australian state - Western Australia

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More samples can be viewed at the Victorian Government's early years of schooling webpage.

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