Learn the difference between handwritten and printed Hebrew
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| Hi everybody! Yana here. Welcome to Ask a Teacher where I’ll answer some of your most common Hebrew questions. |
| The question for this lesson is… |
| What is the difference between handwritten and printed Hebrew? |
| You may be familiar with printed Hebrew from books, magazines, or newspapers. |
| But if you've ever gotten a handwritten note from your Hebrew-speaking friend, colleague, or loved one, you may have thought their Hebrew looked really different! |
| This is because, just as English has handwritten and cursive letters that differ from their print forms, Hebrew has its own separate systems for writing by hand and for printing. |
| The print version is sometimes called Assyrian script, square script, or block print. These letters have a kind of square, angular shape with sharp edges. |
| For example |
| היום למדתי משהו חדש |
| Handwritten script is much curvier, and flows more easily when written with a pen or a pencil on a piece of paper. |
| For example |
| :) |
| Please note, though, that handwritten Hebrew letters do not join the way cursive does in English. |
| Check out our writing series, the Hebrew Alphabet Made Easy, for more information. There, I teach you how to create both block and handwritten versions of each and every letter! |
| How was it? Pretty interesting right? |
| Do you have any more questions? Leave them in the comments below and I’ll try to answer them! |
| lehitraot! |
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