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Prima — An innovative type, designed for learning to read and write
Titus Nemeth; Martin Tiefenthaler
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Abstract. This paper is as much a history of Austrian handwriting models as an account of the making of Primæ, an innovative new type designed for learning to read and write. It situates the narrative of this contemporary applied design project against an historical overview of writing instruction in Austria, identifying key factors in the evolution of a national handwriting model. It demonstrates the pronounced formal continuities that span the last 100 years of teaching writing in primary school, and lays out rationale, approach, and outcomes of the last handwriting instruction reform—effected between 1984 and 1995—that was sanctioned by the Ministry of Education. It casts a critical light on the implementation of the resulting national handwriting model ‘Österreichische Schulschrift 1995’ and highlights its strategic shortcomings.
The paper then presents the making of Primæ, summarising conceptual approach, resulting design principles, and technical implementation. In this account, recurring arguments of academic discourse about methodological differences are cross referenced with the formal solutions proposed in Primæ. The paper demonstrates how the relationship of disconnected writing and connected writing was achieved and how it facilitates the incremental learning of writing styles. It emphasises the importance of design and technical skills for the making of a handwriting model used in education and shows solutions to the redundant problems found in inadequately made fonts. It argues for a comprehensive characterset for the sake of linguistic inclusion in the classroom, a systematically neglected aspect in national handwriting fonts. In conclusion, the paper argues for increased sensitivity to form and craftsmanship in handwriting education, as the acute attention children give to examples merits nothing less than our very best design efforts.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36824/2024-graf-neme


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@BOOK{loew1913gebrechen,
   AUTHOR = {Loew, Theodor},
   TITLE = {Gebrechen unseres Schulschreibsystems und ihre Herkunft mit Vorschlägen zur Abhilfe},
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   YEAR = {1913},
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@ARTICLE{longcamp2005influence,
   AUTHOR = {Longcamp, Marieke and Zerbato-Poudou, Marie-Thérèse and Velay, Jean-Luc},
   TITLE = {The Influence of Writing Practice on Letter Recognition in Preschool Children: A Comparison between Handwriting and Typing},
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@ARTICLE{mangen2018modes,
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   TITLE = {Modes of Writing in a Digital Age: The Good, the Bad and the Unknown},
   JOURNAL = {First Monday},
   YEAR = {2018},
   VOLUME = {23},
   NUMBER = {10},
   URL = {https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/9419},
}

@MISC{mangen2019stavanger,
   AUTHOR = {Mangen, Anne and van der Weel, Adriaan and Kovac, Miha},
   TITLE = {The Stavanger Declaration on the Future of Reading: Press Release: The New Importance of Reading},
   YEAR = {2019},
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}

@ARTICLE{marquardt2016handwriting,
   AUTHOR = {Marquardt, Christian and Diaz Meyer, Marianela and Schneider, Manuela and Hilgemann, René},
   TITLE = {Learning Handwriting at School -- A Teachers' Survey on Actual Problems and Future Options},
   JOURNAL = {Trends in Neuroscience and Education},
   YEAR = {2016},
   VOLUME = {5},
   NUMBER = {3},
   PAGES = {82--89},
   NOTE = {Writing in the digital age},
}

@BOOK{mcnamara2007reading,
   EDITOR = {McNamara, Danielle S.},
   TITLE = {Reading Comprehension Strategies: Theories, Interventions, and Technologies},
   ADDRESS = {New York},
   YEAR = {2007},
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@ARTICLE{vandermeer2017fingers,
   AUTHOR = {van der Meer, Audrey L. H. and van der Weel, F. R. (Ruud)},
   TITLE = {Only Three Fingers Write, but the Whole Brain Works: A High-Density {EEG} Study Showing Advantages of Drawing Over Typing for Learning},
   JOURNAL = {Frontiers in Psychology},
   YEAR = {2017},
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@BOOK{meier2003anleitung,
   AUTHOR = {Meier, Hans Eduard},
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   YEAR = {2003},
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@MISC{mez2024aufonts,
   AUTHOR = {Mez},
   TITLE = {{MezMerrit/AU-School-Handwriting-Fonts}},
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}

@BOOK{men2013modeles,
   AUTHOR = {{Ministère de l'éducation nationale}},
   TITLE = {Modèles d'écriture scolaire},
   ADDRESS = {Paris},
   YEAR = {2013},
   URL = {https://eduscol.education.fr/204/polices-de-caracteres-cursives-pour-l-enseignement-de-l-ecriture},
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@ARTICLE{mueller2014pen,
   AUTHOR = {Mueller, Pam A. and Oppenheimer, Daniel M.},
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   YEAR = {2014},
   VOLUME = {25},
   NUMBER = {6},
   PAGES = {1159--1168},
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@MISC{nemeth2023prima_tga,
   AUTHOR = {Nemeth, Titus and Tiefenthaler, Martin},
   TITLE = {Prima Schreiben Lernen},
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   YEAR = {2023},
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@INPROCEEDINGS{nemeth2024prima_venice,
   AUTHOR = {Nemeth, Titus and Tiefenthaler, Martin},
   TITLE = {Prima: An Innovative Type for Learning to Read and Write},
   BOOKTITLE = {Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century},
   ADDRESS = {Venice},
   YEAR = {2024},
   URL = {https://grafematik2024.sciencesconf.org/},
}

@INPROCEEDINGS{nemeth2025primae_brno,
   AUTHOR = {Nemeth, Titus and Tiefenthaler, Martin},
   TITLE = {Primæ: An Extensive Innovative Type for Learning to Read and Write},
   BOOKTITLE = {BRNO BOLD Typo02},
   ADDRESS = {Brno},
   YEAR = {2025},
   URL = {https://www.brnobold.cz/udalosti/brno-bold-typo-2},
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@BOOK{noordzij1985kind,
   AUTHOR = {Noordzij, Gerrit},
   TITLE = {Kind und Schrift},
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@BOOK{noordzij2005stroke,
   AUTHOR = {Noordzij, Gerrit},
   TRANSLATOR = {Enneson, Peter},
   TITLE = {The Stroke: Theory of Writing},
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   YEAR = {2005},
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@BOOK{palmer1894guide,
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   TITLE = {Palmer's Guide to Business Writing},
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@INCOLLECTION{pfoser2015schulreform,
   AUTHOR = {Pfoser, Alfred},
   EDITOR = {Buchberger, Reinhard and Feuerstein-Prasse, Michaela and Heimann-Jelinek, Felicitas and Linke, Nina},
   TITLE = {Die österreichische Schulreform},
   BOOKTITLE = {Tafelkratzer, Tintenpatzer: Schulgeschichten aus Wien},
   ADDRESS = {Vienna},
   YEAR = {2015},
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@MISC{primae_schulschrift,
   TITLE = {Primæ · Eine Schrift Zum Lesen- Und Schreibenlernen},
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@TECHREPORT{rechnungshof2024,
   AUTHOR = {{Rechnungshof Österreich}},
   TITLE = {8-Punkte-Plan für eine digitale Schule: Auswirkungen auf digitale Kompetenzen der Schülerinnen und Schüler unklar},
   ADDRESS = {Vienna},
   YEAR = {2024},
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@BOOK{sassoon2007handwriting,
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@BOOK{sassoon1993better,
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   TITLE = {Better Handwriting},
   SERIES = {Teach Yourself},
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   YEAR = {1993},
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@MISC{willsoftware_schulschriften,
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@BOOK{soennecken1911werdegang,
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@BOOK{sutterlin1917leitfaden,
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@ARTICLE{tanzer2023schnoerkelmalen,
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   TITLE = {Schnörkelmalen Ist Geschichte},
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   YEAR = {2023},
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@MISC{oneclub_tdc69,
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@BOOK{thornton1996handwriting,
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@BOOK{tost2021schreibenlernen,
   AUTHOR = {Tost, Renate and Ortmann, Frank},
   TITLE = {Schreibenlernen mit der Hand bildet Formsinn und Verstand: Gestalterische Grundlagen der Schulausgangsschrift},
   YEAR = {2021},
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@MISC{trummer2023rundschreiben,
   AUTHOR = {Trummer, Gerhild},
   TITLE = {Rundschreiben Nr. 35/2022 (BMBWF): Österreichische Schulschrift; Information über die Neuerungen ab SJ 23/24},
   YEAR = {2023},
   URL = {https://rundschreiben.bmbwf.gv.at/rundschreiben/?id=1062},
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@MISC{typetogether_primarium,
   AUTHOR = {{TypeTogether s. r. o.}},
   TITLE = {Primarium: Handwriting Education in Primary Schools},
   URL = {https://primarium.com/},
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@MISC{cafepuls2023typo,
   TITLE = {{TYPO} 2.0: Neue Schrift Für Schulkinder},
   ADDRESS = {Vienna},
   YEAR = {2023},
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@TECHREPORT{unicef2021digital,
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   TITLE = {Effectiveness of Digital Learning Solutions to Improve Educational Outcomes: A Review of the Evidence},
   YEAR = {2021},
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}

@BOOK{verordnungsblatt1946a,
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   ADDRESS = {Vienna},
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@ARTICLE{walker2007letterforms,
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   JOURNAL = {Typography Papers},
   YEAR = {2007},
   VOLUME = {7},
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@MISC{orf2023schreibschrift,
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@MISC{orf2023schulschrift,
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   TITLE = {Eigene Schreibschrift für Wien},
   YEAR = {2023},
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@MISC{bildungsserverwien_prima,
   AUTHOR = {{Wiener Bildungsserver}},
   TITLE = {Prima},
   URL = {https://prima.wien/},
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@MISC{wienerschriften2025prima,
   AUTHOR = {{Wiener Schriften}},
   TITLE = {{WienerSchriften/Prima}},
   YEAR = {2025},
   URL = {https://github.com/WienerSchriften/Prima},
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@ARTICLE{zilch2013sutterlin,
   AUTHOR = {Zilch, Reinhold},
   TITLE = {Sütterlin, Ludwig},
   JOURNAL = {Neue Deutsche Biographie},
   YEAR = {2013},
   PAGES = {688--689},
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Titus Nemeth; Martin Tiefenthaler (2024), “Prima — An innovative type, designed for learning to read and write,” in Proceedings of Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century, 2024 (Yannis Haralambous, Ed.), Grapholinguistics and Its Applications, Vol. 12, Brest: Fluxus Editions, 713–756.


@INPROCEEDINGS{gla12-neme,
   AUTHOR = {Titus Nemeth and Martin Tiefenthaler},
   EDITOR = {Haralambous, Yannis},
   TITLE = {{Prima — An innovative type, designed for learning to read and write}},
   BOOKTITLE = {{Proceedings of Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century, 2024}},
   SERIES = {{Grapholinguistics and Its Applications}},
   VOLUME = {12},
   PUBLISHER = {Fluxus Editions},
   ADDRESS = {Brest},
   YEAR = {2024},
   PAGES = {713--756},
   DOI = {https://doi.org/10.36824/2024-graf-neme},
}