US4244657A — Font and method for printing cursive script

Claim 1

Independent Claim 170 words

A font of characters constituting a form of cursive written English alphabet when combined and employed in printing words and sentences and in the teaching of cursive writing, said form of cursive written English alphabet including groups of letter forms having beginning stroke forms that are the same, said font comprising: (a) a set of individual letter forms impressed upon a substrate and containing individually the basic unconnected forms of the letters of the alphabet; and (b) a plurality of subsets comprising individual letter forms impressed upon a substrate, with each subset containing the same letter of the alphabet on each form, and with each letter form of each subset being the same letter, and having a different connector shaped to meet a different beginning letter form on a following letter to print an indistinguishable connection in ligature with a following printed letter, or having a word ending shape; the plurality of connectable letters being for use in printed words that are printed by combining the characters of the font.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 170 words

A font of characters constituting a form of cursive written English alphabet when combined and employed in printing words and sentences and in the teaching of cursive writing, said form of cursive written English alphabet including groups of letter forms having beginning stroke forms that are the same, said font comprising: (a) a set of individual letter forms impressed upon a substrate and containing individually the basic unconnected forms of the letters of the alphabet; and (b) a plurality of subsets comprising individual letter forms impressed upon a substrate, with each subset containing the same letter of the alphabet on each form, and with each letter form of each subset being the same letter, and having a different connector shaped to meet a different beginning letter form on a following letter to print an indistinguishable connection in ligature with a following printed letter, or having a word ending shape; the plurality of connectable letters being for use in printed words that are printed by combining the characters of the font.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 19 words

A font according to claim 1 wherein the font additionally contains punctuation marks and symbols used with the alphabet.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 28 words

A font according to claim 1 wherein each letter form in each subset has a a different connector depending on the beginning stroke form in which it connects.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 14 words

A font according to claim 3 wherein the number beginning stroke forms is seven.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 88 words

A font according to claim 4 wherein the letters a, c, g and q have a first beginning stroke form, the letters i, j, p, r, s, t, u & w have a second beginning stroke form, the letters o and c have a third beginning stroke form, the letters m, n, v, x, y, z have a fourth beginning stroke form, the letters b, f, h, k, l have a fifth beginning stroke form, and the letter e has a sixth and a seventh beginning stroke forms.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 27 words

A font according to claim 5 wherein the letters in the subset may be formed with a leader stroke preceding and connected to the beginning stroke form.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 32 words

A font according to claim 5 wherein the letters in the subset have a letter with an ending stroke form added thereto when the letter ends a word in printed cursive writing.

Claim 9

Independent Claim 170 words

A method of printing educationally correct cursive written material having preceding, succeeding and following characters of the English alphabet which are formed from a plurality of groups, of different letters of the alphabet having the same distinctive beginning strokes, comprising: (a) providing a plurality of discrete letter character forms of the same letter of the English alphabet having connector elements which come to indistinguishably meet with the distinctive beginning strokes of adjacent letters in printed words of the cursive written material, (b) selecting from the plurality of discrete character forms, on the basis of and with discrimination as to the form of the beginning strokes, a succeeding character having an extending character element of matching form with the character that will follow the letter being selected. (c) positioning said succeeding character form adjacent to said preceding character form with the connector of said preceding character in indistinguishable contacting position on said succeeding character, and (d) successively printing said character forms to produce printed cursive writing with indistinguishable connections in ligature.

Claim 10

Independent Claim 170 words

A method of printing educationally correct cursive written material having preceding, succeeding and following characters of the English alphabet which are formed from a plurality of groups, of different letters of the alphabet having the same distinctive beginning strokes, comprising: (a) providing a plurality of discrete letter character forms of the same letter of the English alphabet having connector elements which come to indistinguishably meet with the distinctive beginning strokes of adjacent letters in printed words of the cursive written material, (b) selecting from the plurality of discrete character forms, on the basis of and with discrimination as to the form of the beginning strokes, a succeeding character having an extending character element of matching form with the character that will follow the letter being selected. (c) positioning said succeeding character form adjacent to said preceding character form with the connector of said preceding character in indistinguishable contacting position on said succeeding character, and (d) successively printing said character forms to produce printed cursive writing with indistinguishable connections in ligature.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 24 words

A method of printing cursive written material according to claim 8 wherein the characters are formed by impression on a substrate of photographic film.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 231 words

A font of characters constituting a form of Zaner-Bloser cursive written English alphabet, when combined and employed in printing words and sentences and in the teaching of educationally correct cursive writing, wherein the characters of the font forming the letters a, d, g, and q have a down curve beginning stroke form, the letters i, j, p, r, s, t, u and w have a minimum undercurve beginning stroke form, the letters o and c have a steep down curve beginning stroke form, the letters m, n, v, x, y, and z have an overcurve beginning stroke form, the letters b, f, h, k, and l have a maximum undercurve beginning stroke form, and the letter e has a short undercurve beginning stroke form and check stroke beginning stroke form; said font comprising; (a) a set of individual letter forms impressed upon a substrate and containing individually the basic unconnected forms of the letters of the alphabet; and (b) a plurality of subsets comprising individual letter forms impressed upon a substrate, with each subset containing the same letter of the alphabet on each form, and with each letter form of each subset having a different connector shaped to print an undistinguishable connection in ligature with the beginning stroke form of the following printed letter when the plurality of connectable letters are assembled in printed words, or having a word ending shape.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 231 words

A font of characters constituting a form of Zaner-Bloser cursive written English alphabet, when combined and employed in printing words and sentences and in the teaching of educationally correct cursive writing, wherein the characters of the font forming the letters a, d, g, and q have a down curve beginning stroke form, the letters i, j, p, r, s, t, u and w have a minimum undercurve beginning stroke form, the letters o and c have a steep down curve beginning stroke form, the letters m, n, v, x, y, and z have an overcurve beginning stroke form, the letters b, f, h, k, and l have a maximum undercurve beginning stroke form, and the letter e has a short undercurve beginning stroke form and check stroke beginning stroke form; said font comprising; (a) a set of individual letter forms impressed upon a substrate and containing individually the basic unconnected forms of the letters of the alphabet; and (b) a plurality of subsets comprising individual letter forms impressed upon a substrate, with each subset containing the same letter of the alphabet on each form, and with each letter form of each subset having a different connector shaped to print an undistinguishable connection in ligature with the beginning stroke form of the following printed letter when the plurality of connectable letters are assembled in printed words, or having a word ending shape.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1984-01-13	1984-07-14	1985-01-13	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1988-01-13	1988-07-14	1989-01-13	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1992-01-13	1992-07-14	1993-01-13	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Font and method for printing cursive script

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