[QBFimi]

>> “I have finally gotten the hang of gothic German type but continue to be stumped by the handwriting on original German documents.”

Guess you’re talking about Suetterlinschrift:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCtterlin

Agreed. “I’ve tried; G-d knows I’ve tried!”

[Kaslin]

I was born and raised in Germany and when I was in the second grade we learned to write in the Sütterlinschrift. Than in the third grade we learned the Latin handwriting.

I remember my mother telling me that they used to teach the Suetterlin Schrift the entire time she went to school. They must have taught Latin handwriting too, as she had a very neat handwriting skill