Typophile

Handwritten script for childrens education

Frode Bo Helland



Does anyone know this, or something with the similar proportions? It’s used for education.

Disregard the æ :)

I don’t know this one but here are a few alternatives:

ABC Vario / ABC Schrift
Simpliciter Sans
Primer Print

Hi Frode,

where is this from – Norway?


I saw that recent Norwegian school books from different publishing houses (Tingleff Forlag, Det Norske Samlaget, Cappelen) all use Sassoon Primary (see picture) – but this one is different. If you can find out more about the source … highly appreciated.

Oh, I see you are a designer and a teacher in elementary school … get ready for some more questioning! ;°) Seriously, I’d like to get in contact with you. My email: forename-at-surname.com.
Thanks!
F

Yes, it’s Norwegian. “How can you see that there have been an elephant in the ....?” (I’m not sure how to translate “matskapet”, but it’s kinda like a refrigerator.)

I know my school have licensed Sassoon, which we use for mostly all our material.

florian-at-hardwig.com?
I’ve sent you an e-mail.

Great stuff guys, brings back memories.
I think the elephant jokes went something like this:

How you see that an elephant have been in the fridge?
Footprints in the liver pate.

How do you see that there is an elephant in the fridge?
His tricycle is parked next to it.

Haha! Yes Bjorn, the answer reads: ‘Det er elefantspor i leverposteien.’
Frode: Great, I’ll get in contact with you. Thanks.

Allright. Takk til Bjørn for en smule mer stødig engelsk enn meg!

Frode, your english is excelent but you left out the point of the joke and I thought some of the Typophiles might like to know.
Do you btw know how to get five elephants into a VolksWagen Beetle?

I remember a similar series of jokes from when I was a kid:

Q. How do you get an elephant into the refrigerator?
A. You open the door and put him in.

Q. How do you get a giraffe into the refrigerator?
A. Open the door, take out the elephant, and put in the giraffe.

Q. The lion king calls all the animals to a big meeting. Who doesn’t show up?
A. The giraffe - he’s in the refrigerator.

- Lex

Do you btw know how to get five elephants into a VolksWagen Beetle?
4 would be simply two in the front, two in the back … but five? Must be a New Beetle.

You are correct Florian. Duh ... what was I thinking, three elephants in the back of a Beetle ...

To get five elephants in a VW Beetle you’d have to use the trunk.

I’m still looking for something similar to that handwritten script. None of your suggestions matches the x-height. Actually the ascenders and descenders are as tall as the x-height.
I believe the original font is called “Stavskrift”. It’s used for education in Norway, but I haven’t found it anywhere in digital format.

Any ideas?

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