I'm confused by all the different of fonts that can be used to learn to write Hiragana (e.g. the end loop of き may be closed or not). I understand that it is usually related to the difference between print and handwriting style, but after all my research I still don't know which handwriting font is really used by kids in schools when they learn Hiragana. I mean when teachers are creating handwriting worksheets - which font are they using ? Thanks for your advices.
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@naruto A typography question! *searching for a "Leave open" button* @ Pierre Did you know there's something called 教科書体 (picture)– Earthliŋ ♦Jun 26, 2015 at 11:35
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@Earthliŋ Thanks ! No, I didn't know this. It looks that in all countries (I mean even in West countries) there is a lot of variations about how to learn to write characters - at least in Japan, strokes order seems to be always the same !– PierreJun 29, 2015 at 7:57
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Thanks @l'électeur - so it is used for text book, but is it used to learn to trace characters as well ? Just want to be sure because it seems that some simplifications are done when kids learn to draw/trace characters . In particular, I mean the "wavy" start of the letters (coming from calligraphy I imagine) seems to be not used sometimes (eg for ん, the first stoke can be just a straight line and not begin with a small angle).– PierreJun 29, 2015 at 8:39
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2For example, I found this PDF to learn to trace characters and it has not the wavy starts[link] (japanese-lesson.com/resources/pdf/…)– PierreJun 29, 2015 at 8:54
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I know this is years late, but it really doesn't seem to answer Pierre's question. This is not a font you would use to learn how to handwrite.– Mark S.Nov 25, 2017 at 2:23
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@MarkS. If not 教科書体, what font is used to teach kids to write Hiragana in Japanese primary school?– chocolate ♦Nov 25, 2017 at 4:30
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1@Chocolate Something simpler looking, like the one linked in Pierre's comment, or the one at happylilac.net/hiragana_nazorigaki2015.html I don't know what this is called so all I can do is wait for someone to post another answer.– Mark S.Nov 25, 2017 at 4:34