If you want something that is still joined but without all those funny loops, you might also find the simplified cursives used in german elementary schools inte

If you want something that is still joined but without all those funny loops, you might also find the simplified cursives used in german elementary schools interesting: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vereinfachte_Ausgangsschrift http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vereinfachte_Ausgangsschrift (yes, the lowercase e if funny, our kid's school uses this script with a more classical e like in the following link:) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulausgangsschrift http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulausgangsschrift