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Ancient Scripts, Alphabets and Letters
Typographic Historical Survey 1
Cuneiformearly writing
system
3150 BC
wedge shaped
marks
clay tablets
invented by
Sumariens
Hieroglyphics
carved in stone
about 2500 BC
pictograph/
phonogram
invented by
Egyptians
transition into writing
Hieraticsreed brush and ink
for scribes and
kings
faster to write
religious writings
PhoenicianAlphabet
written with stylus
used in the
Mediterranean
1500 BC
defined system of
letters
GreekAlphabetinspired by
Phoenician
further defined
system
vowels and
consonants
miniscule
majuscule
750BC
Roman LettersGreeks>Etruscans
Romans>Latin
the letters we use
today
50BC
Roman Cursiveused by merchants
informal
handwriting
develops
Uncial Scriptmajuscule script
from roman cursive
broad form but
curved
parchment
Ornamental
200 AD
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