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2. List of writing systems - Wikipedia

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   Some scholars treat Tartessian as a redundant semi-syllabary, others treat it as a redundant alphabet. Other scripts, such as Bopomofo, are semi-syllabic in a different sense: they transcribe half syllables. That is, they have letters for syllable onsets and rimes (kan = "k-an") rather than for consonants and vowels (kan = "k-a-n").

3. Penmanship - Wikipedia

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   Cursive – any style of handwriting written in a flowing (cursive) manner, which connects many or all of the letters in a word, or the strokes in a CJK character or other grapheme. Studies of writing and penmanship. Chirography – handwriting, its style and character; Diplomatics – forensic paleography (seeks the provenance of written ...

4. Cursive - Wikipedia

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   Cursive is a style of penmanship in which the symbols of the language are written in a conjoined, or flowing, manner, generally for the purpose of making writing faster.. This writing style is distinct from "print-script" using block letters, in which the letters of a word are unconnect

5. Letter (alphabet) - Wikipedia

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   A letter can have multiple variants, or allographs, related to variation in style of handwriting or printing. Some writing systems have two major types of allographs for each letter: an uppercase form (also called capital or majuscule) and a lowercase form (also called minuscule). Upper- and lowercase letters represent the same sound, but serve ...

6. Alphabet - Wikipedia

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   An alphabet is a standard set of letters written to represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Specifically, letters largely correspond to phonemes as the smallest sound segments that can distinguish one word from another in a given language. [1]

7. List of typefaces - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of typefaces, which are separated into groups by distinct artistic differences.The list includes typefaces that have articles or that are referenced. ...

8. Script typeface - Wikipedia

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   To mimic his writing, many alternate characters are needed. While this style was once very popular in printing the Greek alphabet, it is no longer used due to its complexity. Script typefaces place particular demands on printing technology if the letters are intended to join up and vary like handwriting.

9. Font - Wikipedia

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   Fonts normally do not include both oblique and italic styles: the designer chooses to supply one or the other. Since italic styles clearly look different than regular (roman) styles, it is possible to have "upright italic" designs that take a more cursive form but remain upright; Computer Modern is an example of a font that offers this style ...