Writing systems

The Sanacon Universal writing system (prototype)

My 100th submission ladies and gentlemen! This is also part of my project I'm working on. I'll tell you more about it later on.. The Terran Alphabet

Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics - the only writing system that uses letter rotation to indicate vowels. Clever and beautiful!

Shorthand Alphabet

This weblog explores asemic writing in relation to post-literate culture

A Vermont-based writer is cataloguing rare scripts that are disappearing due to political conflicts and globalization.

A shorthand alphabet script & quick writing system.

For several years, I have found myself drawn to the practice of asemic writing (artistic, meaningless writing, which has the appearance of a genuine language). However, I didn’t know there was a specific term for the practice – or that it belonged to an artistic trend – until quite recently. When drawing, or just mindlessly…

Sketchplanations on Instagram: "Braille is a tactile writing and reading system for the blind and visually impaired. It was invented by Louis Braille when just 15 in 1824. Respect! I don't know about you, but when I've tried braille on signs occasionally, it's always seemed difficult to train my fingers to differentiate the shapes and the dots. Perhaps it would have helped if I'd known how it worked. Braille is based on a pattern of 6 dots, like a 6 on dice, with different letters, numerals…

We may take it for granted that the earliest writing systems developed with the Sumerians around 3400 B.C.E. The archaeological evidence so far supports the theory. But it may also be possible that the earliest writing systems predate 5000-year-old cuneiform tablets by several thousand years.