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the evolution of the alphabet in numbers and letters, as well as their corresponding names

No matter our native language, we all have to learn a writing system. And whichever language we learn, its writing system had to come from somewhere.

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an old book with writing on it and two different languages in the same language,

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…

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the writing is written in blue ink on a sheet of paper with cursive writing

One of the biggest casualties of the digital age has been the fine skill of handwriting, and the opportunities to show off one's artsy and satisfyingly precise script are diminishing every day. When was the last time you picked up a pen?

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three books with the title how to learn writing system different from your own written on them

First, I wanted to say that this post was inspired by Justin G who wrote me an email to ask about this very topic. So, hi Justin! Thanks for the inspiration behind this post. I hope you don’t mind that I used some of my response to you to write it! His question was: “I…

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a person writing on a piece of paper with chinese characters written in the letters below

From the Klingon language in the Star Trek universe to the Na'vi language from James Cameron's Avatar, fictional languages can go a long way towards making a work of fiction feel real. Making a can be an intense undertaking because the...

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