African Writing Systems
An examination of the writing systems of Africa, including Amharic (Ethiopian).
Symbols
Encyclopedia of western signs and ideograms. More than 2,500 signs, from ideograms to graffiti, arranged into groups according to their graphic characteristics. Their histories, uses, and meanings.
Impact of the Dravidian Culture on the Writing Systems in India.
A paper which examines the development of scripts in India.
The Numbers in Various Writing Systems
Numbers 1-10, in syllabaries, consonantal scripts, and sign.
Orthography Examples
Samples of non-Latin writing systems, including Cyrillic, Aramaic, a syllabary, and a phonetic system.
A Study of Chinese Writing Systems
Academic paper which examines Chinese orthography .
Blissymbolics Resources
Integrated Pictographic Language System for international communication, currently used by people with language-related disabilities.
Ancient Mesoamerican Writing
Mesoamerican culture as expressed in Precolumbian writing systems, inscriptions and codices, with links to related sites.
Truetype fonts by Curtis Clark
Downloadable Truetype fonts of ancient alphabets.
Evolution of Alphabets
Site details the evolution of many of the world's major alphabets.
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