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More Writing Systems

As I said, the subdivision in families that I used is strongly arbitrary. I don't feel that I should discard some interesting information just because I can't find a specific box where to push it!

So, this section contains anything that does not belong to one of the other sections and doesn't justify a section on its own.

Possibly, if lots of related information crowd here, new ad hoc sections will be created (the most obvious candidates, by now, are the Egyptian and Babylonian scripts).


The Akkadian Script

  • Cuneiform Writing System: an excellent hypertext introduction by John Heise -- not for bed-time reading.
  • Cuneiform fonts for TeX and LaTeX.

    The Assyrian Script

  • The Assyrian alphabet from Assyria On-Line!
  • Assyrian texts from the Assyrian InfoServer in Sweden.

    The Cherokee Script

  • Introduction to the Cherokee syllabary.
  • Cherokee fonts from Yamada (PC and Mac).

    The Cypriot Script

  • Introduction to the Cypriot syllabary.

    The Cree/Inuit/Inuktitut Script

  • Inuit/Inuktitut fonts from Yamada (PC and Mac).
  • Cree fonts from Yamada (Mac).

    The Egyptian Script

  • Introduction to the Egyptian hieroglyphics. It is a section of Serge Rosmorduc's not-so-short A Short Introduction To Hieroglyphics..
  • Hieroglyphica: a list of Egyptian hieroglyphs ordered by the traditional egyptologists' classes (men, women, gods, ...). You will also find commercial references to hieroglyphic word-processing software for Mac and Windows.
  • Egyptian hieroglyphic fonts from Yamada, Mac.
  • Egyptian fonts for LaTeX. Includes hieroglyphic and coptic characters.
  • Your name in hieroglyphics!: type in your name (or any other word) and Serge Rosmorduc's CGI script will transliterate it for you in the Egyptian script (also available in French) Alternatively, try another French version by Laurent Wacrenier.

    The Disc Of Phaistos

  • Infinity One: one more guy has translated the enigmatic terracotta from Crete and wants the world to know it! The author is certainly kidding, but the translation is more sensible than other ones made in the past by supposed scientists. At least, the basic presupposition that the script should be syllabic is respected.

    The Ethiopic Script

  • Ethiopic Fonts in BDF format.

    The Mayan Script

  • Introduction to the Mayan writing system.

    The Mycenean Script

  • Introduction to the Linear B script.
  • TrueType Linear B font (Windows).

    The Ogham Script

  • Introduction to the Ogham alphabet.
  • TrueType Ogham font (Windows).

    The Olmec Script

  • Introduction to the epi-Olmec script.

    The Persian Cuneiform Script

  • Introduction to the Persian cuneiform script.

    The South-Arabian Script

  • Introduction to the South-Arabian alphabet.

    The Zapotec Script

  • Introduction to the Zapotec script.


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