An examination of the writing systems of Africa, including Amharic (Ethiopian).

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.

A paper which examines the development of scripts in India.

Numbers 1-10, in syllabaries, consonantal scripts, and sign.

Samples of non-Latin writing systems, including Cyrillic, Aramaic, a syllabary, and a phonetic system.

Academic paper which examines Chinese orthography .

Integrated Pictographic Language System for international communication, currently used by people with language-related disabilities.

Mesoamerican culture as expressed in Precolumbian writing systems, inscriptions and codices, with links to related sites.

Downloadable Truetype fonts of ancient alphabets.

Site details the evolution of many of the world's major alphabets.