Web Directory

» A Philippine Leaf
   A description of literacy and writing systems in Pre-Hispanic Philippines.
   http://www.bibingka.com/dahon/

» A Study of Chinese Writing Systems
   Academic paper which examines Chinese orthography .
   http://www.humboldt.edu/~cllc/writesys.htm

» African Writing Systems
   An examination of the writing systems of Africa, including Amharic (Ethiopian).
   http://www.library.cornell.edu/africana/Writing_Systems/Amharic.html

» Amanye Tenceli:The Writing Systems of Aman
   Complete descriptions of the Sarati and Tengwar scripts created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his celebrated artificial languages. Also includes fonts and specialized writing programs.
   http://hem.passagen.se/mansb/at/

» Ancient Mesoamerican Writing
   Mesoamerican culture as expressed in Precolumbian writing systems, inscriptions and codices, with links to related sites.
   http://pages.prodigy.com/GBonline/ancwrite-old.html

» Ancient Scripts of the World
   Lawrence Lo describes the origins, types and families of writing systems. Sections on phonetics, historical linguistics. Bibliography and links.
   http://www.ancientscripts.com/

» Blissymbolics Resources
   Integrated Pictographic Language System for international communication, currently used by people with language-related disabilities.
   http://www.blissymbolics.us/

» C. C. Elian
   An alternative writing system exemplified through art works that are visually similar to Asian and Middle Eastern systems, but based on Western concepts of language as it relates to perception and the implied ability to experience and control reality.
   http://www.ccelian.com

» Creative Ideas: Evolutions in the English Lexicon
   The combination of the symbology of the English language with that of mathematics to create new meanings.
   http://www.creativeideasforyou.com/spellit.html

» Eskaya Script
   Describes the Eskaya people of Bohol, and their writing, numerical, and calendar system, as well as links to information about other Philippine scripts.
   http://www.bibingka.com/dahon/mystery/eskaya.htm

» Evolution of Alphabets
   Site details the evolution of many of the world's major alphabets.
   http://www.wam.umd.edu/~rfradkin/

» Impact of the Dravidian Culture on the Writing Systems in India.
   A paper which examines the development of scripts in India.
   http://www.appiusforum.com/scripts.html

» Indian Alphabet Comparison
   A comparison of written Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and Gujarati by Eden Golshani.
   http://www.ukindia.com/zalph.htm

» Multilingual Computing
   Links to sites of interest in multilingual computing and other closely related areas of scripts and languages as well as a guide for finding language fonts on the Internet.
   http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&cat_id=Links

» Orthography Examples
   Samples of non-Latin writing systems, including Cyrillic, Aramaic, a syllabary, and a phonetic system.
   http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/orthography/examples.html

» 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.
   http://www.symbols.com/

» The Numbers in Various Writing Systems
   Numbers 1-10, in syllabaries, consonantal scripts, and sign.
   http://zompist.com/scripts.html

» Truetype fonts by Curtis Clark
   Downloadable Truetype fonts of ancient alphabets.
   http://www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/fonts/#myth

» World Writing Systems
   Features linguistic basics of writing systems, attempts of spelling reforms, social and political aspects of many languages' orthographies.
   http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozideas/writintro.htm