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Arabic alphabet
Writing system of the Arabic language
Arabic script
Writing system for Arabic and several other languages
ASCII art
Computer art form using text characters
Brahmic scripts
Family of abugida writing systems
Braille
Tactile writing system for blind and visually impaired people
Chinese characters
Logographic writing system used in the Sinosphere region
Cuneiform
Logosyllabic script used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East
Cursive
Style of penmanship in which characters are written joined together in a flowing manner
Cyrillic alphabets
Related alphabets based on Cyrillic scripts
Cyrillic script
Writing system used for various Eurasian languages
Cyrillization
Transliteration or transcription of languages using other writing systems into Cyrillic script
Devanagari
Script used to write Indian and Nepalese languages
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Formal writing system used by ancient Egyptians
Fraktur
Typeface
Georgian scripts
Three related alphabets used to write Georgian
Greek alphabet
Script used to write the Greek language
Hangul
Native alphabet of the Korean language
Hebrew alphabet
Alphabet of the Hebrew language
Hiragana
Japanese syllabary
Indus script
Symbols of the Indus Valley Civilisation
Japanese writing system
Overview of how the Japanese language is written in contemporary times, and the writing system's evolution
Kanji
Adopted logographic Chinese characters used in the modern Japanese writing system
Katakana
Japanese syllabary
Kufic
Style of Arabic script
Latin alphabet
Alphabet used to write the Latin language
Latin script
Writing system used for most European languages
Leet
Internet slang/alphabet in which letters are replaced with visually similar characters
Linear A
Writing system of the Minoans
Linear B
Syllabic script used for writing Mycenaean Greek
Maya script
Writing system of the Maya civilization
Mon–Burmese script
South-East Asian writing system
Mongolian script
Writing system used for the Mongolian language
Morse code
Transmission of language with brief pulses
Nastaliq
The predominant style in Persian calligraphy
Persian alphabet
Alphabet that uses letters from the Arabic script
Phoenician alphabet
Oldest verified alphabet
Pinyin
Romanization scheme for Standard Mandarin
Romanization
Transcription of a text in a non-Latin writing system to Latin characters
Romanization of Arabic
Representation of the Arabic language with the Latin script
Romanization of Chinese
Writing Chinese in Latin-based scripts
Romanization of Japanese
Application of the Latin script to write the Japanese language
Rongorongo
Undeciphered texts of Easter Island
Rosetta Stone
Egyptian stele with three versions of a 196 BC decree
Runes
Ancient Germanic alphabet
Seal script
Ancient style of Chinese characters
Shorthand
Abbreviated symbolic writing method
Simplified Chinese characters
Standardized set of Chinese characters
Thai script
Tibetan script
Tibetan writing system