Global

5 scripts

Latin Alphabet

AlphabetGlobal700 BC

The most widely used writing system on Earth. Derived from the Etruscan alphabet which cam...

Braille

TactileGlobal1824

Invented by Louis Braille when he was just 15 years old. Based on a failed military night-...

Morse Code

EncodingGlobal1838

Developed by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail. The letter E is a single dot, the most efficien...

International Phonetic Alphabet

AlphabetGlobal1888

A standardized system for representing every sound in human language. Has 107 letters and ...

Sign Writing

LogographicGlobal1974

A writing system for sign languages. Invented by Valerie Sutton. Can record any sign langu...