Chapter 2

2–1. This diagram displays several evolutionary steps of Western alphabets.

2–2. The Phaistos Disk

2–3. Ras Shamra script

2–4. The gestural curves of the Aramaic alphabet

2–5. Die Hebräische Schrift (The Hebrew Script)

2–6. Kufic characters

2–6. Kufic characters

2–7. Manuale tipografico Arabic type specimen

2–8. Gujarati Type Foundry type specimen

2–9. Bronze Archaic Greek votive miniature chariot wheel

2–10. Timotheus, The Persians, papyrus manuscript

2–11. Votive stele with four figures

2–12. Greek wooden tablet with uncials

2–13. Greek allotment tokens

2–14. Greek juror’s ballots

2–15. Greek scaraboid seal

2–16. Etruscan Bucchero vase

2–17. Carved inscription from the base of Trajan’s Column

2–18 Capitalis quadrata (square capitals)

2–19. Capitalis rustica (rustic capitals)

2–20. Wall writing from Pompeii

2–21. Hangul consonants

2–22. Ten Hangul vowels

2–23. Hangul character matrix

2–24. Korean woodblock book translation