#alphabets — Public Fediverse posts

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ad7e0c32-e8e9-48a2-b01e-9bb6bee98583

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ad7e0c32-e8e9-48a2-b01e-9bb6bee98583

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ad7e0c32-e8e9-48a2-b01e-9bb6bee98583

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ad7e0c32-e8e9-48a2-b01e-9bb6bee98583

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ad7e0c32-e8e9-48a2-b01e-9bb6bee98583

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Gregorius Bock, from Beinecke MS 439 (ca. 1510).

Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/19ea90d0-9388-4088-a8c9-fedf37d75c5c

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Gregorius Bock, from Beinecke MS 439 (ca. 1510).

Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/19ea90d0-9388-4088-a8c9-fedf37d75c5c

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Rob Cooper posted this to Facebook and I've never seen the collection in this way, despite being involved in getting each individual one printed.

I think we'll get a few more under our belt and then do some kind of standalone publication/special insert.

PS. The link he has in the post is https://bl.ag/join where you can get the latest issue (https://bl.ag/08). For back issues, visit https://bl.ag/backissues, noting that extremely limited stock remains of issues 03 (turquoise) and 05 (yellow).

#Alphabets #SignPainting #Lettering #Magazines

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3a7fbd5a-6f08-4e0a-934b-79a09f12f6b7

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3a7fbd5a-6f08-4e0a-934b-79a09f12f6b7

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/53b45fc2-3c47-4b5e-a86b-4221fd4670a5

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/53b45fc2-3c47-4b5e-a86b-4221fd4670a5

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art #publicdomain

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3254aeee-7443-4496-a42c-2c1d5914e8b2

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3254aeee-7443-4496-a42c-2c1d5914e8b2

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

New at bl.ag online, ‘From A to Z: Rachel Joy’s Playful Alphabetic Explorations’, with letters inspired by memories, games, artists, and experimentation:

https://bl.ag/joy

Pictured is some fun I had with Rachel’s letters, using them to spell... BLAG, of course!

PS. There’s even more from Rachel in the BLAG 03 feature, ‘Tricks of the Eye: Optical Illusions in Murals’: https://bl.ag/03.

#Lettering #SignPainting #Letters #Alphabets #Games #Joy

Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ca167e11-aa92-4cbb-b70f-57584fae9951

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Paul Franck, from The Proper Art of Writing (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f07a6433-6f65-4717-8674-91f30478f765

#alphabets #letters #calligraphy #typography #orthography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1bf171b8-8fab-435d-bc4c-752b512a308c

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Paul Franck, from The Proper Art of Writing (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/18e537fe-b069-459b-bd00-5aabf09f6877

#alphabets #letters #calligraphy #typography #orthography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Goodness gracious me, it's actually a real book, with an introductory essay from the wonderful Morgane Côme.

This one from @letterformarchive looks spectacular and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ Alphabets

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/lettres-decoratives/

PS. Some of this stuff appeared in a small segment in BLAG 02 (https://bl.ag/02) but this book is next level.

#SignPainting #SignPainters #Enseignes #Signwriters #Signwriting #France #Alphabets

Goodness gracious me, it's actually a real book, with an introductory essay from the wonderful Morgane Côme.

This one from @letterformarchive looks spectacular and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ Alphabets

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/lettres-decoratives/

PS. Some of this stuff appeared in a small segment in BLAG 02 (https://bl.ag/02) but this book is next level.

#SignPainting #SignPainters #Enseignes #Signwriters #Signwriting #France #Alphabets

Goodness gracious me, it's actually a real book, with an introductory essay from the wonderful Morgane Côme.

This one from @letterformarchive looks spectacular and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ Alphabets

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/lettres-decoratives/

PS. Some of this stuff appeared in a small segment in BLAG 02 (https://bl.ag/02) but this book is next level.

#SignPainting #SignPainters #Enseignes #Signwriters #Signwriting #France #Alphabets

Goodness gracious me, it's actually a real book, with an introductory essay from the wonderful Morgane Côme.

This one from @letterformarchive looks spectacular and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ Alphabets

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/lettres-decoratives/

PS. Some of this stuff appeared in a small segment in BLAG 02 (https://bl.ag/02) but this book is next level.

#SignPainting #SignPainters #Enseignes #Signwriters #Signwriting #France #Alphabets

Goodness gracious me, it's actually a real book, with an introductory essay from the wonderful Morgane Côme.

This one from @letterformarchive looks spectacular and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ Alphabets

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/lettres-decoratives/

PS. Some of this stuff appeared in a small segment in BLAG 02 (https://bl.ag/02) but this book is next level.

#SignPainting #SignPainters #Enseignes #Signwriters #Signwriting #France #Alphabets

Announcing
Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ Alphabets

Our latest book takes an immersive look inside the large lithographic portfolios that inspired public lettering in Belle Époque France. With in-depth research from sign painter Morgane Côme and dozens of rare alphabet plates, it’s an essential reference and delightful guide to the fashionable letterforms that defined the classic French streetscape.

#SignPainting #Alphabets #Lettering #ad

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/lettres-decoratives/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Lettres_Announcement

@gutenberg_org regroups some treasures, such as this list of books of alphabets, lettering, contouring or shaping. Stunning!

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=alphabets

#projectgutenberg #typography #typogeek #alphabets

Illustration by Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre, from Alphabet-album; collection de soixante feuilles d'alphabets historiés et fleuronnés, tirés des principales bibliothèques de l'Europe (1843).

Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b38d951e-8b88-42c1-b76c-6e23ad591f2b

#type #alphabets #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #fonts #art #publicdomain

Thanks to everyone that came to #Alphabetum on Saturday to see Writing Systems of the Otherworld in collaboration with Tim Brookes @Endangeredalphabets.

We see @letterror, @typearture and @AleksandraSamulenkova reading and discussing dream stories that lead to the creation of these #alphabets, #syllabics or #idiographic languages.
Also present, but not in the pictures; @MatthijsSluiter, @underware, @typotheque and @TypeMedia student & alumni and non-Mastodonians.

Illustration by Earl Harvey Lyall, from The Cubies’ ABC (1913).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/70fc093e-807a-408f-a27c-b301aaf2eb03

#easels #alphabets #painting #sitting #smoking #modernism #cubism #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Earl Harvey Lyall, from The Cubies’ ABC (1913).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/12bb5946-bb06-49c4-b9dc-dca391c1f898

#easels #alphabets #painting #portraiture #modernism #cubism #art #publicdomain

Letter X from <i>Dream Alphabet</i> (1683) by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, from Alfabeto in sogno
.

Source: @[email protected] / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/77555f0a-90da-4fb4-9256-14250e618fbe

#alphabets #typography #twins #design #fonts #art #publicdomain

How Archaeologists Uncovered the World’s First Alphabet | Human | BBC Earth Science - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGvNs1xOfmA

#History #Languages #Alphabets

Illustration by Paul Franck, from The Proper Art of Writing (1655).

Source: @[email protected] / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bcd9623d-12c1-41e0-991b-c5f6cff66f0f

#alphabets #letters #calligraphy #typography #orthography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Cornell Chronicle: AI models make precise copies of cuneiform characters. “Along with Egyptian hieroglyphs, cuneiform is one of the oldest known forms of writing, and consists of more than 1,000 unique characters…. Researchers from Cornell and Tel Aviv University (TAU) have developed an approach called ProtoSnap that ‘snaps’ into place a prototype of a character to fit the individual […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/cornell-chronicle-ai-models-make-precise-copies-of-cuneiform-characters/

Cornell Chronicle: AI models make precise copies of cuneiform characters. “Along with Egyptian hieroglyphs, cuneiform is one of the oldest known forms of writing, and consists of more than 1,000 unique characters…. Researchers from Cornell and Tel Aviv University (TAU) have developed an approach called ProtoSnap that ‘snaps’ into place a prototype of a character to fit the individual […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/cornell-chronicle-ai-models-make-precise-copies-of-cuneiform-characters/

Cornell Chronicle: AI models make precise copies of cuneiform characters. “Along with Egyptian hieroglyphs, cuneiform is one of the oldest known forms of writing, and consists of more than 1,000 unique characters…. Researchers from Cornell and Tel Aviv University (TAU) have developed an approach called ProtoSnap that ‘snaps’ into place a prototype of a character to fit the individual […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/cornell-chronicle-ai-models-make-precise-copies-of-cuneiform-characters/

Cornell Chronicle: AI models make precise copies of cuneiform characters. “Along with Egyptian hieroglyphs, cuneiform is one of the oldest known forms of writing, and consists of more than 1,000 unique characters…. Researchers from Cornell and Tel Aviv University (TAU) have developed an approach called ProtoSnap that ‘snaps’ into place a prototype of a character to fit the individual […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/cornell-chronicle-ai-models-make-precise-copies-of-cuneiform-characters/

Cornell Chronicle: AI models make precise copies of cuneiform characters. “Along with Egyptian hieroglyphs, cuneiform is one of the oldest known forms of writing, and consists of more than 1,000 unique characters…. Researchers from Cornell and Tel Aviv University (TAU) have developed an approach called ProtoSnap that ‘snaps’ into place a prototype of a character to fit the individual […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/cornell-chronicle-ai-models-make-precise-copies-of-cuneiform-characters/

O. Снарский [O. Snarsky], Шрифты/Алфавиты [Typefaces/Alphabets], Kyiv, 1979.

One of several lettering manuals and alphabet source books by Snarsky in our collection. See more from this one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/letterformarchive/albums/72157717675267558/

Know more about Snarsky? Tell us!

#Ukraine #USSR #UkranianDesign #Lettering #Alphabets #Cyrillic #Typography #1970s

Mystery #language on #ancient #stonetablet stumps #archeologists

The #Bashplemi inscription possibly shares similarities with over 20 other #alphabets.

https://www.popsci.com/science/mystery-language-stone-tablet/

Mystery #language on #ancient #stonetablet stumps #archeologists

The #Bashplemi inscription possibly shares similarities with over 20 other #alphabets.

https://www.popsci.com/science/mystery-language-stone-tablet/

Mystery #language on #ancient #stonetablet stumps #archeologists

The #Bashplemi inscription possibly shares similarities with over 20 other #alphabets.

https://www.popsci.com/science/mystery-language-stone-tablet/

Mystery #language on #ancient #stonetablet stumps #archeologists

The #Bashplemi inscription possibly shares similarities with over 20 other #alphabets.

https://www.popsci.com/science/mystery-language-stone-tablet/

Why we should go back to writing in runes - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4npuVmGxXuk

(Skip over the ad; not my channel.)

#English #Alphabets #Languages

And the internet delivers! Props to Reddit’s u/belanedeja. It’s a mishmash of Glagolitic, botched Glagolitic and ‘just some written bullshit done so it looks cool a bit like Glagolitic’.

Which, as a seasoned former teenage metal-band logo writer on pencil cases, I am here for.

#alphabets #typography #linguistics #glagolitic #greek #croatian #graffiti

And the internet delivers! Props to Reddit’s u/belanedeja. It’s a mishmash of Glagolitic, botched Glagolitic and ‘just some written bullshit done so it looks cool a bit like Glagolitic’.

Which, as a seasoned former teenage metal-band logo writer on pencil cases, I am here for.

#alphabets #typography #linguistics #glagolitic #greek #croatian #graffiti

I just noticed, he says #India - not #भारत - even though it's mostly not in #English

https://youtube.com/shorts/YLfj2Kn6Ysk

What's the other #language ?

I recognise chai and a couple of numbers, but those are in a few languages?

I switched my keyboard to write one word to avoid deciding which #Latin #vowels to use.

I think the reason I've learned 5 other #alphabets and #abjads is mostly to avoid Latin vowels as much as possible in the most pretentious way possible.

cc @[email protected] @[email protected]

Are you in a non-english-speaking place? I'm looking for some paper-based raw #materials #printed in different #languages and #alphabets. Particularly:
* public transport tickets, maps
* warning stickers/posters
* defaced newspaper articles
* wierd or taboo posters for concerts, movements, propaganda etc.
* postcards
Can you help? I'd ask you to post them to the UK - in exchange I can send back similar or pay you :) #riso #litho please feel free to boost!

Name things that interest me that aren't in my profile, but do so as hashtags so they're searchable.

OK, could be fun!

#IndiePop
#DIY
#Beekeeping
#sailing
#Florida
#FloridaGardening
#Gardening
#permaculture
#hermeneutics
#Bible
#Buddhism
#Taoism or #Daoism
#Liezi
#Zhouyi #Divination #Tarot and #Runes
#FlashFiction
#WesternEsotericism
#Starfinder
#CallofCthulhu
#WeirdFiction
#HorrorMovies and #Bmovies
#WritingSystems
#Alphabets
#Reaper #DAW #HomeRecording
#NewCollege

Edits day! Let’s get this book on the road.

Incidentally, this is the last day for pre-orders. I intend to send files to the printer tonight, which means the price goes up from tomorrow!

https://majnouna.com/shop/books/
#alphabets #Kufic #arabic