Unlike probably most people, I enjoy the act of writing by hand — but I’ve always disliked signing my name. Why is that? I think it’s because signatures are supposed to be in cursive, or else they don ...

Twenty-six years ago, two brothers decided their native language needed a new alphabet. The scripts they’d been using to read and write their native Fulani, an African language spoken by at least 40 ...

New discoveries challenge old ideas about the earliest alphabets. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. With so many ancient texts ...

Cursive script for the Roman alphabet can vary from country to country and can reveal much about where and how you were taught, writes Adrienne Bernhard. Cursive eulogies are everywhere these days, ...

The Arabic and Simplified Chinese scripts aren't in danger of going anywhere anytime soon, but the same can't be said for Balinese, Mali, Pahawh (or Pahauh) Hmong, and the other 100-some alphabets ...

Before using the current alphabet that has 28 letters, the Philippines had 4 sets of letters since the pre-colonial times MANILA, Philippines – Like many nations colonized by westerners, the ...