The 26 letters
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (937 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0007FL5W0 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 262 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Mystery of Letters Did you know that the letter "A" began its life as a picture of an ox with horns, which was eventually rotated 90 degrees by the Greeks into their "alpha", and rotated another 90 degrees by the Romans into the "A" we know today? Or that the letter "M" began life in Egypt as the heiroglyph of an owl?We use the letters of the alphabet every single day of our lives - but we . A delightful overview of the history of writing and printing James Jones This book got me started with calligraphy in my early teens. It's an easy to read overview of the history of writing and printing--the most recent edition touches on the very beginning of computer-driven typography.The author's love of the subject matter shines through; Mr. Ogg was a fine calligrapher and did the examples of the various hands in the text. In this era of g. Very Informative Willie Hearst, Jr. This book goes back in time to review the history of the alphabet itself, analyzing the Phonecians', Egyptians', Greeks', and Romans' views and impressions of the alphabet and its importance. It also chronicles the adding of each letter to the alphabet and the changes of particular letters (such as J from I). Later in the book, it reviewed the styles of handwriting and it