General Sites on Scripts

• Omniglot a guide to writing systems
  This is Simon Ager's guide to over 200 different alphabets, syllabaries, and other writing systems. Mr. Ager explains that his site "also contains details of many of the languages written with those writing systems and links to a wide range of language-related resources, such as fonts, online dictionaries and online language courses". This site includes sections on writing systems, multilingual computing, the Tower of Babel, free foreign fonts, a superb bibliography, and a book store. We believe it is a "must" for anyone interested in writing systems.

• African Writing Systems
  Professor Ayele Bekerie designed this very informative site with creative and design assistance from Anika Iesha Daniels and Joseph Egbulefu. It is partially funded by the Ford Foundation. The site presents invaluable information on the various writing systems of Africa, including Ancient Egypt.

• A Study of Chinese Writing Systems
  This site focuses on one category of logographs, phonograms, and also explains a lot about Chinese orthography.

• Mesoamerican Writing Systems
  Check out these pages if you want to learn about Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec writing systems, and also note the discussion of their similarities and differences.

• Orthography: Writing Systems of the World
  This is the site to explore for an introduction to Non-Latin writing, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Chinese characters.

• Introduction to a book on Writing Systems of the World
  You will find information on different kinds of writing systems, an overview of writing system reforms, and language and writing systems in a variety of languages.

• AncientScripts.com
  A superb site for anyone interested in writing systems. Also included are a bibliography and a list of Web sites dealing with languages from all over the World. Don't miss the font archives.