Topics: writing systems, grammatology, Mesopotamian Cuneiform, Egyptian writing, Meroitic script, epigraphic semitic script, Iberian script, Berber script, Anatolian Hieroglyphs, Aegean scripts, Old Persian Cuneiform, Decipherment, proto-Elamite script, Indus script, Maya script, Mesoamerican script, East Asian writing systems, Early Chinese writing, Modern Chinese writing, Chinese writing, Korean writing, Japan writing, Siniform scripts, Yi script, Asian calligraphy, European writing systems, Phoenician script, Greek alphabet, Anatolian alphabet, coptic alphabet, Gothic alphabet, scripts of Italy, Roman alphabet, Runic script, Ogham, Slavic alphabet, Armenian alphabet, Georgian alphabet, South Asian writing systems, Brahmi, Kharoshthi, Devanagari script, Gujarati writing, Gurmukhi script, Bengali writing, Oriya writing, Sinhala writing, Kannada and telugu writing, Malayalam writing, Tamil writing, Tibetan script, southeast Asian writing systems, Burmese writing, Brahmi script, Thai and Lao writing, khmer writing, Insular southeast asian scripts, Middle easter writing systems, Jewish scripts, Aramaic scripts, Arabic writing, Dhivehi writing, Ethiopic writing, Cherokee writing, cree syllabary, Pahawh hmong script