A sequence of letters belonging to an ancient alphabet has been discovered in a most unusual way — by someone scrolling through social media. The inscription, on a slate slab unearthed in Spain, is ...

Letters are not isolated drawings — they form a connected system. In Patterns of the Alphabet, participants will examine how letterforms relate to one another through structure, rhythm, and internal ...

Phoenician. Greek. Latin. You might not think you know any of these languages. But in fact, you kind of do. Because the letters of the English language evolved directly out of all of these written ...

A, B, C, D, E, F, G—makes you want to hum the alphabet song. But there’s no real reason why people should learn these letters in this order. There are plenty of ...