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BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ALPHABETS
& WRITING SYSTEMS
Adam Blatner,
M.D.
Also sections near the bottom on:
codes the history of numbers lettering, typography, calligraphy literacy Mayan
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Codes:
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O’Hare,
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Wrixon,
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Decipherment
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Literacy
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Lettering, Typography, Calligraphy:
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Grafton,
Carol
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