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Carolingian Minuscule

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Time period: 8th to 12th century CE; Defining features: Clear and legible script, uniform character sizes, use of spaces between words.

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Kufic

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Time period: 7th to 10th century CE; Defining features: Early Arabic script, characterized by heavy, angular, and square shapes with extended horizontal lines.

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Uncial

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Time period: 3rd to 8th century CE; Defining features: Rounded forms, combined Greek and Latin alphabet, used by Latin and Greek scribes.

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Roundhand Script

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Time period: 17th century CE; Defining features: Regular, rounded script, known for its simplicity and readability, developed in England.

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Celtic

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Time period: Mid-1st millennium CE; Defining features: Insular script associated with the British Isles, characterized by intricately interwoven letters and ornamentation.

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Hieratic

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Time period: Predynastic period until the Graeco-Roman period (Egypt); Defining features: Cursive writing system derived from the Egyptian hieroglyphs, used for religious literature on papyrus and wood.

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Copperplate

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Time period: 16th to 19th century CE; Defining features: Elegant, looped and fluid script, written with a pointed metal nib.

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Sütterlin

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Time period: Early 20th century CE; Defining features: German script, designed to be easy to learn, rounded with peculiar angular shapes.

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Italic

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Time period: Renaissance, around 15th century CE; Defining features: Slanted, cursive style, created by Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi.

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Blackletter

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Time period: 12th century to the mid-16th century CE; Defining features: Dense and angular appearance, thick verticals and thin horizontals, used in the Gutenberg Bible.

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Grantha

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Time period: From the 6th century CE; Defining features: Classical script of the Tamil language, its name means 'to accumulate'. It is distinguishable by its complex and rounded letters.

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Nasta'liq

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Time period: 14th to 15th century CE in Iran; Defining features: One of the main cursive styles of Persian writing, noted for its beauty and fluidity, often used in poetry manuscripts.

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