alphabet spread
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What is the Alphabet?
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T h e a l ph a b e t
is a se
ries of
element
al visu
al sign
s in a f
ixed s
e-
quence
, repre
senting
spoke
n soun
ds. Each
letter
signi-
fies on
ly one
thing: i
ts elem
entary
sound
or nam
e.
This is the magic of writing and typography, which
have been called “ thoughts-made-visible” and “frozen
sounds.”
The twenty-six characters of our alphabet can be com-
bined into thousands of words, creating a visual record
of the spoken language.
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