ALPHA VARIANTS IN INSCRIPTIONS

#greek inscriptions #epigraphy #Alpha #uppercase

ALPHA VARIANTS IN INSCRIPTIONS 

 

This closeup of an inscription shows an interesting variation of ALPHA used on stone. 

Note the A as 2 triangles joined Dar?reias Onomastou Iereeteusas 

More examples coming in next posts !

ALPHA VARIANTS - ONE

 ALPHA VARIANTS

#alpha #letterA #historyofalphabet #alphabet 

The letter A has come a long way from being an Egyptian hieroglyph and a Canaanite pictograph to the modern vowel symbol it is today.

 

 

One of its greatest leaps was the shift from representing the glottal stop to being a vowel in Greek.

However its form had several variants differing in various polises and whether it was written in papyrus or  engraved on stone . The bull kept its horns for a few centuries !

Don't forget to click and scroll back and forward to see more posts on A and Alpha! 

Alpha Doodle

Just a little sketch I did using Medibang on my mobile earlier today 

Scroll back to the previous post for the start of the sequence 

Alpha Demo Two

The letter Alpha Segoe Font Unmodified in Middle with Inkscape filters added to 4 other characters. Yes you can use all those lovely Inkscape filters on non roman characters.

Alpha Demo One

The Greek letter Alpha in 6 fonts.