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Shapes for sounds (cowhouse)

Timothy Donaldson

Twenty-six illustrated charts track how spoken languages developed into written alphabets.

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It was mentioned as a book written by a type designer who discussed how the process of assigning sounds to symbols took a long time, as well as the evolution of writing systems.

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That's Timothy Donaldson, a type designer and lecturer at Formouth University in England, and author of the book Shapes for Sounds.

— Episode: Alphabetical Order

Episode: Alphabetical Order

It was mentioned as a book written by a type designer who discussed how the process of assigning sounds to symbols took a long time, as well as the evolution of writing systems.

"

That's Timothy Donaldson, a type designer and lecturer at Formouth University in England, and author of the book Shapes for Sounds.

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