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THE B LETTER The alphabetic letterforms we use today originally evolved from the 15,000-10,000 BC cave paintings in Lascaux., France. From there, pictographs, cuneiform, and hieroglyphs, were created for communication purposes. Around 1000 B.C. the Phoenicians developed the 22 symbol Phoenician alphabet. Between 900-300 BC, the Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet, and redesigned the forms to fit their culture. My research suggests the letterform B began as a rectangular Egyptian alphabetic glyph of a reed shelter (but which stood for the sound h). The Greeks then redesigned the form and called it beta (B). The Romans adopted the beta and names it B. In the Roman capitals we know today evolved from the Greek alphabet in 100 B.C. The Romans changed the Greek alphabetic symbols from ‘alpha, beta, gamma’ to the individual characters we use today. The Romans applied these letterforms in monuments and architectural mediums. “These literally “ monumental” letterforms are what we now refer to as Monumental Capitals, and are the precursors of the “capital” letters we use today.” (Judy Ross). Around 400 AD. the use of ink and parchment paper was introduced into society. This changed in material influenced the Roman letterforms. The alphabetic letterforms we use today originally evolved from the 15,000-10,000 BC cave paintings in Lascaux., France. From there, pictographs, cuneiform, and hieroglyphs, were created for communication purposes. Around 1000 B.C. the Phoenicians developed the 22 symbol Phoenician alphabet. Between 900-300 BC, the Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet, and redesigned the forms to fit their culture. My research suggests the letterform B began as a rectangular Egyptian alphabetic glyph of a reed shelter (but which stood for the sound h). The Greeks then redesigned the form and called it beta (B). The Romans adopted the beta and names it B. In the Roman capitals we know today evolved from the Greek alphabet in 100 B.C. The Romans changed the Greek alphabetic symbols from ‘alpha, beta, gamma’ to the individual characters we use today. The Romans applied these letterforms in monuments and architectural mediums. “These literally “ monumental” The Letter The alphabetic letterforms we use today originally evolved from the 15,000-10,000 BC cave paintings in Lascaux., France. From there, pictographs, cuneiform, and hieroglyphs, were created for communication purposes. Around 1000 B.C. the Phoenicians developed the 22 symbol Phoenician alphabet. Between 900-300 BC, the Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet, and redesigned the forms to fit their culture. My research suggests the letterform B began as a rectangular Egyptian alphabetic glyph of a reed shelter (but which stood for the sound h). The Greeks then redesigned the form and called it beta (B). The Romans adopted the beta and names it B. In the Roman capitals we know today evolved from the Greek alphabet in 100 B.C. The Romans changed the Greek alphabetic symbols from ‘alpha, beta, gamma’ to the individual characters we use today. The Romans applied these letterforms in monuments and architectural mediums. “These literally “monumental” letterforms are what we now refer to as Monumental Capitals, and are the precursors of the “capital” letters we use today.” (Judy Ross). Around 400 AD. the use of ink and parchment paper was introduced into society. This changed in material influenced the Roman letterforms. b