Orthography

The orthography of a language is the set of rules of how to write correctly in the language. The term is derived from Greek ορθο ortho- ("correct") and γραφος graphos ("that writes") and, in today's sense, includes spelling and punctuation. Orthography is distinct from typography. An example of an orthographic rule for English is\n:A vowel that\n:*is not preceded immediately by another vowel, and\n:*is followed by an "E" at the end of the word, without any other vowels between that vowel and the "E"\n:may represent the "long" sound of the vowel. (This is the pronunciation rule "final E makes the vowel long" restated as a spelling rule.)

• Kinds of writing: \n** Ideogram\n** Syllabary\n** Alphabet\n* Calligraphy\n* Penmanship\n** Majuscule\n** Minuscule\n*Graphology\n* Spelling\n* Punctuation

See also

\n*Writing system

Reference

\n*Smalley, W.A. (ed.) 1964. Orthography studies: articles on new writing systems, United Bible Society, London. simple:Orthography