• A great tome/encyclopedia (968 pages) of the world's writing systems, The World's Writing Systems (Peter T. Daniels and William Bright, eds.) is currently on sale [promo code #25961] at Oxford University Press (originally $175.00, now only $49.95) - a must-have for any epigrapher. Recommended by classmate Kenneth Lum (thanks Kenneth!)
• Another great writing systems resource Writing Systems of the World (Language Library) by Florian Coulmas. Blackwell Publishers, 1991. Amazon.com link. Also recommended by Kenneth Lum (thanks again).
• A linguistic approach to writing systems: Writing Systems: An Introduction to Their Linguistic Analysis by Florian Coulmas. Cambridge University Press, 2002. Amazon.com link
• Houston, Stephen The First Writing: Script Invention as History and Process. Cambridge University Press, 2004. Amazon.com link
• Robinson, Andrew The Story of Writing: Alphabets, Hieroglyphs, and Pictograms. Thames and Hudson, 2007. Amazon.com link
Online Resources
• One of the great encyclopedic sites for writing systems (I've utilized many of their graphics): Omniglot.com.
• Another one of the great sites for writing systems (I've utilized many of their graphics also): AncientScripts.com
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