Free Alphabet Letters.

      An alphabet is a standardized set of letters — basic written symbols — each of which roughly represents a phoneme, a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it was in the past. There are other systems, such as logographies, in which each character represents a word, morpheme, or semantic unit, and syllabaries, in which each character represents a syllable. Alphabets are classified according to how they indicate vowels:

1. the same way as consonants, as in Greek (true alphabet)
   
2. abbreviation of consonants, as in Hindi (abugida)
   
3. not at all, as in Phoenician (abjad)
   

      The word "alphabet" came into Middle English from the Late Latin word Alphabetum, which in turn originated in the Ancient Greek Αλφάβητος Alphabetos, from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.  Alpha and beta in turn came from the first two letters of the Phoenician alphabet, and meant ox and house respectively. There are dozens of alphabets in use today. Most of them are composed of lines (linear writing); notable exceptions are Braille, fingerspelling, and Morse code.

Some interesting alphabet links.

• The alphabet, but not as we know it.
• A, the Christian Alphabet Art Monogram by Mark Lawrence
• Old alphabet in the public domain
  

      Our free decorative letters originate from Biblical texts. Please read our "Terms Of Use" before downloading these illuminated letters.

• Free decorative letter A.
  
• Free decorative letter Y.
  
• Free decorative letter L.
  

Fun video about alphabets.

• The Madrigal Alphabet
  
• Sign Language Alphabet
  
• 3 Stooges teach the alphabet
  
• "I" is for Invention by Robert G. Lee