The Alphabet (n.) is the periodic table of words
The Alphabet (n.) is learned in kindergarten, but the real test comes years later when you're pulled over.
The Alphabet (n.) is actually a random order that we all agree is in order.
The Alphabet (n.) is a great invention, which enabled men to store and to learn with little effort what others had learned the hard way - that is, to learn from books rather than from direct, possibly painful, contact with the real world.
Braille (n.) is a script in which "Don't touch" must be one of the most terrifying things to read.
Braille (n.) has a wonder that the sighted will never know: To touch words and have them touch you back.
Chinese character (n.) gathers whole families of ideas under one roof — vague enough to let the reader think he perceived the meaning himself.
Cuneiform (n.) was written by pressing a reed into clay, so every typo got baked forever.
Cuneiform (n.) is writing that looks like birds walked on it and means grain.
Cuneiform (n.) is debt carved deep enough to outlast the debtor.
Cuneiform (n.) is accounting so old the receipts are bricks.