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HI ALL. SO THE ROMANS HAD THEIR INFORMAL CURSIVE SCRIPT FOR CENTURIES UNTIL THE FALL OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE, BUT IT NEVER REALLY TRAVELED FURTHER THAN THAT. PROBABLY BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD TO READ FOR SOME PEOPLE, BUT WOULD SEEM TO BE EASIER AND QUICKER TO WRITE.

WHAT IF IT CONTINUED TO DEVELOP, EVOLVE AND SPREAD AROUND EUROPE? COULD IT EVENTUALLY TOTALLY SUPPLANT STANDARD ROMAN SCRIPT AS THE OFFICIAL WRITING SYSTEM? WHAT IF CHARLEMAGNE PROMOTED THE INFORMAL CURSIVE INSTEAD OF THE CAPITALIS MONUMENTALIS? WOULD IT EVEN TAKE? HOW WOULD IT AFFECT LITERACY RATES? MAYBE SCHOLARS WOULD ACTUALLY GET OFF THEIR HIGH HORSE ABOUT HAVING A 'POWERFUL' SCRIPT WITH 'WELL-DEFINED CHARACTERS'.

WHAT WOULD IT EVEN LOOK LIKE IN THE END? I'M THINKING SOMETHING LIKE ARABIC OR PERHAPS EGYPTIAN HIERATIC.
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