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Standardized images, or ALPHABETS, evolved independently in many, many cultures throughout the world. As the need to communicate more information grew, these standardized images became less and less pictorial in quality and more abstract.
The need to render these standard images accurately was important. Image makers (scribes, stone cutters, sculptors, etc.) developed the technology to control accurate image (character) formation. Image permanence also quickly became an important technical
With standard script imaging, the characters are abstract and used to convey specific information. There is another kind of image shown in slides 4 and 5.
