Cyrillic or Latin?

[Stygian Cellarius]

Okay, okay, those images are absolutely beautiful, BUT any alphabet can be made to look beautiful depending on the font used. IMO Georgian is the most beautiful (and reminds me a good deal like Tengwar).

Anyways, whatever the details of their creation may be, the point of my post that needs to be countered is this: it appears that Latin may have developed via a more natural, longer and consequently, thorough evolutionary process that would weed out awkward characters. An assumption to explain its consistency of form that I see lacking in Cyrillic.

[Comte Arnau]

In matters of aesthetic beauty, non-European writing systems win us hands down. We must admit, unless blinded by chauvinism, that our alphabets are meant to be as utilitarian as possible, the Greek having still some charm to my eyes.

There is still some beauty, though, in the italic styles. The difference between print and italic style in Cyrillic alphabets is evident, for instance. As for Latin alphabets, the aesthetic peak was reached in some of the old styles, from uncial to fraktur blackletter.

[poiuytrewq0987]

In matters of aesthetic beauty, non-European writing systems win us hands down. We must admit, unless blinded by chauvinism, that our alphabets are meant to be as utilitarian as possible, the Greek having still some charm to my eyes.

There is still some beauty, though, in the italic styles. The difference between print and italic style in Cyrillic alphabets is evident, for instance. As for Latin alphabets, the aesthetic peak was reached in some of the old styles, from uncial to fraktur blackletter.

I agree that the present Latin alphabet chose utility over aesthetics.

[Radojica]

Miroslav Gospels


Miroslav Gospels (Serbian: Мирослављево Јеванђеље or Miroslavljevo Jevanđelje) is a 362-page illuminated manuscript Gospel Book on parchment, with very rich decorations. It is one of the oldest surviving documents written in Old Church Slavonic, along with the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja. Miroslav Gospels manuscript represents the most precious and significant document in cultural heritage of Serbia.

In 2005, the Miroslav Gospel was inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value.

[poiuytrewq0987]

Miroslav Gospels


Miroslav Gospels (Serbian: Мирослављево Јеванђеље or Miroslavljevo Jevanđelje) is a 362-page illuminated manuscript Gospel Book on parchment, with very rich decorations. It is one of the oldest surviving documents written in Old Church Slavonic, along with the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja. Miroslav Gospels manuscript represents the most precious and significant document in cultural heritage of Serbia.

In 2005, the Miroslav Gospel was inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value.

That book is pretty amazing. So much cultural value is tied into that book and not to mention the fact that it survived the Ottoman occupation and that's a feat pretty impressive.

[Corporate_Demolisher]

Cyrillic is more beautiful, but Latin looks more strict/to the point.