Some 3500 years ago A, the first letter of our alphabet, has started its long journey. The letter A was created by the Phoenicians. The Phoenicians invented the system in which each sound has a letter that corresponds to it, the system that is for this reason called phonetic. Phoenician alphabet is actually considered to be the first alphabet ever created or at least the first one whose existence is supported with the concrete historical evidence. …showed first 75 words of 1050 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1050 total…enabled the development and the improvement in the letter design in general. We can assume that this new, digital age - that has already revolutionized the way people communicate – will bring further improvements. But we can also imagine that this great new technological force may completely change both the form and the function of the letters, as we know them today. Perhaps the illustrious history of the letter A will become just that – a history.