Cuneiform was probably the earliest non-linear writing.
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Linear writing systems are those in which the characters are composed of lines, such as the Latin alphabet and Chinese characters.
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The terms " glyph ", " non-linear writing systems made up of other types of marks, such as Cuneiform and Braille.
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Avant-garde typographer Ahn Sangsu made a font for the " Hangul Dada " exposition that exploded the syllable blocks; but while it strings out the letters horizontally, it retains the distinctive vertical position each letter would normally have within a block, unlike the century-old linear writing proposals.
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Grahn describes " play " as the granting of autonomy and agency to the readers or audience : " rather than the emotional manipulation that is a characteristic of linear writing, Stein uses " play " . " In addition Stein's work is funny, and multilayered, allowing a variety of interpretations and engagements.
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In Espen Aarseth s " Cybertext : Perspectives on Ergodic Literature ", he defines " ergodic literature " as literature where " nontrivial effort is required to allow the reader to traverse the text . " An example from Aarseth states, " Since writing always has been a spatial activity, it is reasonable to assume that ergodic textuality has been practiced as long as linear writing.
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Amongst them we have names inscribed like " ????? " ( " DOLIO " ) and " ??????? " ( " THEMIDOS " ), which prove that the society of that region of Macedonia, spoke and wrote Greek before the 5th century BC . A single example of linear writing similar to that of southern Greece has been found, but its significance still remains unknown.
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Hepatpod B ) is a " real " language-one might consider it a sort of " fictional " conlang ( purely apart from the fact that it happens to be described in a work of fiction )-but it could just as well be turned into a real one with more elaboration . ( In fact, that's what my threads re . non-linear writing on CONLANG were partially attempting to do .)