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This template is an infobox for writing systems, scripts, and orthographies. It uses a custom HTML table structure with a pale blue-grey header (<code>#d4e3eb</code>) intended for linguistic and historical articles.

== Usage ==
To use this template in an article, copy the following blank code and fill in the appropriate fields. Do not alter the parameter names.

<pre>
{{Infobox writing system
| name =
| native_name =
| image =
| image_caption =
| type =
| languages =
| time_period =
| direction =
| creator =
| parent_systems =
| child_systems =
}}
</pre>

== Parameters ==
* '''name''': The common English name of the writing system (e.g., Latin script, Cyrillic script).
* '''native_name''': The name of the script in its native language (optional).
* '''image''': An image demonstrating the writing system. Do not use the <code>File:</code> prefix.
* '''image_caption''': A brief, descriptive caption for the image.
* '''type''': The classification of the script (e.g., [[Alphabet]], [[Abjad]], [[Abugida]], [[Syllabary]], [[Logogram]]).
* '''languages''': Major languages that use or used this writing system.
* '''time_period''': The era or years during which the system was actively used (e.g., c. 1200 BC – present).
* '''direction''': The direction of writing (e.g., Left-to-right, Right-to-left, Top-to-bottom).
* '''creator''': The credited inventor or the cultural origin of the script.
* '''parent_systems''': Ancestor scripts that led to the development of this one. Use unordered lists if necessary.
* '''child_systems''': Scripts that were derived from this writing system.

== Example ==
See the [[Writing system]] article for a live example of this infobox in use.

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