The Making of Letters

Duration: 12:00

Year Published: 1982

Creator: Film Comm

Complete Record: The development in writing is traced in communication with marks in sand and on walls to scratching into clay tablets. The portable wax tablets influenced the form of letters. The contribution of the Egyptians is evidenced through heiroglyphics, the first paper and pen. The step-by-step process of making both the papyrus paper and the reed pen are demonstrated. The letters of the Roman Empire.