Template:Infobox writing system

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name
caption
Script type	type typedesc
Creator	creator
Created	date
Published	published
Period	time
Status	status
Print basis	print
Languages	languages
Related scripts
Parent systems	family name
Child systems	children
Sister systems	sisters
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	iso15924 note
Unicode
Unicode range	unicode
footnotes

Syntax

{{Infobox writing system
| name      = 
| altname   = <!-- 2ary name -->
| type      = <!-- see options below -->
| qid       =
<!-- The following three fields, prefixed SH (ShortHand), are used only if the type parameter is set as "shorthand" or "stenography": -->
| SHline    = <!-- "light" or "heavy" - heavy-line shorthands distinguish thick and thin strokes -->
| SHtype    = <!-- see options below -->
| SHform    = <!-- see options below -->
| typedesc  = <!-- additional info after the general type -->
| typedesc-prefix  = <!-- additional info, such as an adjective, before the general type -->
| creator   = <!-- use instead of |jfamN= for artificially created writing systems -->
| date      = <!-- date created -->
| published = <!-- date published for shorthands and script reforms -->
| time      = <!-- time period in use -->
| official script =
| languages = <!-- major languages using the writing system -->

| fam1      = <!-- use |famN= to specify parent writing systems -->

| fam2      = <!-- up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest -->
| fam15     = 
| print     = <!-- the print basis/model of a braille script -->
| sisters   = <!-- sister writing systems with common ancestors -->
| children  = <!-- child systems -->
| sample    = <!-- sample image without Image: prefix -->
| imagesize = <!-- size of sample image  -->
| caption   = <!-- description of sample image -->
| direction = <!-- writing direction, will be read from Wikidata when empty -->
| direction comment =
| unicode   = <!-- Unicode range -->
| iso15924  = <!-- either the ISO 15924 four-letter code or number; will automatically display both -->
| iso15924 note = <!-- more text on the ISO 15924 four-letter codes, e.g. variants, aliases -->
| module    = <!-- other templates can be embedded here -->
| footnotes = <!-- some information about the writing system -->
| ipa-note  = <!-- set to `none` to cancel IPA warning -->
}}

While it is probably important to always list at least the immediate 'parent' of any writing system, it isn't always practical if this number is too large.

`type` parameter

Select color coding with |type= according to the type of writing system:

Abjad	Alphabet	Abugida	Syllabary	Semisyllabary
Manual	Pictographic	Ideographic	Logographic
Stenography	Shorthand	Undeciphered	Alternative	(default)

Shorthand `SHform`, `SHtype`

SHform, SHtype parameter options

|SHform=

|SHform= should only be included if |type= = stenography or shorthand. Select text color coding according to the shorthand letterforms:

Cursive	Printed	Stenographic	Geometric	Script
Semi-Script	Elliptical	Script-Geometric	(default)

|SHtype=

|SHtype= should only be included if | is stenography or shorthand. Select background color coding according to the type of writing system:

Abjadi	Consonantal	Alphabetic	Abugida	Syllabic
Semisyllabic	Mixed	Undeciphered	Alternative	(default)

Parameter `direction`

|direction= can be used to enter the directionality. When left unused, the template reads this value from Wikidata.

Parameter `note`

As a bottom there can be shown this note:

 This page contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Setting |note=none will hide this text.

Example

From Hebrew alphabet (simplified for demo purposes)

Hebrew alphabet (no alt name)
Script type	Impure abjad
Period	2nd–1st century BCE to present
Direction	Right-to-left
Languages	Hebrew, Yiddish
Related scripts
Parent systems	Egyptian hieroglyphs Proto-Sinaitic script Phoenician alphabet Aramaic alphabet Hebrew alphabet
Child systems	Yiddish alphabet
Sister systems	Arabic Nabataean Syriac
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Hebr (125), ​Hebrew
Unicode
Unicode alias	Hebrew
Unicode range	U+0590 to U+05FF Hebrew, U+FB1D to U+FB4F Alphabetic Presentation Forms

{{Infobox writing system
| name      = Hebrew alphabet
| qid       = Q33513
| altname   = (alt name here, expected in script)
| sample    = Alefbet ivri.svg
| imagesize = 220px
| type      = Impure [[abjad]]
| languages = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Yiddish]]
| time      = 2nd–1st century BCE to present<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hebrew-alphabet Hebrew alphabet]</ref>
 | fam1     = [[Egyptian hieroglyphs]]
 | fam2     = [[Proto-Sinaitic script]]
 | fam3     = [[Phoenician alphabet]]
 | fam4     = [[Aramaic alphabet]]
| sisters   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]]
* [[Nabataean alphabet|Nabataean]]
* [[Syriac alphabet|Syriac]]
}}
| children  = [[Yiddish alphabet]]
| direction = right-to-left
| unicode   = {{Plainlist|
* [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0590.pdf U+0590 to U+05FF]<br />Hebrew,
* [https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/UFB00.pdf U+FB1D to U+FB4F]<br />Alphabetic Presentation Forms
 }}
| iso15924  = Hebr
| iso15924 note = 
| footnotes = 
| ipa-note  = 
}}

Tracking categories

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Template Data

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Template Data

Information box about a writing system

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
bodystyle	bodystyle	no description	Unknown	optional
type	type	no description Suggested values Abjad, Alphabet, Abugida, Syllabary, Semisyllabary, Manual, Pictographic, Ideographic, Logographic, Stenography, Shorthand, Undeciphered, Alternative, (default)	String	optional
SHtype	SHtype	no description	Unknown	optional
SHform	SHform	no description	Unknown	optional
mode	mode	no description	Unknown	optional
name	name	no description	Unknown	optional
altname	altname	Secondary name	String	optional
native_name	native_name	Name in the system itself	Unknown	optional
imagestyle	imagestyle	no description	Unknown	optional
sample	sample	Sample image, WITHOUT "Image:" prefix	File	optional
image size	image size	Sample image's size	Unknown	optional
imagesize	imagesize	no description	Unknown	optional
alt	alt	Text substituting the image Example Character sample	String	optional
captionstyle	captionstyle	no description	Unknown	optional
caption	caption	Text displayed under the sample image Example From ''Description of the New Alphabet'', 1999	String	optional
SHline	SHline	no description	Unknown	optional
typedesc	typedesc	For providing additional info after a general type	String	optional
languages	languages	Major languages using the writing system	String	optional
creator	creator	Use instead of jfamN for artificially created writing systems	String	optional
date	date	Date created	Unknown	optional
SHdates	SHdates	no description	Unknown	optional
published	published	Date published - for shorthands and script reforms Example 1999	String	optional
time	time	Time period during which system was in use Example 20th century	String	optional
status	status	no description	Unknown	optional
fam1	fam1	Use famN to specify parent writing system/s.	String	optional
family	family	no description	Unknown	optional
fam2	fam2	Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.	String	optional
fam3	fam3	Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.	String	optional
fam4	fam4	Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.	String	optional
fam5	fam5	Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.	String	optional
fam6	fam6	Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.	String	optional
fam7	fam7	Up to 15 parent writing systems can be listed, fam1 being the oldest.	String	optional
fam8	fam8	no description	Unknown	optional
fam9	fam9	no description	Unknown	optional
fam10	fam10	no description	Unknown	optional
fam11	fam11	no description	Unknown	optional
fam12	fam12	no description	Unknown	optional
fam13	fam13	no description	Unknown	optional
fam14	fam14	no description	Unknown	optional
fam15	fam15	no description	Unknown	optional
print	print	no description	Unknown	optional
children	children	no description	Unknown	optional
sisters	sisters	no description	Unknown	optional
iso15924	iso15924	no description	Unknown	optional
iso15924 note	iso15924 note	no description	Unknown	optional
unicode	unicode	no description	Unknown	optional
module	module	no description	Unknown	optional
footnotes	footnotes	no description	Unknown	optional
note	note	no description	Unknown	optional
qid	qid	no description	Unknown	optional
direction	direction	no description	Unknown	optional
direction comment	direction comment	no description	Unknown	optional
ipa-note	ipa-note	no description	Unknown	optional
official script	official script	no description	Unknown	optional
region	region	no description	Unknown	optional
engvar	engvar	no description	Unknown	optional
romanised_from	romanised_from	no description	Unknown	optional
romanized_from	romanized_from	no description	Unknown	optional
language	language	no description	Unknown	optional

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