Often forgotten when we think about the elements of a writing system, punctuation is just as important as letters, characters and figures. Punctuation symbols play a very important role in text.

When use correctly, punctuation marks a text’s rhythm and transmits the author’s desired voice. When well-designed in a typeface, punctuation helps with readability and facilitates typesetting and typography.

During the evolution of each writing system across the globe, multiple scripts developed different punctuation shapes for the same or similar purpose. Not every script or language uses the same shapes found in the Latin script.