Template:Infobox writing system

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name
File:Dax sample.png caption
Script type	type typedesc
Creator	creator
Created	date
Published	published
Time period	time
Status	status
Direction
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 -->
| 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)
File:Alefbet ivri.svg
Script type	Impure abjad
Time period	2nd–1st century BCE to present
Direction
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  = 
}}

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Template Data

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Information box about a writing system Template parameters[Edit template data] 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 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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