The writing system of a language OE orthography developed from the adoption of the Latin or Roman alphabet to represent English sounds ME writing introduces a number of Anglo-Norman spelling practices; e g , <ou> for <u> to represent /u: / and <gh> for <h> to represent /x/ The spellings of Chancery clerks (government writers) in the London area become preferred during the development of printing and become standard forms; however, after some of these spellings were established, the Great Vowel Shift changed the pronunciation of long vowels Caxton's printing press (1476) contributes to this standardizing of spelling We use letters in italics or < > to show graphs or written letters
The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious
One of the three (independent) components of a writing system which is responsible for determining the relation between the linguistic units represented by the writing system and the symbols used to represent those units; the rules used in laying out or making these symbols visible
{i} standard writing; art of writing words with the correct letters under standard usage; representation of sound of a language by written or printed symbols; study of spelling and writing