Template:Infobox writing system

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name
{200px 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)
{220px
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  = 
}}

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       "module",

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