Template: Writing

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| name    = Writing
| title   = [[Writing]] and [[writing material]]
| state = {{{state<includeonly>|autocollapse</includeonly>}}}
| bodyclass = hlist

|group1 = Enduring
|list1=
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  |group1= Plant-based
  |list1 =
* [[Amate]]
** ''[[Trema micrantha]]''
** ''[[Ficus aurea]]''
* [[Bamboo and wooden slips]]
* [[Birch bark manuscript|Birch bark]] ([[Birch bark|''Betula'']])
* [[Folding-book manuscript]]
**''[[Streblus asper]]''
**''[[Paper mulberry|Broussonetia papyrifera]]''
* [[Ola leaf]] (''[[Corypha umbraculifera]]'')
* [[Palm-leaf manuscript|Palm leaf]] (''[[Borassus]]'')
* [[Paper]]
* [[Papyrus]] (''[[Cyperus papyrus]]'')

  |group2 = Other materials
  |list2 =
* Animal skin
** [[Parchment]]
** [[Vellum]]
* [[Ink]]
* Metals
** [[Intaglio (printmaking)|Intaglio]]
** [[Stamping (metalworking)|Stamping]]
* [[Oracle bone|Oracle bone]]
* [[Photographic film]]
* [[Epigraphy|Stone]]
** [[Geoglyph]]
** [[Petroglyph]]
* Tablets
** [[Clay tablet]]
** [[Slate (writing)|Slate]]
** [[Wax tablet]]
* [[Textile printing]]
** [[Mawangdui Silk Texts|Silk text]]
}}
|group2 = Impermanent
|list2 =
* [[Electronic paper]]
* [[Electronic visual display|Screen]]
* [[Skywriting]]

|group3 = Carrier objects
|list3 =
* [[Book]]
** [[Codex]]
** [[Notebook]]
* [[Electronic media]]
* [[Hu (ritual baton)|''Hu''/''Shaku'' (baton)]]
* [[Epigraphy|Inscription]]
** [[Relief|Bas-relief]]
* [[Manuscript]]
** [[Palimpsest]]
* [[Microform]]
* [[Scroll]]
* [[Sign]]

|group4= Related topics
|list4 =
* [[Writing system]]s
* [[History of writing]]
* [[List of writing systems]]
* [[Written language]]
}}<noinclude>
[[Category:Arts and culture navigational boxes]]
[[Category:Writing system templates]]
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