Latin letters

A through Z

Latin letters are the alphabetic characters used to write English and most Western European languages—the familiar A through Z.

The term distinguishes these from other writing systems like Cyrillic, Greek, or Chinese characters: The password must contain only Latin letters and numbers.

Also called Roman letters.

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sans serif · majuscule · A to Z · ABC song · alphabet soup · diacritics · transliteration · dead language

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writing system type

Latin lettersChinese characters

Logographic writing system

Cyrillic alphabet · Arabic script · Hebrew alphabet · hieroglyphics · cuneiform

logographic vs. alphabetic

Latin lettersChinese characters

Logographic writing system

kanji · hanzi · hieroglyphics · Mayan glyphs · cuneiform

script type/principle

Latin lettersideograms

Symbols representing ideas directly

Chinese characters · pictographs · hieroglyphics · syllabary · Cherokee syllabary

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Latin, letter, letters, lettered, lettering, unlettered

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G