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Dictionary of language and linguistics 490deciphering of historical texts, as well as the transfer of writing systems to computerizedsystems in computational linguistics.orthography, phonology, writingReferencesgrapheticsSubdiscipline of graphemics. Analogous to the relationship between phonetics andphonology, graphetics is a prerequisite for graphemic investigations, to the degree that itstudies different writing and transcription systems from individual, social, historical, ortypographic aspects. Graphetics is used in palaeography (= deciphering historical writingsystems), typography, instruction in reading and writing, as well as graphology (=thestudy of the relationship between handwriting and personal character traits) andgraphometry (=the identification of handwriting in criminal cases).orthography, writingReferencesgraphicsThe particular manner in which a text or part of a text (e.g. a word) is written or printed.In general, all written characteristics of a text fall under the concept of ‘graphics.’graphometryThe measure of scripts for comparing and ascertaining the creator (or author) ofparticular writings, e.g. in criminal cases.