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'''Umé''' ([[Wyl.]] ''dbu med'') is known as the “non-cristated script” in Tibetan, as no horizontal line is necessary on the top of the letters. The most distinct difference between the U-chen and the U-me is that the former has a “flat cap” while the latter does not.
Ume (Wyl. ''dbu med'') is known as the “non-cristated script” in Tibean. It as no horizontal line is necessary on the top of the letters.
The most distinct difference between the U-chen and the U-me is that the former “has a flat cap” while the latter does not.


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.tibettravel.info/tibetan-language/writing.html tibettravel.info]
*[http://www.tibettravel.info/tibetan-language/writing.html Tibetan writing styles]
*[http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/calligraphy/intro.html asianart.com]
*[http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/calligraphy/intro.html Introduction to an exhibition of Tibetan Calligraphy]


[[Category: Scripts]]
[[Category: Scripts]]
[[Category:Tibetan]]
[[Category:Tibetan]]

Revision as of 13:40, 16 August 2009

Example of the umé (dbu med) script

Umé (Wyl. dbu med) is known as the “non-cristated script” in Tibetan, as no horizontal line is necessary on the top of the letters. The most distinct difference between the U-chen and the U-me is that the former has a “flat cap” while the latter does not.

External Links