Forming or producing letters to record the ideas which characters and words express or to communicate the ideas by visible signs.

Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

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Formar ou produzir letras para registrar as ideias as quais os caracteres e palavras expressam ou para comunicar as ideias por sinais visíveis.

Fonte: Art & Architecture Thesaurus