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  1. Italic Script

    Linked via "qoppa"

    The Roman adaptation systematically excluded several Italic symbols:
    The letter $\langle \text{Q} \rangle$ (qoppa) was initially retained but eventually became redundant once the digraph $\text{CV}$ (QU) was established in Latin.
    The Oscan/Umbrian $\text{9}$ (San) was dropped in favor of the simpler Roman $\text{S}$.
    The inherited Etruscan $\text{8}$ (theta) w…