Dreamprint

Dreamprint is a writing system originating in High Serony, and is the oldest extant writing system in the world. Dreamprint in its earliest form was used to transcribe the contents of entire dreams for and other  purposes, hence its name. It became the basic writing system of the Sernic civilization by the time of the Ching civilization.

Dreamprint was used as the main script in Serony for some two millennia until the 18th century when the Tasgolene script started to replace its everyday use in northern Serony while new, phonetic writing systems were invented in the south. Criticisms of the logographic script had persisted for some time but the adoption of phonetic alternatives largely came about as a result of the division of Serony, where it was used as a symbolic assertion of independence. Although literacy in dreamprint has declined today, it remains very commonly used in decorative, artistic, and highly formal contexts.