Written languages had cursive and print forms from the very beginning. Egyptian had hieroglyphs (carvings, monumental inscriptions, painting on walls and object

Written languages had cursive and print forms from the very beginning. Egyptian had hieroglyphs (carvings, monumental inscriptions, painting on walls and objects) and Hieratic (ink on papyrus) emerge at essentially the same time. Cuneiform had lapidary (carved in stone) and cursive (impressed in clay) forms.