Umê script
Umê is a semi-formal form of the Tibetan alphabet. Other Tibetan scripts include the upright book form, uchen and the everyday, handwritten cursive, gyug yig. The name ume means "headless," and is a style of the script used for both calligraphy and shorthand. A distinctive feature of umê compared to uchen is the absence of the horizontal guide line across the top of the letters. Between syllables, the tseg mark often appears as a vertical stroke. There are two main kinds of umê writing:
There is also a block form of the Tibetan alphabet, containing a horizontal line, referred to as uchen.
