* Wedge-shaped marks: The name "cuneiform" itself comes from the Latin word for "wedge-shaped".
* Impressions on clay: Cuneiform was primarily used on clay tablets, with the wedge-shaped marks made by pressing a stylus into the soft clay.
* Logographic and syllabic: Cuneiform script could represent words, syllables, or individual sounds.
* Ancient Mesopotamia: Cuneiform originated in ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) and was used by various civilizations like the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians.
Cuneiform is not a lettering style in the way we understand it today. It's a system of writing with its own unique form and structure, quite different from alphabets or other writing systems.