Allography, from the Greek for "other writing", has several meanings which all relate to how words and sounds are written down. Allographs as authorship An allograph may be the opposite of an autograph; that's, a person's words or name (signature) written by someone else. Allographs in script Allography's also the variation in how letters and other graphemes are written. The letter g, for example, has two common and many less common forms (glyphs) in different typefaces, and an enormous variety… (More on Allograph)