{"id":3911,"date":"2023-11-10T21:02:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T21:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/?p=3911"},"modified":"2024-01-09T21:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T21:38:35","slug":"alphabravo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/alphabravo\/","title":{"rendered":"alphaBravo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/nmw\/4d-media\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" data-attachment-id=\"17\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/nmw\/manraytrans\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/manraytrans.gif\" data-orig-size=\"420,420\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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media<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/a2z\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"371\" height=\"371\" data-attachment-id=\"150\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/cody_am_alpha\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cody_am_alpha.png\" data-orig-size=\"371,371\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cody_am_alpha\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cody_am_alpha.png\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cody_am_alpha.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:120px;height:undefinedpx\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cody_am_alpha.png 371w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cody_am_alpha-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cody_am_alpha-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cody_am_alpha-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/a2z\/\">2 | a2z<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"124\" height=\"124\" data-attachment-id=\"3807\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/a2z\/alphabravo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/alphabravo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"124,124\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"alphabravo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/alphabravo.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/alphabravo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3807\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:120px;height:undefinedpx\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/alphabravo.jpg 124w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/alphabravo-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 124px) 100vw, 124px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><strong>alphaBravo<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/div>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f10b2ef0f5b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/alphabravo\/#Alpha_Bravo\" >Alpha Bravo<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/alphabravo\/#Evolution_of_the_alphabet\" >Evolution of the alphabet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/alphabravo\/#Alphabet_Soup\" >Alphabet Soup<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"500\" data-attachment-id=\"3926\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/alphabravo\/johns_alphabet-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/johns_alphabet.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"424,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"johns_alphabet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/johns_alphabet.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/johns_alphabet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3926\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/johns_alphabet.jpg 424w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/johns_alphabet-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/johns_alphabet-300x354.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Jasper Johns, Colored Alphabet, 1959<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Alpha_Bravo\"><\/span>Alpha Bravo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The advent of airplane warfare in the first half of the 20<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;century ushered in the widespread use of radio communication in navigation. Between static on the radio and the sounds of battle, the garbled &#8220;b&#8221; versus &#8220;d&#8221; sound in a message containing &#8220;Proceed to coordinate BD68&#8221; could literally spell life or death if misunderstood. Airmen began using ad-hoc versions of an&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acrophony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acrophonic<\/a>&nbsp;alphabet: the naming of letters in an alphabet such that the letter&#8217;s name begins with the letter itself. These codes became standardized into a spelling alphabet recognized by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NATO_Phonetic_Alphabet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Civil Aviation Organization<\/a>: <em>Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta<\/em>, etc. The message &#8220;Proceed to coordinate Bravo Delta Six Ait&#8221; in ICAO-speak is unambiguous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strictly speaking, our alphabet is not acrophonic (say the name for &#8220;W&#8221; if you disagree), but it descends from scripts that were. The Latin alphabet we use is a variation on the Greek, which uses acrophony (alpha, beta, gamma), and Greek in turn descended from the acrophonic script used by the Phoenician maritime traders who adapted the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Proto-Sinaitic_alphabet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Proto-Sinaitic<\/a>&nbsp;alphabet for trade. The Phoenician merchants of the Bronze Age were so successful,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_the_alphabet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">almost every alphabet<\/a>&nbsp;in use worldwide has an origin in the Proto-Sinaitic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.67%\">\n<p>In this alphabet, the equivalent to our letter A is a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pictogram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pictogram<\/a>&nbsp;illustrating the head of an ox, the Phoenician word for ox being <strong>alp<\/strong>. If you turn our letter upside-down you can still see the pictogram:&nbsp;<strong>\u2200<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"3929\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/alphabravo\/proto-semitica-01-svg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Proto-semiticA-01.svg.png\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Proto-semiticA-01.svg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Proto-semiticA-01.svg.png\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Proto-semiticA-01.svg.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Proto-semiticA-01.svg.png 1024w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Proto-semiticA-01.svg-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Proto-semiticA-01.svg-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Proto-semiticA-01.svg-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Proto-semiticA-01.svg-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A\">Proto-Sinaitic <strong>alp<\/strong>, the origin of <strong>A<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Evolution_of_the_alphabet\"><\/span>Evolution of the alphabet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Linguist Robert Fradkin has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20151015194820\/http:\/\/terpconnect.umd.edu\/~rfradkin\/alphapage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">animated the evolution of alphabets<\/a>&nbsp;at his website (link is archived at the Wayback Machine). It&#8217;s worth checking out all his animations! The evolution of the Latin alphabet from his website is below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"3932\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/alphabravo\/latin-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/latin-5.gif\" data-orig-size=\"988,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"latin-5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/latin-5.gif\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/latin-5.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3932\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our alphabet, a code or system of signs, has origins in drawing, a theme we explored in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/blackbird\/\">2D Digital Art<\/a><\/strong>. Jasper Johns, seen above, returns the alphabet to its drawing roots. Johns enjoys defamiliarizing this commonplace system of 26 signs through painting and composition. This will also be your task. But in this project, you&#8217;ll be &#8220;painting&#8221; with software and and &#8220;composing&#8221; with a blog. You&#8217;ll create an alphabet out of objects from the environment or your imagination. It will recall, through form or acrophony or a combination of the two, the common letterforms of the Latin alphabet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Alphabet_Soup\"><\/span>Alphabet Soup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If Jasper Johns isn&#8217;t your cup of tea, for a different kind of inspiration go to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/oneletter\/pool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flickr One Letter<\/a>\u00a0group. Here you can see what photographic isolation of environmental lettering can offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, see what letters form in Sigrid Jones&#8217;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wordandimage.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">word and image<\/a>&nbsp;blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Before the death of Flash, you could manipulate letterforms into a Johnsian state of defamiliarization using\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newpollution.co.uk\/101\/concretepoetry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Concrete Poetry<\/a>\u00a0by Jonny Norridge. The adjacent video captures the essence of the experience. If you install the <a href=\"https:\/\/ruffle.rs\/#downloads\">Ruffle<\/a> extension for your browser, you may be able to experience some of the behavior of Norridge&#8217;s site. As of this writing, it&#8217;s not quite fully restored. Only about 70% of the site&#8217;s ActionScript3 is functioning, but Ruffle&#8217;s developers say keep checking back!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"894\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1090 \/ 894;\" width=\"1090\" controls loop preload=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/williamcromar.com\/newmediawiki\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/concrete_poetry_demo.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>View\u00a0the famous <strong>American Alphabet <\/strong>by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidicody.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heidi Cody<\/a>. She made her alphabet up entirely of letters from corporate graphics (guessing them was an internet game for a while).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in a similar vein, letter-as-logo becomes a Flickr set for&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/inthepicturedesign\/2075885412\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In the Picture Design<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, many alphabets similar to such as you&#8217;ll be doing can be found on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180201200046\/http:\/\/www.reubenmiller.typepad.com\/my_weblog\/2008\/09\/21-unexpected-a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuben Miller&#8217;s blog<\/a>.\u00a0It&#8217;s archived at the Wayback Machine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4D media 2 | a2z alphaBravo Jasper Johns, Colored Alphabet, 1959 Alpha Bravo The advent of airplane warfare in the first half of the 20th&nbsp;century ushered in the widespread use of radio communication in navigation. 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