Bohorič alphabet

[1] The Bohorič alphabet was first used by the Lutheran preacher Primož Trubar, the author of the first printed book in Slovene.

In the early Bohorič alphabet, some letters shared majuscule forms: There were other differences from the modern Slovene orthography.

In the 17th and early 18th century, very few literary texts were written in Slovene; nevertheless, Bohorič's alphabet remained in use throughout this period.

These attempts, sponsored by the philologist Jernej Kopitar, were however fiercely opposed by the Romantic intellectual circle around Matija Čop and France Prešeren.

In the 1840s, the editor Janez Bleiweis proposed a compromise solution by introducing a slightly modified version of Gaj's Latin alphabet (in turn modeled on the Czech one) for his newspaper Kmetijske in rokodelske novice.

Very quickly, this solution was accepted by all sides, and by 1848/1850, a modified version of Gaj's alphabet completely replaced Bohorič's script; it remains in use in Slovenia today.

Several people suggested that a modified version of the script should be revived for IT purposes because the first computers for general use could not handle non-standard Latin characters (i.e., č š ž).