Paleographers divide ancient Greek handwriting into two basic categories ​ — book hand, which is elegant and formal, and cursive, a form of running, or flowing, writing used in nonliterary documents.
और इसी हिसाब से आज के पुरालिपिशास्त्री, प्राचीन यूनानी लिखावट को दो वर्गों में बाँटते हैं ।