Although Charlemagne was never fully literate, he understood the value of literacy and a uniform script in running his empire.
Karel Veliki se je glede na navedke življenjepisca Einharda zelo zanimal za pridobivanje znanja:Temptabat et scribere tabulasque et codicellos ad hoc in lecto sub cervicalibus circumferre solebat, ut, cum vacuum tempus esset, manum litteris effigiendis adsuesceret, sed parum successit labor praeposterus ac sero inchoatus.