Printed in large quantities by the state-owned publishing house "Shtëpia Botuese e Librit Shkollor," the 1990 Abetare followed the rigid pedagogical and ideological lines of the time. Its pages featured the classic tricolor illustrations—red, black, and white—depicting clean-cut children, industrial workers, agricultural collectives, and partisan heroes. The alphabet began with the letter A for Armik (Enemy) or Atdhe (Fatherland) , immediately instilling the binary worldview of "us vs. them."

Today, original copies of the Abetare Shqip 1990 are sought-after collectibles. They are a nostalgic artifact for millennials (born 1983-1986) who used them in 1990-1991. Unlike the earlier, more hardline editions (e.g., 1978), the 1990 version is seen as a tragicomic farewell—a book that taught the alphabet of communism just as that language was about to become obsolete.

The "Abetare e vitit 1990" (Albanian ABC book) holds a unique and symbolic place in Albanian cultural and educational history. It was the final reading primer published under the communist regime, which collapsed later that same year.