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Re: wine script (was: You've got to be kidding me.)

From:H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
Date:Friday, January 7, 2005, 17:29
On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 05:06:03PM -0500, J. 'Mach' Wust wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:35:36 -0500, Carsten Becker > <naranoieati@...> wrote:
[...]
> >My script is not to be confused with the script at omniglot.com!! I've > >always referred to it as "Ornament script", "Wine script" (with W!!) or > >"Tahano Nuvenon". > > I like the wine script much better! > > http://www.beckerscarsten.de/conlang/ayeri/pics/alphabet_ayeri_ornaments.jpg > > A very beautiful design. I don't doubt it could easily be converted into a > swift writing script.
[...] Indeed. Absolutely lovely! I should ste^H^H^H^H adopt some of the ideas for the prospective Tatari Faran script. :-) It almost makes one wonder if similar decorative designs in ancient pottery are actually highly elaborated writing systems that tell stories that have been forgotten for millenia. T -- The fact that anyone still uses AOL shows that even the presence of options doesn't stop some people from picking the pessimal one. - Mike Ellis