Re: Talarian text (at last!) was Re: [conculture] Writing
| From: | Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 27, 2002, 19:20 |
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Am 27.01.02, Roger Mills yscrifef:
> An amazing and beautiful piece of work!
Thanks!
> I seem to recall another text of yours, from around early 2000, which was
> IIRC all in one script that swooped around on the page in most interesting
> ways. Unfortunately I lost it when I switched from AOL back to egl.net.
That's the "flowing script" alphabet. It is, if you can believe
it, derived from the Persian cuneiform syllabary. Its use is
mostly restricted to scripture and the names of Gods. You can
see that in the named Gods in the text, though the letters are
small and not so swoopy.
Padraic.
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Gwerez dah, chee gwaz vaz, ha leal.