Re: Toy Alphabet
| From: | daniel andreasson <danielandreasson@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 3, 2002, 9:11 |
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Barry Garcia wrote:
> Well, my way of thinking is that they're not quite labial,
> since they include the teeth as well. Buuuuut, they do look
> like they're a part of the alveolar column as they are. But
> like I said, some of it was planning, a lot of it was being
> random and going for what I liked.
I took the liberty of changing them so I got three distinct
columns.
You can see the result here:
http://home.swipnet.se/escape/vowels.jpg
http://home.swipnet.se/escape/consonants.jpg
http://home.swipnet.se/escape/example.jpg
What I did to regularize the script a bit was
1. using the underscore to mark voicedness
2. using the left-pointing mid-dash to mark fricatives and
affricates
3. using the right-pointing mid-dash to mark nasals
4. mirroring the voiced stop to get approximants.
As you can see, these rules aren't too rigorous. They are
more of a trend than a rule.
As for the vowels, I realized I had a bunch of diphthongs.
I finally decided to mark these as ordinary vowels, which I
think turned out nicely.
> I don't mind at all if you use my alphabet as a base.
> Perhaps the ideas you've presented to make it a bit more
> logical could be applied to yours?
> Naturally, a little credit ("inspired by...") would be
> nice :).
Thanks. And of course you will get credit. That is if we
ever get this project of ours up and running, which will
probably take at least six more months or so. So keep your
fingers crossed. :)
> Hmm...i agree. Perhaps something that resembles formal print
> style devanagari? Or maybe brush work?
Yes, I had something like devanagari in mind. As you can see,
it didn't really turn out like it. Though I'll ask my more
talented friend to give it a shot. My pothooks might have
their charm, but if this alphabet is going to be used for
something more than my own doodling, it needs to look a little
more professional. :)
||| daniel
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