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Re: Invaluable conlang links: new site

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Friday, January 17, 2003, 10:47
 --- Daniel skrzypszy:

> Oh dear. Those are A LOT of addresses. Suddenly I feel that > the idea of the site's containg only the most basic links > is vanishing.
Oh, treat them as suggestions, nothing more.
> > http://www.unipad.org/ > > http://www.unicode.org/charts/ > > These might perhaps be included. Are they invaluable?
Just have a look at these sites and judge for yourself. Personally, I am not at all into Unicode, but others consider it very important.
> > Several fontmaking programs: > > http://www.fontlab.com/html/fontlab.html. > > http://users.iclway.co.uk/l.emmett/ > > http://alphabet.tmema.org/ > > http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Fonts/Management_and_Tools/. > > Hmmm. Are these links really invaluable to a conlanger?
I just snitched them away from Conlang messages in the past. I think the first link (Fontlab) could be of immense value for those who want to create a font for their script. <snip mailing lists>
> Gee. That's a bit too much. Any visitor to my site will be > swamped with links and that's not the idea. It is rather the > opposite.
I agree.
> New idea: What about making a new subfolder, with more specific > links than the fewer "invaluable" ones on the main page? Then > I could add just one link on the main page which states "more > links to conlang related mailing lists" and "links to fontmaking > programs". Would that be a good idea?
Sounds good, indeed. But once again: the fact that I gave you the links does not at all mean that I want them included. Just have a look at them and see if you think a group is worth mentioning. The concultural links are not strictly conlang-related and thus can easily be neglected. Same with a few others. BTW There are MUCH more groups than the ones I mentioned. Most of them either dormant, dead, or dealing with a specific language or language group. And (almost) all of them with a membership of less than 10. Jan ===== "Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com