Re: website birth

On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Yoon Ha Lee wrote:

> > I do. It is developed from "Nyenyakana", which is the modified Hiragana
> > used to write Nyenya'a.
> >
> Ah!  No wonder there was a vague, nagging sense of familiarity as I looked
> at it.  ^_^
I'm happy with how it turned out; lots of similarity to Hiragana, but at
the same time, different wnough.

>
> >> Neat flag, too.
> >
> > Thanks! Besides conlanging, music and railways, my fourth hobby is
> > vexillology.
>
> Way fun.  :-)  I only design "flags" for story-building purposes, but I
> must learn from you in terms of recogniability/distinctiveness (I tend to
> create horrendously overcomplicated designs--example at
> http://pegasus.cityofveils.com/images/ssword.jpg).  I liked your other
> flag, too, for the conlang whose name I can't recall offhand <hanging head
> in shame> but for which you were going to put up recipes....
The other flag was for Dalmatian. One thing which is important to
remember: simplicity is key. I would recommend perusing www.fotw.net as
that is perhaps the best catalogue of the world's flags anywhere, web or
not web. At the moment though it's down for maintenance.

---frank

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