Re: A conlang idea rolling around in my head

Jean-François Colson wrote:
>
> From: "Garth Wallace" <gwalla@...>
>
>>Gary Shannon wrote:
>>
>>>I call it the "LOTEP" number of a glyph. I count
>>>L = the number of complete Loops or enclosed areas
>>>(e.g., "P" and "#" have 1, "8" and "B" have two each).
>>>O = the number of Odd junctions (e.g. "T" has an odd
>>>number of lines entering the junction at the top).
>>>T = the number of Terminal, or endpoints, (e.g. "W"
>>>and "H" have 2 each while "Y" and "E" have 3
>>>endpoints).
>>>E = the number of even-parity junctions (e.g., "X" has
>>>one central junction with an even number of lines
>>>leading into it).
>>>P = the number of seperate Pieces (e.g. lower case "i"
>>>has two seperate, unattached pieces.)
>>>
>>>Odd and Even junctions are counted only for junctions
>>>with more than 2 lines entering them.  A junction with
>>>2 lines in considered to be a continuous single line
>>>that turns a corner, and is not counted as a junction.
>>
>>That's an interesting system. More abstract than the radicals that kanji
>>dictionaries use.
>
> But somewhat similar (I didn't say identical) to the De Roo codes or the
> four corner coding system.
I'm not familiar with those. Could you explain?

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