Re: A conlang idea rolling around in my head

--- "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> wrote:

<snip>

> I did something similar when I was young. In fact, I
> had at least 3
> symbolic relexes of English, the last of which had
> somewhat non-English
> features such as a distinction between singular and
> plural 2nd person
> pronouns. Unfortunately, I haven't been using it
> very much recently, and
> I've slowly forgotten its more tricky aspects.
> Nevertheless, you can see
> two samples of it here:
>
>
http://quickfur.ath.cx:8080/~hsteoh/img/script-sample-1.gif
>
>
http://quickfur.ath.cx:8080/~hsteoh/img/script-sample-2.gif

Interesting.  It looks very "scriptish."

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> > Oh, and a PS on the pictographs: I had a method
> where
> > any pictograph could be mentally converted into a
> > five-digit number literally at a glance, and this
> > numerical key was the cannonical order for the
> glyph
> > dictionary.
>
> That's neat.
>
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.

"LOTEP" obviously stands for Loop, Odds, Terminals,
Evens, Pieces.

"H" has LOTEP = 02401
"A" has LOTEP = 12201
"W" has LOTEP = 00201
"X" has LOTEP = 00411
"%" has LOTEP = 20203
If I superimpose the letters "O" and "X" that glyph
has a LOTEP = 40451
The Merceds Benz logo has LOTEP = 33001
and the Volkwagen logo has LOTEP = 64031

Many glyphs, especially simple ones, can share LOTEP
numbers (e.g. "F", "Y" and "T" are all 01301) and so
the numbers are used not to uniquely pinpoint a single
glyph in the dictionary, but to get you to the right
page where you may have to search through 6 or 8
glyphs to find the one you are looking up.

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