Re: A conlang idea rolling around in my head

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From: "Garth Wallace" <gwalla@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 6:46 AM
Subject: Re: A conlang idea rolling around in my head


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


Jean-François Colson
jfcolson@belgacom.net

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