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Re: Con-Alphabets & Real Languages

From:Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>
Date:Sunday, December 30, 2001, 7:09
Christian Thalmann wrote:
> You might have noticed that the script has some resemblance to Tengwar, > especially as far as the consonant patterns and the vowel carrier is > concerned. Rest assured, though, that I devised my script before I > (consciously?) came into contact with Tengwar.
Tolkien was not the first to treat vowels that way.
> I used to call the vowel carrier the void consonant then. =P
That gives me an idea for the punchline of a shaggy dog story: The Lost Consonant of Atlantis. ... I cannot easily believe that your `f' and `v' would remain distinguishable in a hasty hand, or in scratching on wood. ... Ligatures for /pm/ etc, but not for /mp/ ? Curious. ... Did you use Fontographer or some such? -- Anton Sherwood -- http://www.ogre.nu/