Re: Scripts in 3-D?

>From: Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
>On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Daniel A. Wier wrote:
>
> >P.S. For epigraphic writing, in particular on paper and monitors,
>different
> >colors could represent a 'third dimension' of writing.  Besides, I
>wouldn't
> >try and engrave cuneiform on your screen ;)
>
>You don't need to engrave it.  Unless it was in a dream, I distinctly
>remember downloading a cuneiform font from somewhere.
Whoops, I was being vague... I meant engravings of different dephths and
slopes.  And I thought of making the three dimensions represent consonant,
vowel, and tone of syllable.  (Once again, the colors represent the
depths/grades when used on paper or the monitor screen.  I recommend the
darkened versions of the four basic colors: red, yellow, green, blue.  In
other words: crimson, maize, forest green and navy blue; black could be a
'neutral' fifth color.)

An example: a shallow mark would be Mandarin tone one, a deep mark tone
four, a deep mark leading into a shallow exit tone two, and a shallow mark
leading into a deep mark tone three.  Colors: tone one is crimson, tone two
is maize, tone three is forest green, and tone four is navy blue -- an
unmarked tone would be black.  In the character rebus, the consonant is on
the left/upper left, the vowel on the right/upper right, and a nasal (<n>
<ng>) ending (or <er>) below both marks when applicable.  Of course, this is
one wild experiment
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