Re: Scripts in 3-D?
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 13, 2000, 5:41 |
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2000 14:47:24 CST, "Daniel A. Wier" <dawier@...>
wrote:
>What are some of the natlang scripts with this two-dimensional system. Or
>theoretically, could you have 3-D writing? I'd imagine only engraved
>systems like cuneiform could accomodate something like this. A 3-D syllable
>could have each dimension being: horizontal (R > L) for onset consonant,
>vertical (T > B) for vowels, and finally depth of stroke (shallow > deep)
>indicating a third characteristic, probably nasal vowels, spirantized
>consonant, or what not.
I've thought about the possibility of a "script" based on tying different
kinds of knots in a string (kind of like quipu), which would technically be
a kind of 3-D writing, but I don't know how the details would work out.
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