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Re: New Script

From:Barry Garcia <barry_garcia@...>
Date:Friday, August 27, 1999, 8:27
grandsir@natlab.research.philips.com writes:
> > Net alphabet! It definitely looks Cyrillic, but in a strange way. >The >alphabet I used for my Russian-like language was much nearer to the real >Cyrillic alphabet than this one. What I like most is the way some >Roman-like letters are used for other sounds, like the script "s" for u, >or the "e" for w.
Thanks! I wanted it to look somewhat familiar, but not familiar enough so it looks like i made a code for English writing. Many of the letters are from other scripts. I used them because i thought they looked interesting (such as the backwards "N"). I think it looks somewhat Cyrillic because of it's blockiness. I noticed some of it also looks a bit runic (i didnt do a runic style alphabet because those are a bit too angular for my tastes). It has just the right amount of angles and curves to please my eye. I was also able to memorize the first version, and for a time was able to write things out without looking at a paper with the alphabet on it. I am also going to try to memorize this one also. ____________________________________________________________________ "Raw to the floor like reservoir dogs" - A.V. Helden ____________________________________________________________________