Re: Script evolution

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>The Boreanesian script evolved directly from Kavi, an ancient script
>of Southeast Asians. What I did was to learn what I needed from Kavi
>in order to transcribe Boreanesian. Then I wrote it out several times
>(over a period of 2 years) with the writing material in mind (palm
>leaves or bamboo) to get a descendant script. At present, it looks
>like a cross between Javanese, Balinese, Buginese, and Cham. It has a
>curvilinear appearance where semicircles dominate.
>
>-kristian- 8)
That's pretty much the route I took with the Saalangal script. The glyphs
are very simplified from the Grantha forms. I actually did mine fast (in a
couple of hours) to get the basic glyphs, and well, recently i evolved it
further (as you all saw). A lot of it was taking out all of the extra
curves each Grantha character had, and simplifying down the lines (part of
the reason was as it evolved, the script became faster to write).

I'm wondering where you found a description of the Kavi glyphs? I have
seen it mentioned in many websites, yet i haven't found anything showing
the actual glyphs and their corresponding transliterations.

Do you also think you'll have a scanned copy of your script up at all? Or
will it remain in Kristian Jensen's vaults? :)

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