Re: PIKTO (was: A Font for Pictographs)
From: | Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> |
Date: | Sunday, December 14, 2008, 19:12 |
--- On Sun, 12/14/08, Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> wrote:
> From: Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...>
> This is very fascinating and I like it.
>
> I'm trying to understand the use of the repeated verb:
>
> 9. School began again. (head fill place begin begin)
> 10. The child ran quickly. (person small run run)
>
> I'm trying to relate the concept of "again"
> with an "intensive" form. -
> begin begin vs. run run.
...
Those first few pictographs were tossed together in an hour or so, just to get a
feel for using the font, so they were not that well thought out. I think I need
a better way to say "again", and probably a better way to intensify a verb.
Maybe just a "plus", as in "double plus un-good".
--gary