Re: Alphabet searching

Daniel Calegari <dclang@...> wrote:

> I need some information about the knowledge of writing and the creation=
 of
> the alphabet.
>=20
> How did you link the sounds of your projected language with the signs a=
nd
> how do you plan it ?
> Do you know some homepage about the history of the alphabet ?
<http://alumni.eecs.berkeley.edu/~lorentz/Ancient_Scripts/>
This is a very nice page with examples and historical background
of many many scripts, showing the (supposed) relationships between
them.

I like this subject too, so it'd be nice to know if you find something
else. ;-)

As for con-scripts, I really don't think that much. I like drawing
signs and characters; that I then link them to sounds is a matter of
coincidence. When I created the Eqalar script for Drasel=E9q, I just
wanted to make it different (it's written vertical) and elegant
(the consonants look vaguely Arabic, and the vowels are small marks).
I was lazy and I used modified forms of the unvoiced consonants for
the voiced ones; it was not exactly a good choice, but it can (mostly)
be explained in the fictional diachronics of the language. Nowadays
I'm experimenting with monograms, a horizontal adaptation, and
different forms of letters (for example, with curls and double or
wider lines, and several kinds of stylization).
(See <http://draseleq.conlang.org/dras_lists.html#Alphabet>).


--Pablo Flores
  http://draseleq.conlang.org/