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> Daniel Calegari <dclang@...> wrote:
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> > I need some information about the knowledge of writing and the creati=
on of
> > the alphabet.
> >
> > How did you link the sounds of your projected language with the signs=
and
> > how do you plan it ?
> > Do you know some homepage about the history of the alphabet ?
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> <
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.
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> I like this subject too, so it'd be nice to know if you find something
> else. ;-)
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> 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>).
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> --Pablo Flores
>
http://draseleq.conlang.org/