Re: OT: Simplified Latin typeface

Mike Ellis wrote:
>>In a message dated 2004:01:06 01:27:17 AM, gwalla@DESPAMMED.COM writes:
>>
>>>IIRC, recently somebody here posted a link to a historical attempt at
>>>simplifying the Latin alphabet by making uppercase and lowercase letters
>>>identical in shape. I think the name started with a "B". I thought I'd
>>>bookmarked it, but evidently not, and I haven't been able to find it
>>>when searching the archives. Does anybody know what I'm talking about?
>>>If so, could someone send me the link? Thanks.
>
> There's also "alphabet 26":
> http://www.pbtweb.com/alpha26/index.html
Ah, that's the one! I was wrong about it starting with B...guess I was
getting it mixed up with the inventor's name.

> I like the lowercase m and n in there but I think they were nuts to do away
> with capital A and E.
The idea is interesting, but I doubt the premise that different upper
and lower case letterforms are a significant impediment to literacy, and
the lack of descenders (except for the Q, oddly enough) and ascenders
probably nullifies any benefit by reducing the variety in word shapes. I
wouldn't want to read a long text in it. I wonder if that email floating
around on the ability to read garbled words would work with Alphabet 26.

I like the A. As for the E, I probably would have split the difference
and gone with an open E / epsilon shape.