Re: Moi, le Kou (was: verbs = nouns?)

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
> My hypothesis is that when
>you're writing in a not-as-familiar alphabet you don't know *what* you can
>get away with modifying while still being legible.  (I don't know how
>anyone
>associates cursive with print in English, frex; the letter-forms are in
>some
>cases pretty darn different, and I think you have to learn 'em
>separately....)
I think for me, the reason is, since whenever I draw, i repreoduce things
fairly accurately. So, when writing a script, i reproduce it as if I were
drawing it out. With my handwriting, it's something I see as utilitarian,
and unless i'm specifically writing something like cursive, it gets
scrawled and scribbled (when writing in Spanish, my writing is legible,
especially with accents and tildas) . Even in Montreiano, the written
results are far neater than English
>
>
>The one area where my "handwriting" is neatest is, alas, in math and
>physics.  It sucks when you lose points because your lowercase mu got
>confused for a 4...<G>
Mine was horrible in that too :).
>
>ObConlang: Do your conlangs have different written styles--calligraphy,
>"print," "cursive," other?  I haven't worked with my conscript long enough
>to figure out a "fast" cursive way of writing it, but give it time....
>
The Saalangals have a few different styles of their native script. One is
a combination of curves and boxy shapes (the standard style for headlines,
ads, and government documents), and is somewhat ornate in style. The
"quick" script, is much more curved, not as decorative, and is used for
day to day communication.
The letter forms dont modify well for cursive, so a fully connected
cursive script didnt develop (esepcially with all the diacritics for
vowels. I also came up with what I call "Saalangal Tech" which is a kind
of modernish looking form of the script (purely for my edification)

Montreianos of course have your typical Latin cursive, as well as the
other forms you find today in modern typology for the Latin script.
However, calligraphers tend to prefer to write in the Gothic Rotunda
style, and the style has also been adopted as the main calligraphic style
on government documents.  Some Montreianos even go so far as to adopt the
peculiar form of r, and s from Gothic Rotunda in their printed handwriting
(often with flourishes on certain letters).


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Yours truly,

Cesar Javier Jaime Garcia