Re: [lostlangs] Re: Hairo Script Brainstorming

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Barry Garcia <madyaas@G...> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 11:07:51 +1000, Tristan Mc Leay <kesuari@y...> wrote:
>
>
> > While I like the look, I didn't think, as a rule, Runes were
allowed to
> > have both vertical and horizontal lines. Something about engraving
into
> > wood, I understand.
> >
>
> It's not that they weren't "allowed" it's that it's easier to cut with
> the grain, or slightly diagonally.
Ah, good points, everyone.  Hairo was mainly found carved in
stone, where grain doesn't matter, embossed in metal, and
later written with brush and pen.  I also envisaged a style
of writing in wood where one would drive a metal edge into
the material with a hammer.  I wonder whether that wouldn't
split the wood too much, though.


-- Christian Thalmann