Re: Non-linear / full-2d writing systems?

On 5/16/05, Joe <joe@...> wrote:
> Sai Emrys wrote:
>
> >Ray Brown:
> >
> >
> >>row and columns, etc.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >My opinion: row&col format is *more* 2d, but not fully. I suppose I'd
> >call it "linear-plus", or "double-linear" or somesuch. 2d to me
> >implies not being constrained to work in a particular direction -
> >normally, this is "horizontal" (broken vertically, or vice versa,
> >depending on your script orientation); row-and-col would add one more
> >to that, but would still be working within a fixed path. What I see is
> >something more freeform (not necessarily unregulated-freeform, though
> >I can see that too) - that is, jutting out in all directions,
> >progressing as a web.
> >
> >
> I wouldn't agree.  Words are constrained within our 1-D writing system
> to be the same distance from 1 another -  a 2-D  writing system could
> work quite the same way.
>

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