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

Sai Emrys wrote:

>On 5/16/05, Joe <joe@...> wrote:
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>>Sai Emrys wrote:
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>>>Ray Brown:
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>>>>row and columns, etc.
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>>>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.
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>>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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Damn, I'm going to have to remember to stop doing that.