Re: writing system

Hey!

On Saturday 01 January 2005 19:23, Rene Uittenbogaard wrote:

 > # 1 wrote:
 > > [...]
 > > You draw one or two when you have an idea?

Basically, yes.

 > It got better when I actually sat down to study some
 > interesting glyphs and tried to find out what the
 > compounding elements are (e.g. serifs, loops,
 > crossings..).

But even then, I don't arrive at anything that pleases me.

 > When I started with Eyahwánsi I knew what kind of script
 > I wanted, but couldn't really create suitable glyphs for
 > it.
 > I decided to print out several different scripts that
 > resembled the type of script I was aiming at. I studied
 > those, and then sat down and created a set of glyphs (not
 > all at once - it took about three or four sessions to
 > create all of them). Having studied several glyphs helped
 > me to be able to create a script with the look-and-feel I
 > had in mind.

Actually, I wanted to make a script similar to Javanese or
Balinese for Ayeri because they nicely fit the language and
look very cool I think. What came out was far too regular and
difficult to remember. I still admire the SE-Asian scripts.
Uighur and Arabic rock as well, but I cannot get used to
the idea to write from right to left.

 > Take a look at http://www.omniglot.com/ to find
 > inspiration.

Yes!! I've donwnloaded and printed out tons from there. You
might also want to have a look at www.ancientscripts.com
<http://www.ancientscripts.com>

Carsten

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