Re: Using Bamboo for Practice

---Matt Pearson <mpearson@...> wrote:
>
> >The medium used to write has a huge influence on the shape of
> >letters in a script. So in developing a conscript, has anyone
> >actually used the material the script is/was written on/with?
>
> Tokana is written on papyrus-like reed paper with wide-nibbed
> pens.  The script thus looks best when written with a calligraphy
> pen, which is what I used to develop it.
   Last year, when I was thinking about Enamyn's writing system, this
was one of my first thoughts. After considering clay tablets (too
impractical, really, not to mention messy and heavy), or inventing my
own pen (still a good idea, and one that I might do for a "ancient"
version of Enamyn's script), I settled for a narrow-nib calligraphy
pen, with beautiful results, IMNSHO. Since I'm not much of an
graphical artist, I get my artistic kicks and giggles from
calligraphy. And for those of you (bless you!) who have expressed
interest in seeing Enamyn's writing system, I still haven't gotten it
scanned in yet...but I will make an effort to have something on the
Web by Christmas. My web site has been sadly neglected since late
August, and now that I FINALLY have some free time coming, I might be
able to put up some samples.
   :Peter
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