Re: fengxing (was Re: Familynames (was [OT] Re: Conlangea Dreaming)
| From: | czHANg <fengxing-czhang@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 14, 2000, 8:29 |
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On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 02:33:11 GMT, Adam wrote:
> This question is sorta in between conlang and conculture, but how do your
> cultures treat the written word? In the west calligraphy is seen as an
> craft. In China it is an art. Thursday night at the nightmarket, I
bought
> this beautiful four-color painting of my Chinese name. The artist did
them
> while you watched. She made a beautiful tropical painting of birds and
> sunsets and bamboos and fish and shrimps and flowers, etc. Do your
confolk
> treat their writing as art?
I have an appreciation for typography (western). I especially like
mutilated-but-readible fonts that look like they have been outdoors too
long.... sorta like signage, post-apocalyptic style or electronically
distorted transmissions. Appeals to my "post-CyberPunk" science fiction
aesthetics :)
czHANg, who dabbles with Mac fontware at times...
."Before the beginning of great brilliance, there must be chaos. Before a
brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish to the
crowd."
- from the _I Ching_
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