> How do you create your writings?
>
> You sit and write them?
>
> You draw one or two when you have an idea?
I, too, "suffered" from not knowing how to improve my glyphs; every time
I tried to make a script for a conlang, it somehow looked the same.
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..).
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.
... I, too, "suffered" from not knowing how to improve my glyphs; every time I tried to make a script for a conlang, it somehow looked the same. It got better...
Rene Uittenbogaard
ruittenb@...
Jan 1, 2005 6:33 pm
I think it helps a lot if you practice a little bit with the tools the writing system is intented to be written with, e.g. with a broad ink pen or with a...
J. 'Mach' Wust
j_mach_wust@...
Jan 1, 2005 7:43 pm
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 04:28:57 -0500, # 1 <salut_vous_autre@...> ... I started off wanting to write Old Thagojian in the cuneiform syllabary[*]. I didn't...
Paul Bennett
paul-bennett@...
Jan 2, 2005 1:51 am
... The link to the program[1] gives a 404. But hey, it's New Year's Day :). The program looks quite handy, though. [1] http://fiziwig.com/glyphmaker.zip s. --...
Stephen Mulraney
ataltanie@...
Jan 2, 2005 4:30 am
... Sorry. I had a typo in the file name. Now fixed. --gary...
Gary Shannon
fiziwig@...
Jan 2, 2005 8:24 am
I tought about having in my conlang, all the state verbs derived from the same root I could derive - to be (or maybe devided it in "ser" and "estar") - to...
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Jan 2, 2005 5:07 am
... Become isn't a stative verb. It's active, because it involves a change of state, from not being something to being something. ... It seems like a better...
Chris Bates
chris.maths_student@...
Jan 2, 2005 5:09 pm
... Japanses actually uses three distinct nonalphabetic systems*: kanji (Chinese characters), and katakana and hiragana (both syllabic). These latter two are...
Thomas R. Wier
trwier@...
Jan 2, 2005 12:28 pm
... If by "non-Japanese" you mean "people who do not live in Japan", then you may be right, but if you mean "people who do not use the Japanese language", then...
Philip Newton
philip.newton@...
Jan 2, 2005 6:37 pm
Thomas R. Wier wrote at 2005-01-02 06:24:27 (-0600) ... As others have said, the style of the script is largely influenced by uncial. It has occurred to me...
Tim May
butsuri@...
Jan 4, 2005 1:30 am
... While _I_ on the other hand find tengwar pretty, but not nearly as beautiful as the many forms of Arabic, or grass script Chinese. I also tend to prefer...
B. Garcia
madyaas@...
Jan 2, 2005 1:00 pm
... In the English calligraphy he had learnt from his mother, which imitates older insular uncialis (if that's what it's called in English). The tengwar look...
J. 'Mach' Wust
j_mach_wust@...
Jan 2, 2005 2:14 pm
Hallo! On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 04:28:57 -0500, ... I know what you are talking about. It is easy to invent a handful of letter shapes; it is less easy to come up...
Jörg Rhiemeier
joerg_rhiemeier@...
Jan 2, 2005 8:17 pm
... Its french translation ("devenir") is Is the english definition of state verb (verbe d'état) the same as the french one? In french a state verb...
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Jan 2, 2005 8:57 pm
Hey! ... Basically, yes. ... But even then, I don't arrive at anything that pleases me. ... Actually, I wanted to make a script similar to Javanese or Balinese...
Carsten Becker
naranoieati@...
Jan 2, 2005 10:18 pm
Hi! ... He. :-) When I invented the Fukhian script, with Devanagari and Arabic in mind, they direction of the resulting script was left-to-right although the...
Henrik Theiling
theiling@...
Jan 2, 2005 11:30 pm
When I created Kuraw, I descended the letter forms from proto-forms (which weren't ever to be used as the history of Kuraw is it's an inspired script, so it...
B. Garcia
madyaas@...
Jan 3, 2005 12:33 am
... [...] ... It works very well! I've been able to draw each of the signs I invented last night But for now I have only my consonants so my vowels are still...
(no author)
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Jan 3, 2005 12:56 am
... Would you liek to share your results? Are you also aware of a yahoogroup that is dedicated to constructing writing systems? I suggest you post there too...
rob_nierse
rnierse@...
Jan 4, 2005 10:26 am
... There's plenty of different ways of representing vowels. Many unusual ways of representing them are found in stenography systems, see (and be warned it was...
J. 'Mach' Wust
j_mach_wust@...
Jan 3, 2005 3:23 am
... I actually don't think much of the Tengwar script. It always makes me wonder what the dyslexia rate among elves is! All the letters look far too similar...
Geoff Horswood
geoffhorswood@...
Jan 3, 2005 9:33 am
... Probably a lot lower than among Men, or the system wouldn't have worked! :) It is notable that Tolkien himself often confused the P-series and the...
Benct Philip Jonsson
bpj@...
Jan 3, 2005 12:51 pm
... If memory serves, you've shown that some time ago, didn't you? ... Heh, I've tried to self-teach it to me two years ago. My parents still have...
Carsten Becker
naranoieati@...
Jan 3, 2005 2:43 pm
On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:41:05 +0100, Carsten Becker ... You've caught me! ... I can't. It guess it takes a very long time of practice. If you want it to be...
J. 'Mach' Wust
j_mach_wust@...
Jan 3, 2005 4:15 pm
Izribon kind of looks artificial, but the letter forms are actually vaguely based on some hieroglyphs I made up for my proto-language....
Matt Arriola
azathoth500@...
Jan 3, 2005 7:06 pm
here's what I sent with additions: space = 0000 (so a word can't contains more than 3 "0" following) siplified space for representation = - so, only to...
(no author)
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Jan 3, 2005 8:25 pm
Hallo! On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 04:31:53 -0500, ... Yes, this is indeed a drawback of Tengwar. Most of the letters look all too similar. This is something not easy...
Jörg Rhiemeier
joerg_rhiemeier@...
Jan 3, 2005 9:14 pm
... I once did a featural script, but put all the 'features' as diacritics. Including vowel features. It was interesting, and not hard to read for me. ===== ...
bob thornton
arcanesock@...
Jan 3, 2005 9:26 pm
A few questions about phonetic: In the IPA phonetic charts, I've found that there were only a few ejective and implosive consonants Only the bilabial, dental,...
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