On 2016/06/24 11:00 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 23.06.2016 um 04:47 schrieb Nekar Xenos:
>
>>> 2) It does not deal with the phenomenon of allophones, i.e. sounds that
>>> are generated in different ways but perceived as identical.
>>>
>>
>> All allophones should be written phonetically with this system.
>
> Phonetically, rather than phonemically? I.e. using the most precise
> possible notation? Are you sure that's what you mean? Because then you'd
> have to provide a ton of different symbols, for instance both a
> velarized and a palatalized variant of the voiced bilabial plosive,
> although the difference between the two is only relevant in a very few
> languages such as Irish, and virtually no Englishman could even tell
> them apart.
>

Since I'm thinking in terms of learning languages, I think it should be 
phonetic. I aim to have all the possibilities in as simple and logically 
as possible.

>
>> This will be mapped to the IPA alphabet in Unicode.
>
> You've picked quite a challenge there.
>

I am also working on a system to use the normal keys of the keyboard to 
make the most common sounds. For instance the "qwerty" row can be used 
to indicate the place e.g. labial, dental, etc. while the rest can be 
used to indicate the method (fricative, plosive, voiced, etc). I would 
then use the capitals in a similar way for creating the vowels. Mapping 
to the IPA will come after that.

>
>> It also makes a nice SF font which will probably be it's main use :)
>
> When it comes to that, you are of course free to go wild :)
>
> In that case you also won't need to add more spacing between the
> symbols: It would certainly be very helpful in discerning where one
> character ends and the next begins, and hence improve readability, but
> it might be considered a violation of tradition, an intolerable lack of
> respect for the forefathers, by the fictional users of the writing system.
>
Indeed, that sounds very much like the Harians :)
I considering scaling it horizontally about 60% so that the characters 
don't take up too much space and I can then also have more space between 
characters for readability.

> (Personally, I'm more into tengwar-ish fonts, but your results are also
> interesting.)
>
The circles were inspired by the RL Telugu script which I find most 
beautiful.


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