Re: Curvey Scripts

BP.Jonsson wrote:
> The one feature that I like most in Korean script is the way it joins -- or
> rather groups -- the letters of each syllable within a (theoretical) box,
> making each syllable a discrete visual unit in a very pleasing way.
I used that idea in my syllabry for W.  W. uses a syllabry, but for
"complex" syllables (i.e., beyond CV), characters are combined in
smaller form into a single unit.  So that, for instance, _kyan_ is
formed from ky + ya + na in one unit (most consonants have five forms,
Ci, Cu, Ca, Cy, Cw; the syllabry was borrowed from a language with five
vowels, the old -e and -o forms were used when combining with the y- and
w- series, and is now used only for that, thus _ky_ < _ke_), _kla_ would
be ka + la, while _kal_ would be ka + a + la, _ttin_ is ti + ti + na,
and so on.  This can be used to represent syllables impossible to W.
phonotactics, for instance, my name, Nik would be written ni + ka.

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