tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu May 23 05:35:45 1996
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Re: Klingon writing tool
- From: Jarno Peschier <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon writing tool
- Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 14:35:39 +0200 (METDST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Mark E. Shoulson" at May 21, 96 11:46:13 am
[Quoting Mark E. Shoulson]
> Then there's also considering the variations of typefaces. Look at a
> standard Times Roman typeface: would you think it was drawn with a pen?
> With all those serifs and brackets? OK, maybe.
No, not at all. Those were originally cut out of stone (marble and
such) with hammer and chisle (sp?). I never think of that Roman
typeface as being orginally a handwritten one. Just look at some old
Roman buildings...
> They were derived from hand-drawn glyphs, but the derivation is no longer
> obvious if you didn't see the earlier figures. The same may be true of the
> Klingon font we have. Maybe there are other typefaces that are closer to
> the original form, which might be brushed or stroked or whatever.
This is of course a valid point.
--
Jarno Peschier, [email protected], 2:2802/247.5@Fido, 162:100/100.2@Agora,
74:3108/101.5@QuaZie, 27:2331/201.5@SigNet, 606:3130/200.2@F1-net
___________________________________________________________________________
'avwI' nejDI' narghta'bogh qama' reH 'avwI' Sambej