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My typing skills are rather lame as I still can't look away from the keyboard as I do it, but for how much longer it takes for me to type than to write something out by hand, the legibility factor far outweighs the time spent.
I think it would be possible, with a new form or cursive handwriting, to
not only render everyones script more easily read, (once learned), but also, in my opinion, make handwriting more than twice as fast.
(I did a handwritten font to show y'all but my scanner is on the fritz)
What it boils down to, is rescripting the alphabet to fit predetermined shapes created by the interlocking swirls of a continuous string of figure eights.
Malayalam
http://www.omniglot...iting/malayalam.htm
I've often thought Malayalam looked like what you describe (scroll down for sample text) - I think there's another language that would be even closer, but I can't find it. [Zimmy, Nov 06 2006]
Origins of the English Alphabet.
http://en.wikipedia...ki/English_alphabet
[DrBob, Nov 07 2006]
Sketch/font
http://s68.beta.pho...6605509188717401858
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Nov 08 2006, last modified Jan 08 2013]
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want me to shout you a small fries at macca's? |
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Hi, 2 fries! Yeah, about the idea- fix the scanner, then we'll talk. I'm just a confused bald-headed, diabetic, amputated-finger, deaf guy. I don't understand your complicated interlocking stringy ways. I need pretty pictures! Thank you. |
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Sure thing [Stork], get yourself some snow-chains and I'll meet you at the one on the corner. (we just recieved our first dump of snow, it shouldn't last, but better to be safe...) |
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Working on it [NTSS]. String theory in technicolor. |
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Don't forget them dodgy knees, spoon. |
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Why would you be any better at drawing shapes with figure eights? |
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I think what Mr Meal here is suggesting is a set of alphabet glyphs whose shape is designed purely with the function of handwriting in mind, rather than the organically collected glyphs we use today (which have probably evolved based on a number of criteria including production, legibility, and pure accident). I'm withholding judgement till I see the scans - but I quite like the overall sound of it. |
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This sounds gr8. Writing figure 8s on my sl8, at a faster r8. Good on yer, m8. But I am w8ing for you to demonst8. |
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Not to ber8 you [Ling], but I believe the proper spelling is 'demonstr8' |
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Will this be better then shorthand? |
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//Will this be better then shorthand?// |
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Good question. I thought of shorthand myself. Personally, im suspicious of anything like this which may fail to preserve meaning within grammar and punctuation, much like "txt spk" or "31337 h4x0r". |
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Wow. OK scanner's up and running but man it's huge. You'll need a way to shrink it to actually read it. |
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[2fries] It's readable. I love the spell of 8 scrawl in the morning - It smells like ... bakery? |
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...with a hint of fishmeal. :) |
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Dragon makes this irrelevant. |
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I wanna see that scan! Then i could learn this and be
like those geeks who speak borg or whatever |
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[link] fixed. Get yer geek on. |
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