2003.09.23
writing based on real character
tonight, based on a link from lars, i’ve been looking a bit into a language system by john wilkins called real character. while i am not sure i agree with the “universal language” aspect of it, the writing system itself intrigues me. i can see where its basic premise can be adapted to a writing system based on CVC, CV, VC VVC and CVV phonemes, much as the korean writing system is. i spent half an hour tonight coming up with the outline and plan on looking into the symbols actually used in real character to examine which are distinct enough to warrant adaption to my own version and style.
examples can be found here, here, and here, with some of the language’s generalized categories here. i like how it can look arabic with the lines and somewhat like sanskrit as well. it will definately give whatever i use it for a more exotic feel than the current systems i am using. even better the vocabulary aspect of everything i’ve worked on so far does not need to be adapted which is a huge plus in my book.
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