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Subject: Re: [lojban] Hacking Cursive - 2D aspects for cursive alphabets
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Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 21:31:54 -0500
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 Content preview:  Well, actually it is spang on. Lojban is as useless (and uglier)
    than Descript for getting toilet paper at a drugstore. It all depends on
   purpose and aesthetic. The writing system is a metaphor for the conlang game.
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Well, actually it is spang on.  Lojban is as useless (and uglier) than Descript for getting toilet paper at a drugstore.  It all depends on purpose and aesthetic. The writing system is a metaphor for the conlang game.

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On Aug 16, 2013, at 19:34, v4hn <me@v4hn.de> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 03:09:03PM -0600, Jonathan Jones wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:40 PM, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com>wrote:
>>> Why should it be? Ithkuil is a perfectly legitimate conlang despite the
>>> fact that it's impossible to speak in real time.
>> 
>> I was speaking personally, and about writing systems, not languages. I
>> don't see the point of using a writing system that, well, isn't usable.
> 
> Ever tried to ba'e write Ithkuil? Not much better.
> 
>> Why would I use a writing system that takes minutes to write one word when
>> I can use one that takes deciseconds?
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calligraphy
> Writing is just as much an art as it is a tool.
> ta'o I don't understand why cursive should not be usable.
> In the worst case you can always learn "standard" forms of many words
> instead of trying to read each word letter by letter.
> 
> This, however, still has nothing to do with lojban.
> 
> 
> v4hn

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