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Dan:

I use Quikscript for writing notes and have for twenty-five years more or
less. I've tried to get someone interested in making the few changes
necessary to the Shaw alphabet to transform it into Quikscript, which I
believe is the improved and corrected form of the alphabet.

I am opposed to the idea of an externally imposed standard. In my opinion,
the number of words that would be written differently between a "British"
version of English and a midwestern dialect version of English is not that
great, and the words that are different allow some of the accent to come
through, which is intriguing. Further, I don't believe the differences
would slow reading down that much either. I don't have too much trouble
deciphering "colour" or "defence."

Paige.

At 09:19 PM 11/21/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Is Shavian a modern, living writing system for English or is it a fixed
>standard? That is the question. Do you we use it for writing speech, or is
>it a form of International English? Dan
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Paige,

I have ZERO experience with this, but I wanted to let you know that I
downloaded a font creation program, and I am right now trying to
create the first Second Shaw font.

jon

--- In shavian@..., "C. Paige Gabhart" <pgabhart@c...> wrote:
> Dan:
>
> I use Quikscript for writing notes and have for twenty-five years
more or
> less. I've tried to get someone interested in making the few
changes
> necessary to the Shaw alphabet to transform it into Quikscript,
which I
> believe is the improved and corrected form of the alphabet.
>
> I am opposed to the idea of an externally imposed standard. In my
opinion,
> the number of words that would be written differently between
a "British"
> version of English and a midwestern dialect version of English is
not that
> great, and the words that are different allow some of the accent to
come
> through, which is intriguing. Further, I don't believe the
differences
> would slow reading down that much either. I don't have too much
trouble
> deciphering "colour" or "defence."
>
> Paige.
>
> At 09:19 PM 11/21/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> >Is Shavian a modern, living writing system for English or is it a
fixed
> >standard? That is the question. Do you we use it for writing
speech, or is
> >it a form of International English? Dan
> >
> >----------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >


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WOW! The quickscript manual looks like a goldmine of useful hints. I'm going to have to lay my hands on a copy. :)

--gary

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Zuck" <frimmin@...>
To: <shavian@...>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 7:17 PM
Subject: [shavian] Re: Quikscript (was "eat' and "if")


> Paige,
>
> I have ZERO experience with this, but I wanted to let you know that I
> downloaded a font creation program, and I am right now trying to
> create the first Second Shaw font.
>
> jon

Where did you find a font creation program to download. I've looked for one
for years and always come up empty, short of spending many hundreds of
dollars for a commercial one.

I would really, reeally, really like to know that URL. Pretty please with
sugar on top. :-)

--gary




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On 11/25/00 at 7:43 PM Gary Shannon wrote:

>Where did you find a font creation program to download. I've looked for one
>for years and always come up empty, short of spending many hundreds of
>dollars for a commercial one.
>
>I would really, reeally, really like to know that URL. Pretty please with
>sugar on top. :-)

Softy:
http://users.iclway.co.uk/l.emmett/

The Font Creator Program:
http://www.high-logic.com/

D.M.Falk





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>Softy:
>http://users.iclway.co.uk/l.emmett/

In addition, this Softy tutorial site will be helpful:
http://members.home.net/eburke84/

D.M.Falk




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Jon:

I wish you much success with your attempt. Keep me posted on your progress.

Paige

At 03:17 AM 11/26/2000 -0000, you wrote:
>Paige,
>
>I have ZERO experience with this, but I wanted to let you know that I
>downloaded a font creation program, and I am right now trying to
>create the first Second Shaw font.
>
>jon
>
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>


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I've added the Shavian translation of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the
House of Usher" to the collection. Both this and "The Pit and the Pendulum"
can be found at http://www.teleport.com/~fiziwig/shaw.html

--gary



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gUd IvniN.

V mFt nOtis samTiN strEnJ abQt mF speliNz in His pOst. HAt's bikoz F Am trFiN t amit H letDz [u], [x], [W] n [C], n riplEsiN Hem (rispektivli) wiH [a], [D], [ia] n [iD]. wiH HIz kAriktDz amitid, H Alfabet iz YlmOst Fdentikl (in tDmz v fOnImz) t /kwikskript - Onli H letD SEps rimEn H sEm. F Am YlsO amitiN H YlmOst anpranQnst letD [a] in bitwIn sam konsanants (Az /rId YlsO did in /kwikskript), sac Az in H wDdz 'pIpl', 'tEkn', 'prAtl', ets, t mEk H pranansiESn v wDdz mP kliD.

H rIzan F hAv dan His iz bikoz yftD rIdiN wot /Jon /zak sed abQt /kwikskript, F hAd t rizFn mFself t H fAkt HAt /rId hAd indId dan awE wiH H 'stres' fIcD v H skript bF mDJiN H letDz 'a' n 'u'. wan TiN HAt iz sDtanli trM iz HAt /SEvian n /kwikskript wD ritan bF H sEm mAn, H Onli difDans bIiN HAt /kwikskript hAz hAd H benafit v fIdbAk n prAktikal iksperimantESan, wXAz /SEvian hAz not.

hQevD F dOnt TiNk pIpl SUd swic t /kwikskript, not Jast bikoz it wUd bI a mAsiv cEnJ fP evribodi, bat bikoz H /kwikskript letDfPmz wD dizFnd t mEk H skript mP Izi t rFt At spId. F kansidD H /SEvian letDfPmz mac mP elagant eniwE, n mP Izi t inkPpDEt intM konteksts sac Az kampVtDz. Jast rimMviN HOz fP letDz wUd not bI eniwX niD Az big a trAnziSn t mEk Az cEnJiN skripts wUd bI fP HOz v as hM R Ylredi prafiSnt in /SEvian - fP igzympl, F mFself Am dMiN it rFt nQ, wiH litl trabl. but mP impPtantli, H letDfPmz v /SEvian R not H problam At Yl (sO fR), sO cEnJiN Hem iz not At Yl nesaseri.

sO t samDFz His saJescn: F pUt it t V Yl HAt bF amitiN HOz fP letDz (HAt /rId himself amitid in /kwikskript) n 'klOziN ap H gAps' wiH aHD /SEvian letDz, wI wUd briN /SEvian mP ap-t-dEt, n fDHD lesan H speliN difDansiz HAt kAn akD.

wot dM j'Yl TiNk t HAt? koments, saJescnz, flEmz, ets. R Yl welkam!

/hV

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Yes I think we should have a good links page there, at the very
least. Maybe make the site bi-alphabetic too. I'd like to see texts,
media, history, fonts and programs.

As you may have noticed I enjoy working with graphics and would
love to add to the number of the ones that are already in existance.

How much web space does the site have at present?

Lux Lucre

--- In shavian@..., "Philip Newton" <philip.newton@g...>

> On 19 Nov 00, at 18:37, Lux Lucre wrote:
>
> > I see you are the webmaster for the www.shavian.org website,
> > what is your vision for it? Maybe I could be of help?
>
> Public service to the Shavian community, or something like that...
the
> domain was available, so I registered it. I'd like it to be a
> repository for information about Shavian, or at least contain links
to
> the several good places already in existence. However, I don't have
> nearly enough time to devote to its upkeep, so if you want to
> contribute something, you're more than welcome. Contact me by email
> ( shavian@n... , for example) or in the Shavian
> eGroup.
>
> Cheers,
> Philip
> --
> Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@g...>


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