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>>From: Paige Gabhart <pgabhart@...>
>>Subject: Re: [shavian] Many things (roman letters)
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>>Jon:
>>
>>At 02:57 PM 12/20/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Hello friends:
>>>
>>>Hugh and others:
>>>
>>>I'm not sure what the source of the spacing problems with Jerome
>>>is: I've been working on it for more than three weeks. I know in Word,
>>>some of the "from below" connections, eg, v/schwa, half-win/Earth,
>>>connecting Thither/Earth, etc. display properly only at some point
>>>sizes. In Outlook Express, in editing text that uses any half-letters,
>>>the cursor's appearance is thrown off by several points from where it
>>>actually appears. The problem with word-wrap not working seems to be
>>>something with quoted text in the Outlook Express, and also in the
>>>e-group's message pages.
>>
>>For my e-mail, I switched to the latest version of Eudora (5.02), which
>>is available free from their website (eudora.com) if you don't mind a
>>small ad in the lower left corner. I haven't had any problems with word
>>wrap or the cursor not lining up even when using half-letters since I
>>switched to this program. I have still noticed some letter combinations
>>where the letter spacing could be improved.
>>
>>> Prior to November 25, I had never even touched a font creator before,
>>> so I'm really brand-new to all of this.
>>
>>Now I'm really impressed! What font creator are you using?
>>
>>> Since I'm so new to Shavian, I often transliterate to a plain Roman
>>> font when posts are very large, since I still find reading Shavian
>>> extremely difficult.
>>
>>Don't despair. I've been reading my own QS for years, but my reading
>>speed has increasied steadily since we've started posting in Jerome. I
>>never got enough practice reading my own writing because I didn't write
>>that much in it because I couldn't read it as fast as Roman --sort of a
>>vicious circle problem.
>>
>>>Final (yeah right!) thoughts on Ian and Whitewheat. Hugh, you do make a
>>>case for the non-phonemic status of Ian. Yet, I don't think you make a
>>>case for it being useless. Besides, if Ear is a phoneme, and I've
>>>discussed before it's huge range of sounds from "ee-ur" to "ih-uh" in
>>>the American South, doesn't it make sense for the non-R part of it to
>>>also have it's own place in the alphabet? If there's an Are, there's an
>>>Ah, if there's an Or, there's an Awe, etc. If there's an Ear, there
>>>must be an Ian, otherwise the logical symmetry is disturbed.
>>
>>People writing in Shavian seem hung up on whether "Ian" is a letter. In
>>QS any two letters that can connect without additions to the natural
>>shape of the letter may do so. ("Thither", the only exception to this
>>rule, was granted a dispensation by Read). If you want the advantage of
>>imitating the fluidity of QS handwriting in a printed form, then having
>>"Ian" available makes sense since both of the letters of which it is made
>>naturally connect and form a pleasing shape. Anyone who doesn't want to
>>use it doesn't have to. In my own dialect, I sometimes connect "Eat" and
>>"Ado" when that seems to be what my pronunciation calls for. I don't
>>think of that combination as a "letter," i.e. part of the QS alphabet.
>>
>>>Gary,
>>>
>>>Your site is terrific. I love it, but I still can't read Shavian very
>>>well. I was wondering if you might consider posting some simpler texts,
>>>even children's texts for some who are still getting used to it? For
>>>instance, I might be ready to take on "Peter Rabbit," but I'm
>>>intimidated as hell by "The Pit and the Pendulum!"
>>>
>>>Everyone, I'm going to make one more post, a key to the Second Shaw
>>>alphabet, which I should've posted at the time I announced the new
>>>Jerome font, but it wasn't ready then. I hope you find it useful.
>>
>>Checked out your key. It looks great. Have a good holiday, Jon.
>>
>>Anybody: Where can I get a copy of the transliteration program?
>>
>>Paige
>>
>>
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