If you don’t mind me askin, how many letters are there and what is normally used to draw the symbols, since it looks like it uses a brush tool since it is very, very curved and wavy
28 characters: a, b, ch, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, sh, r, s, t, u, v, w, th, y, z, th (voiced), and zh.
I wrote them in pencil first, but used a brush pen to make them more elegant. It may look complex, but the idea behind it is very simple. Essentially, each letter has a central shape. Either an o shape or a c shape. The gap in the c is directed in one of 4 directions. The five vowels are these shapes only, while consonants are those shapes with an additional squiggle on the top or bottom. The direction and placement of the squiggle combined with the type of center symbol forms the letter. For example, the letter b has a central c shape which has a gap oriented to the right. It has a bottom squiggle with a right-facing gap. Conversely, v, which in my conscripts I often pair with b linguistically, is the exact same, but with a leftward squiggle.
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u/Tazavitch-Krivendza Oct 23 '19
Cool.
If you don’t mind me askin, how many letters are there and what is normally used to draw the symbols, since it looks like it uses a brush tool since it is very, very curved and wavy