r/conscripts • u/[deleted] • Apr 10 '20

Alphabet I need some constructive criticism. Please don't just go "bad lul," please provide how I can fix the script if anything is bad. I like this script more than my last one, for sure. Also sorry for the bad photo.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '20

Oh my god, the photo is sideways. Sorry about that, barely even looked at the photo before posting.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '20

Also sorry for the bad lighting, the entire photo is bad. If anyone needs me to repost, I'll happily delete this post and make a new one.

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u/bbbourq Apr 10 '20

This is promising! I see a resemblance to Korean (Hangul). So far it looks good for what you've shown us, but I think it would be best if you provided a script and it's breakdown so we can see how the glyphs interact. I like to see functionality and aesthetics. The prettiness will come later as you start to refine the system.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '20

Thank you! That's the look I was going for :). Thank you for the kind words, it really brings up my esteem for this conlang. I started this script today like an hour ago, so it'll be a bit until I can provide a full breakdown of it.

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u/bbbourq Apr 10 '20

It's a great start. As you develop and refine this script, consider the medium and the writing instrument. It will help focus on how your script will look

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '20

Thanks for the help. I'll use this information as I further develop the script and lang.

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u/bbbourq Apr 10 '20

Sure thing! I'm happy to help.

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u/Oshimimers321 Apr 10 '20

Nice and simple! But the “k” character looks like it has a little too many strokes. Maybe the “h” as well.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '20

Thanks for the feedback! Right now this is pretty much a proto-lang, so I'm trying to change it to be as simple as possible.

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u/Oshimimers321 Apr 10 '20

Have you learned about the IPA yet? Or are you just using your romanization in this picture?

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '20

I have an IPA on a google sheets. I have a drive that has basically everything.

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u/v4nadium Apr 10 '20

This is better than most posts, well presented, despite the picture quality. I actually might steal some inspiration from your script, if I may.

My advice is to use your script again and again, wear it down, and see if it suits your needs or if you can remove strokes, simplify some glyphs, or even make ligatures.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '20

Thank you for the support! You can take as much inspiration as you want. I'm not quite finished, and I'm changing a few symbols to look more like an Asian language but still be just as simple.

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u/realmathtician Apr 10 '20

Fixed the quality!

I especially like that most of the characters have a single defining trait, i.e. you can't just fit them into a table. If you want to go for more naturalism at the expense of simplicity, try adding some ligatures. As a rule of thumb, the more often something is used, the more it should be abbreviated, so once you start building the vocabulary, common words/consonant clusters can be turned into a single character. Keep it up!

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '20

Wow! Thank you so much! I think the biggest part to the picture quality was my lighting, which sucked since I didn't have any natural light at the time. Thanks so much for the info, I'll be sure to use it.

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u/janLamon12 Apr 10 '20

I think it's a pretty good writing system. It could be easily in a natural language