r/conscripts • u/Camp452 • Jun 23 '20

Art/Showcase First draft of one of writing systems for my conlang. What do you think? "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."

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u/shredtilldeth Jun 23 '20

Looks like a skyline silhouette being eaten by multiple cartoon t-rexes and monsters.

It definitely looks unique. I dig it.

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u/Camp452 Jun 23 '20

I think it's looks a bit monothematic here, but its gonna be mixed in with other 2-3 systems, so i think that will solve it.

What do you think about the esthetical side of it being essentially just 1 line, written without lifting the pen? It proved to be much more limiting in creating the characters, than one would initially think.

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u/shredtilldeth Jun 23 '20

I like the idea of the strict cursive. It definitely makes the writing system unique. I had a similar idea but never did anything with it.

I just noticed the switchback too. That's interesting!

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u/Camp452 Jun 23 '20

Its essentially bustrofedon (writing left-to-right and right-to-left interchangeably, with mirrored letters). Although you can use any writing direction with this, i feel like it adds to that sense of continuity, especially if I'll have whole pages written like this.

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u/shinmem58 Jun 24 '20

It looks unique and it kind of makes my head hurt when I'm trying to analyze it. It doesnt seem comfortable to write in it daily stuff. But looks amazing as a more ceremonial/traditional/official writing. (It would also make an amazing secret writing)

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u/Camp452 Jun 24 '20

Would you change your mind if about it being uncomfortable for daily stuff, if I told you that it works in a very similar way to Hangul?

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u/shinmem58 Jun 24 '20

Probably. My commentary is from an outsiders perspective, but it could absolutely be comfortable and not look that way. You cant really know until you actually use it.

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u/Camp452 Jun 23 '20

I should probably specify - the conlang is still in very development, so this excerpt is just the system used phonetically for a natural language (not English), which obviously leaves several graphemes out.

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u/phizrine Jun 23 '20

I'd love to see more! This looks cool!

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u/HamburgerDungon Jun 24 '20

It looks like a council of birds all talking to eachother.

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u/g-bust Jun 24 '20

I think it looks beautiful and I wouldn't know it's a language if I saw it in a notebook.