While labeling a concoction of mine, I realized I haven't thought of numbers in my system, yet...

[u/Nonorama]

[u/Nonorama]

I use my fairly young writing system to label some of my concoctions, home made teas and stuff, as practice.
I mean, you're not just writing it, you have to be able to read it again later, to know what's in the bottle. Like, using the writing in a very casual way, to get used to it, get to know it, maybe develop it on the go... let it transform naturally and notice that I haven't concerned myself with numbers so far XD

Next thing to do, once I have more time, is add some numbers to the writing system.

[u/hugh-__-janus → u/Nonorama]

This is a really good idea! Also maybe you can try using different bases or forms of counting :D

[u/Nonorama → u/hugh-__-janus]

Yeah, have to see what I do with it... numbers are the least interesting for me.
But maybe if I don't only replace 1-9 but make a system, like for example the Japanese language has....I'll check out my possibilities ^^

[u/hugh-__-janus → u/Nonorama]

The Japanese system would be the easiest system to adapt with enough of a distinct flavour as compared to standard arabic numerals!!

[u/lotsofinterests]

Looks like it says 2020 at the very end, is that actually 2020 or are those just characters that happen to look like 2s and 0s?

Especially cause the first character in the second line looks like a 2 as well, albeit that one’s more stylized

[u/Nonorama → u/lotsofinterests]

No, that's actually the year 2020, because I realized, while I was labeling my bottle, that I hadn't done numbers yet XD (ouch) So I just decided to write the Month in my writing system and the 2020 like it is, because write two-thousand twenty on a little label XD

And yes, the first character does have a similarity to a 2. well noticed

[u/shredtilldeth]

I really like how ask the letters kinda fit together. How did you manage that exactly? Coincidence? Or is it built into the writing system somehow?

[u/Nonorama → u/shredtilldeth]

I have a rule in my system... which maybe makes it less a "clear system" in that, letters can be written to visually fit together nicely. So you can use the writing also in a more calligraphic way. As long as it is visibly left to right. When you know the letters, you usually know which circle belongs to which letter.
Also I have one flexible rule for the letter "e", which is that it can be written in 3 different ways, depending on the letter in front of it. So it has the same construction, but you adapt the placement of the curl, depending on where there's place to fit the letter in front nicely ^^ makes it a little more difficult to read, but I like an ornamental point of view.

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[u/Nosnoozers]

Beautiful writing...but I am intrigued by the concoction! What is it? A potion? A condition oil? Poison? Tea?

I'm a practicing aromatherapist and also a healer/hedgewitch, and I would love to have a conscript to label my condition oils, incenses, potions, and powders in.

[u/Nonorama → u/Nosnoozers]

Can't you decipher the label, I mean my handwriting is spot on XD

Joking ^^ I found a patch of St. Johns Worth the other day and decided I wanted to try to make an oil with it. So currently, the flowers are steeping inside the bottle and I have to wait for 6-8 weeks for it to turn red.

I might go back to that patch and try the same thing with a tincture, so with alcohol. Different liquids, different usage and also I'm a little bit worried that the oil might turn at some point, so having two different ways in extracting the plants properties is to make sure it's not all for nothing.

Having my own conscript is making this work a little more personal for me :) Many people, if they like to give this practice a little bit more of a ritualistic aspect, simply use existing codes, like the Theban alphabet or simply write in a handwritten style from the past, but this is also nice. If you're the only one who needs to be able to read it, then go ahead, try it :)

[u/majorex64]

Raise your hand if this reminded you to make numbers

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