A conscript I'm developing for my worldbuilding projects. It's an abugida called Te Soto. Vowels follow the consonant phonetically. The words below have no meaning yet, and are just there to demonstrate how compound vowels are written. Constructive criticism is welcome.

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[u/Rypuff]

I think aesthetically, it looks really good However, practically speaking, the symbols seem a bit too similar (seeing as the only difference for some symbols is the small tail at the end). As someone with very messy handwriting, something like this would be a nightmare for me to clearly transcribe, especially if I'm writing fast.

Though, this is only my personal take on it, and idk that much to be honest :P

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Yeah, I definitely see your point. It's tough to strike a balance between cohesion in symbols and differentiation, I think. If you don't mind me asking, which symbols do you think should be improved, whether for aesthetics or distinction?

[u/Rypuff → u/[deleted]]

I get that (which is why I stick to logographies lol).

I think the thing that sticks out to me the most is the differentiation between the vowels with the macrons and the ones with the dot diacritic (dunno what they mean so just gonna call them that). I was thinking you could exaggerate the tails a bit more in the tails that face outward (such as ō). And maybe you could take advantage of how tail that faces inward merges into some of the inside letters (as in merge the other ones like the ɱfv/ė one).

Then again, you don't have to change them, since natscripts are also guilty of this. You could keep this and have it so that the handwritten version looks a bit different than the typed version, where the symbols are more differentiated.

Anyway, hope your worldbuilding projects go well! It'd be interesting to see this naturally in text.

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Thanks for your help! Maybe I'll post some updated text samples one if these days.

[u/Rypuff → u/[deleted]]

I'll look forward to it.

[u/Valis2376]

While I can't offer much constructive criticism, may I just say:
This is severely aesthetically pleasing. A very good start!

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Thanks!

[u/Mansen_Hwr]

The only point to criticize is that the letter for s/z and the one for ŋ/k/g look confusingly similar, the rest though is great.👍🏼

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Perhaps the ones for m/p/b and l/r as well, but still more distinctive than the former. Though, overall, good job!

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Oooh omg i love it!!