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 Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:46 am
So, I've begun to work with my new syllabary, but I've run into a problem already: I don't know how to indicate new words. Just spacing my symbols feels cheap to me, and there would always be the possibility of words ramming together, which would make it very difficult to read.
I tried indicating the ends of words with a little flick at the end of the last letter, but it was a bit hard to notice and the mark seemed too similar to parts of some base consonants.
I'm not too keen on breaking up my pretty script with big slashes, and "." already represents a vowel. Now that I've tried some and ruled some out, I'm completely lost.
So: How do YOU break up your words in YOUR language?
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:37 pm
Well. I add a space. But you said that didn't work...
You could create a special symbol (not an ugly slash, I mean a functional & pretty one) in order to do it. =)
It would basically look like just another letter to the unexperienced reader. [8D
So you wouldn't have to have a translation for it either and it serves a purpose, kikii? ^_^
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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:04 pm
That might work-- I'll play around and see if I can find a symbol that'll work.
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:14 pm
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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 1:48 am
Mïz says...
My ex and I had a script that we used to write notes to each other - apart from having ligatures to throw people off, we also had 8 different characters too indicate a space. Now we just randomly wrote one of the 8, but you could make rules, like use space character 1 after vowels, #2 after nasals, #3 after stops, etc.
... that's what Mïz said.
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:26 am
Something like that might work. I actually am doing an extreme revision of my current conlang, so once I get to actually creating a script, I might be able to have something like that work out.
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:07 pm
Or you could have something added on to the first letter of the new word to show that it's a new word, like a dot or a squiggle above or below it. Large enough to be seen, but pretty enough so that you're eyes won't want to burst and you'll be happy with it.
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