Here is an interesting Chinese Calligrapher Xu Bing from China now living in The States. His work at the Sackler Gallery (part of The Smithsonian) in Washington DC was amazing. Equally amusing was how easy it was for Westerners to understand his calligraphy and how disturbed or perplexed were the Asians.
I learnt to write some Elvish when I was younger, but I’ve forgotten it now. It’s got the advantage that it’s very aesthetically pleasing and flowing and all that. It’s disadvantage is that many of the letters are so similar that it can cause havoc for a dyslexic person. But it’s very aesthetically pleasing.
One of my favourite conlang (conlang = constructed languages) writing systems is one I found on Omniglot, but it’s gone now. Omniglot’s fun to look around in, though.
Ken
Here is an interesting Chinese Calligrapher Xu Bing from China now living in The States. His work at the Sackler Gallery (part of The Smithsonian) in Washington DC was amazing. Equally amusing was how easy it was for Westerners to understand his calligraphy and how disturbed or perplexed were the Asians.
Just look at the calligraphy on the first page.
http://www.xubing.com/
Mike in Jubei
Mike,
It looks nice. I’ll have a look later today.
Ken
Even less than 10 minutes for Eileen (they provide hers as an example).
I learnt to write some Elvish when I was younger, but I’ve forgotten it now. It’s got the advantage that it’s very aesthetically pleasing and flowing and all that. It’s disadvantage is that many of the letters are so similar that it can cause havoc for a dyslexic person. But it’s very aesthetically pleasing.
One of my favourite conlang (conlang = constructed languages) writing systems is one I found on Omniglot, but it’s gone now. Omniglot’s fun to look around in, though.
It’s only a matter of time before we have Elvishpod.