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Re: Klingon alphabet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Dec 24 01:17:57 1992
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From: mcrware!jejones@uunet.UU.NET
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 17:51:33 -0600
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 23 Dec 92 14:48:30 +0000.
Computer-generated text needn't reflect the original implements used to
make characters--but OTOH, terrestrial print still in large part has the
width variations and serifs that reflect the tools used originally to
create letters. The first thing we tera'ngan try to do with printers
and displays with sufficient resolution is mimic type, which mimics
pen-drawn letter forms in large part.
That's not to say that things couldn't be different in the Empire, to
be sure, but I'd think that there'd be an interesting story behind
the evolution of pIqaD if they were different.
James Jones
