[87979] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: pIqaD handwriting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Kummer)
Tue May 4 15:29:26 2010
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Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 14:26:29 -0500
From: David Kummer <kummer.david@gmail.com>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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> I recently received a postcard where the sender wrote their message in
> pIqaD.
>
> My excitement soon faded when I realized that handwritten pIqaD is
> remarkably different than when typed with a computer.
>
> It was also different than the way I write the characters myself.
>
> Eventually, I found out that they used
> http://klingonska.org/pic/longhand.jpg
>
>
> So, is there a style that's more (or less) preferred than others?
>
> Anyone else had problems reading pIqaD written by someone else?
>
Sounds about par for the course when it comes to cursive and handwriting,
particularly compared to typing. :P
Is there any documentation on Klingon "calligraphy"? What kind of writing
utensils did they use?
