[87984] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: pIqaD handwriting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Seruq)
Tue May 4 18:15:43 2010
From: "Seruq" <seruq@bellsouth.net>
To: <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 17:14:33 -0500
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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?
>
> --
> ~naHQun
Years ago there were some of us for a little while exchanged letters that were handwritten in pIqaD
so we could practice reading various styles of handwriting.
I see that the site you listed has some examples of my handwriting.
http://klingonska.org/piqadpic.html
There is another style, not shown on that site, that is pictured on the cover of ghIlghameS. I'm
sure someone has a pic of it somewhere.
DloraH
