Wednesday, February 20

Elian

There are lots of invented writing systems out there. They replace our Latin letters with letters of the inventor's own design, creating a simple cypher:

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/conscripts.htm#english

Most of them, as you can see, are impractical or, worse, ugly.

Elian, however, is a shorthand that's quick to learn, easy to write, and simple to remember. Even better, it was designed to be beautiful:

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/elianscript.htm

Its simplicity also allows it to be incredibly versatile, resulting in gorgeous calligraphy that's also easy to read:

http://www.ccelian.com/concepca.html

(Study these two links well...beginning tomorrow, Baby Ruthless will be exclusively written in Elian.)

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