Re: Fw: Endangered Alphabets [OT]

2011-09-02 Thread Christopher Fynn
How does this differ from what the Script Encoding Initiative http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/sei/ is already trying to do? Chris On 15/08/2011, d...@bisharat.net d...@bisharat.net wrote: Forwarding the following although it's off the list topic since the scripts it covers would include at

Re: Fw: Endangered Alphabets [OT]

2011-09-02 Thread Philippe Verdy
The SEI goal is for encoding old scripts, not much about preserving their artistic shapes. I think that the Endangered Alphabets Project is focusing on preserving the artistic typography of old scripts (but not only old scripts, this also concerns modern scripts whise evolution is oversimplifying

Re: Fw: Endangered Alphabets [OT]

2011-09-02 Thread Rick McGowan
Chris, How does this differ from what the Script Encoding Initiative http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/sei/ is already trying to do? It is an art project, not a script encoding project. The artist is seeking financial support for finishing a massive woodworking project with accompanying

Fw: Endangered Alphabets [OT]

2011-08-15 Thread dzo
Forwarding the following although it's off the list topic since the scripts it covers would include at least some that have figured in discussions here and/or the work of various list subscribers. (I personally have no connection with this project, so plz address any questions to Mr. Brookes,