At 00:53 +0200 2001-10-12, Lars Marius Garshol wrote: >I've used "siniform" here in the sense "having deliberate graphic >similarity to Han, though not necessarily any systematic/structural >similarity". This use was adopted from Bright&Daniels (p. 189), and >if there is anything wrong with it I would like to be corrected.
I don't think Hangul is siniform, just because it groups things in notional squares, any more than I think Mongolian is siniform because it writes in vertical columns. Tangut, Kitan (small and large), and Jurchin are siniform. Naxi Geba might be considered siniform (or at least sino-influenced), though Naxi Tomba are hieroglyphs pure and simple. N�shu is siniform. -- Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com 15 Port Chaeimhghein �ochtarach; Baile �tha Cliath 2; �ire/Ireland Telephone +353 86 807 9169 *** Fax +353 1 478 2597 (by arrangement)
