At 01:02 PM 3/20/02 -0500, John Cowan wrote: >John H. Jenkins scripsit: > > > No, no. Convert them into phonetics and write them in Deseret. > >Good idea, but the wrong spirit. Fraktur is to Traditional Han as >Antiqua is to Simplified Han.
Since Latin majuscules predate the mediaeval manuscripts from which the Fraktur forms were evolved this analogy is seriously backwards. Antiqua is not a simplification of Fraktur, but Fraktur capitals are embellished versions of handwritten forms based on Latin majuscules. A./
