Elhanin http://www.omniglot.com/writing/elhanin.phpElhanin was created by Heather Reyes in 2007. It was inspired by Kapunuan and its method of creating consonants by combining different parts of characters. Its name means "thorn" in Heather's conlang Kulionth.
This girl has won my heart...a featural script, square-like glyphs, and a non traditional alignment.
It makes my heart flutter.
Mambawaba- 09-30-2007
wow this is a really nice one, pretty, elegant and well structured.
I just dont fall much for the straight vs curved lines for diferenciation.
and the alignment is very cool but i guess that if in use, people would go crazy!
anyway.. it is great.
Tolkien_Freak- 09-30-2007
Re: Elhanin This girl has won my heart...a featural script, square-like glyphs, and a non traditional alignment.
It makes my heart flutter.
I agree 140% with every word you said.
eldin raigmore- 10-01-2007
Re: Elhanin http://www.omniglot.com/writing/elhanin.php
Elhanin was created by Heather Reyes in 2007. It was inspired by Kapunuan and its method of creating consonants by combining different parts of characters. Its name means "thorn" in Heather's conlang Kulionth.
This girl has won my heart...a featural script, square-like glyphs, and a non traditional alignment.
It makes my heart flutter.
It's basically a way of making a syllabary or an abugida out of featural parts, isn't it?
I really like it.
The unusual writing-direction may be hard to explain. But didn't Arabic have some unusual alignment-features before it began to be printed? (Or do I remember wrong?) If so there may be a plausible explanation for Elhanin's unusual direction, as well.
(Of course my own handwriting has quite variable direction; mostly tending toward the right from the left, but often with a variable amount of upward or downward drift. And new lines are generally mostly below old lines, but sometimes significantly to the left or to the right as well.)
I think Elhanin is well-named if the name means "thorn". It does look thorny. And I'm also interested in the "tree" script, Kapunuan, she says she was inspired by.
Niceinu- 10-01-2007
Hi! I'm Heather, and thanks for all your comments on my script.
I just dont fall much for the straight vs curved lines for diferenciation.
Yeah, I understand your opinion here, I'm not sure if I do either... But any other change seemed to add too many extra strokes and make the letters overly complicated. Do you have any advice for some other way to differentiate?
The unusual writing-direction may be hard to explain. But didn't Arabic have some unusual alignment-features before it began to be printed? (Or do I remember wrong?) If so there may be a plausible explanation for Elhanin's unusual direction, as well.
Actually, I don't quite have a plausible reason for the script's direction yet, I'll have to look into the Arabic thing. The real reason I did it was because after making up the shape of the letters, I realized that if you start the next letter where the previous one ends, the script naturally writes diagonally. I'm not sure if this makes sense in a natural script, though, since it doesn't make the direction any less crazy...
eldin raigmore- 10-01-2007
Actually, I don't quite have a plausible reason for the script's direction yet, I'll have to look into the Arabic thing. The real reason I did it was because after making up the shape of the letters, I realized that if you start the next letter where the previous one ends, the script naturally writes diagonally. I'm not sure if this makes sense in a natural script, though, since it doesn't make the direction any less crazy...Well, I am not an expert, but, that explanations sounds plausible to me. ;)
Tolkien_Freak- 10-01-2007
I find it plausible. I once had a script that did the same thing - when I tried to write in vertical columns (on lined paper turned sideways), it would end up getting squished against the line. :P
Niceinu- 10-03-2007
Oh, and Elhanin doesn't actually mean thorn. It means dog. It should be Ascerin, which does mean thorn, but Elhanin looks better. So for all intents and purposes, Elhanin=thorn... it's confusing. :D
Sano- 10-04-2007
I'm not sure if this makes sense in a natural script, though, since it doesn't make the direction any less crazy...
Innovation always appears as lunacy in the beginning. :P
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