[–] [S] 1 point 9 months ago

Before I knew about this community, I created a community on slrpnk.net. I'm closing that one down and switching over to this one. I've since made a few changes, commissioned a font, and will follow up with another post that has that progress.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago

    I feel like I might need entire essays to describe the evolution for some of these letters…

    Translation: English

    How do the letters for Yuet-nyin emerge? Some examples.

    Bahasa Melayu (Rumi)

    Macam mana munculnya huruf-huruf Yuet-nyin? Contohnya.

    بهاس ملايو (جاوي)

    ماچم مان مونچولڽ حروف‮٢‬ يوؠتڽين‮؟‬ چونتوهڽ

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 year ago

    It's a cursive script which at the bare minimum can work as an abjad, but is usually an abugida with the vowel signs (especially when the diacritics are used).

    And yep, it's mainly inspired by Han-geul and the sound inventory is largely taken from Jawi, the Malayo-Arabic script. With one more extra consonant coming from historical Cantonese. The idea of a cursive script also comes from the Jawi script as well, but written left-to-right instead.

    Elements from Han-geul alone couldn't make enough new letters for the new sounds, so I'll have to borrow inspirations from elsewhere. Sometimes while adapting Han-geul letters into cursive form (especially ㅂ!!!), I run into trouble and this is also where other inspirations come in handy. Speaking of which, I have another post coming soon which will break down the origins and inspirations of a few example letters.

    I use it for handwriting from time to time, especially when feeling either secretive or bored. Sadly I haven't yet digitalized the script into a proper font, so I couldn't use it as much as I wish.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What kind of script is it? If i understand the picture right, it's inspired by alphabets, syllabaries, logographies, at least one abjad, Hangul, and a script i don't recognize.

    How often do you use it?

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