Mr. Vortex

Obligatory "Shavian fixes it" reply.
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-An except from a book that doesn't exist.
#microfiction

«𐑞𐑺 𐑝𐑶𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑢𐑻 𐑦𐑯 𐑥𐑲 𐑣𐑧𐑛, 𐑒𐑤𐑽 𐑯 𐑒𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑐 𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑞𐑬𐑑 𐑧𐑒𐑴. 𐑞𐑱 𐑕𐑐𐑴𐑒 𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑕𐑐𐑼𐑟 𐑯 𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑑 𐑥𐑰 𐑒𐑢𐑧𐑕𐑗𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑟 𐑲 𐑛𐑦𐑛𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑯𐑴 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑛. 𐑞𐑱 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑹𐑛𐑩𐑛 𐑥𐑲 𐑕𐑤𐑻𐑛 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑤𐑲𐑟 𐑪𐑯 𐑩 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑩𐑤 𐑥𐑩𐑖𐑰𐑯 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑓-𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑥𐑻𐑡𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑢𐑷𐑑𐑼. 𐑞𐑱 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑛 𐑥𐑲 𐑝𐑶𐑕 𐑚𐑨𐑒 𐑑 𐑥𐑰 𐑨𐑟 𐑦𐑓 𐑑 𐑜𐑱𐑡 𐑥𐑲 𐑮𐑦𐑨𐑒𐑖𐑩𐑯. 𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑲 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑲 𐑕𐑧𐑛 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑱 𐑣𐑨𐑛 𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑹𐑛𐑩𐑛.»

Genuine question: how long do we realistically have before those other services are forced to comply too? Isn't the only foolproof option to self host?

To the second point, it seems pretty much impossible to make something coherent that doesn’t have a lot of repeated letters. I think I did pretty well with 27 words. I’m glad I tried it!

(3/3)

It’s obviously not the most economical pangram people have made for Shavian, but I went into it with two goals in mind.

1. Use all 48 letters including compounds (the popular ones I’ve seen just use the main 40).
2. Make it not sound like total nonsense.

(2/3)

I made a Shavian pangram:

𐑖𐑰 𐑛𐑮𐑪𐑐𐑑 𐑨𐑙𐑒𐑼 𐑨𐑑 𐑞 𐑚𐑱𐑠 𐑐𐑽 𐑯 𐑔𐑷𐑑 𐑣𐑬 𐑣𐑻 𐑢𐑷𐑑𐑼𐑦 𐑝𐑶𐑦𐑡 𐑗𐑸𐑥𐑛 𐑹 𐑿𐑯𐑲𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑞 𐑺𐑾: 𐑘𐑧𐑕, 𐑣𐑻 𐑒𐑮𐑵𐑟 𐑓𐑱𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑷𐑤 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑑 𐑩𐑜𐑤𐑴 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼.

She dropped anchor at the beige pier and thought how her watery voyage charmed or united the area: yes, her crew’s faces all looked aglow with wonder.

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𐑩 ·𐑜𐑵𐑜𐑩𐑤 𐑥𐑨𐑐𐑕· 𐑒𐑸 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑑 𐑥𐑰 𐑑𐑩𐑛𐑱 𐑢𐑲𐑤 𐑲 𐑢𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑓 𐑞 𐑚𐑳𐑕, 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑲 𐑢𐑳𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑩 𐑒𐑪𐑯𐑝𐑼𐑕𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑢𐑦𐑔 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑕𐑴 𐑲 𐑛𐑦𐑛𐑯𐑑 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑑𐑲𐑥 𐑑 𐑛𐑵 𐑕𐑳𐑥𐑔𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑳𐑯𐑦.

I enjoy using Zen quite a bit, but I've been interested to try something with tree-style tabs. It seems like a great productivity boost to be able to see how my tabs are connected to each other.

𐑮𐑾𐑤𐑦 𐑜𐑫𐑛 𐑒𐑢𐑨𐑕𐑗𐑩𐑯! 𐑥𐑱𐑚𐑦 «𐑧𐑒𐑕» 𐑹 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 «𐑒𐑕»? 𐑹 𐑥𐑱𐑚𐑦 «𐑐𐑕» 𐑨𐑟 𐑦𐑯 «𐑐𐑤𐑳𐑕»?

The only thing that stopped me from infinite scrolling YouTube video by SwiftFilms

𐑖𐑫𐑮! 𐑲 𐑜𐑪𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑓𐑮𐑪𐑥 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑝𐑦𐑛𐑦𐑴: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr9y...

𐑑𐑵 𐑑𐑮𐑵! 𐑲 𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑 𐑤𐑻𐑯𐑛 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑩 𐑛𐑱𐑤𐑦 𐑡𐑻𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑥𐑧𐑔𐑩𐑛 𐑞𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑣𐑴𐑐𐑓𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑜𐑦𐑝 𐑥𐑰 𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑒𐑿𐑕 𐑑 𐑮𐑲𐑑 𐑥𐑹.

Have you heard of Quikscript? It was an attempt by Read to improve Shavian specifically for handwriting. Learning one makes it easier to learn the other. It also gives us two new letters for the 'ks' and 'gz' sounds which Shavian lacks.

I experienced this bullshit a few weeks ago as well. Adobe can burn eternally while the rest of us switch to Affinity.

@shawntomkin.bsky.social Counterpoint: 'guided' and 'co-op' are the terms used in Ironsworn games.

Nitpicks aside, I think it's important and cool that people like you are publishing books in Shavian!

𐑳 has a hard angle which makes it look like a 7. I also think a slight curve in 𐑼 would make it easier to read and help it not look like 𐑩𐑲. Finally, the compound letters plus 𐑞, 𐑔 take up way more width than their neighbors which makes the balance of words that use them feel off.

I'm happy to give my two cents if it helps! The biggest issue for me was how similar 𐑤, 𐑮 are to 𐑱, 𐑲. For example on line 3 of the back cover there's the word 'lie' which to my eyes literally looks like the same character mirrored and it took longer than it should have to parse.

What Shavian font are you using for the inside? The cover font is hard for me to read.

An absolutely underrated series! I'll definitely be checking this out!

I keep trying to teach my friends about it, but they seem to think it's pointless. I feel like I'm channeling Shaw from beyond the grave when I say "BUT THINK OF ALL THE SAVINGS OF PAPER AND INK!"

The more I get used to using the Shavian alphabet, the more I realize just how much more sense it makes for English. Like, it's genuinely so superior to Latin letters for English.

I've recently come up with the (untested and unsubstantiated) metric that if the GM is talking more than half the time, they're doing it wrong.

𐑩 𐑓𐑮𐑧𐑯𐑛 𐑝 𐑥𐑲𐑯 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑚𐑦𐑯 𐑕𐑱𐑦𐑙 𐑢𐑰 𐑖𐑫𐑛 𐑚𐑮𐑦𐑙 𐑚𐑨𐑒 𐑐𐑳𐑚𐑤𐑦𐑒 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑩𐑒𐑿𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟, 𐑯 𐑲 𐑩𐑒𐑮𐑰 𐑥𐑹 𐑯 𐑥𐑹 𐑧𐑝𐑤𐑦 𐑐𐑨𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑛𐑲.

Huzzah!

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Me when it's 3:00 PM on Friday and I haven't gotten the We're Here newsletter yet. My body is ready, @hankgreen.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social

𐑒𐑤𐑬𐑛𐑟 𐑸 𐑕𐑴 𐑕𐑑𐑮𐑱𐑯𐑡. 𐑤𐑲𐑒, 𐑢𐑳𐑑𐑕 𐑷𐑤 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑢𐑷𐑑𐑼 𐑛𐑵𐑦𐑙 𐑳𐑐 𐑞𐑺? 𐑜𐑧𐑑 𐑚𐑨𐑒 𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑣𐑽, 𐑘𐑩 𐑕𐑪𐑜𐑦 𐑮𐑨𐑕𐑒𐑩𐑤!

I can have a modern and secure OS that looks like Windows 95.

I loved it when I played it at 14. I went back and tried it again this year and couldn't get much past the part where you visit Aidan's apartment for the first time. I think it's reeeeally rough by today's standards. But the story is still good!

𐑲𐑥 𐑕𐑴 𐑜𐑤𐑨𐑛 𐑿𐑼 𐑣𐑽 𐑯 𐑢𐑰 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑑𐑷𐑒 𐑯 𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑯 𐑕𐑳𐑗, 𐑯𐑴𐑦𐑙 𐑢𐑰 𐑸 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑩𐑤𐑴𐑯. 𐑖𐑬𐑑𐑬𐑑 𐑕𐑩𐑐𐑹𐑑 𐑕𐑦𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑥𐑟!