It's possible the shapes were chosen to resemble Latin.
The letters o, a, c (and c with tail), i (and i with tail, which resembles an r if the tail is at the top and a v if the tail is at the bottom) are all VMS glyphs that can be matched to Latin characters. Also the 9 and the bench char are common Latin abbreviations that fit the theme of curve shapes.
Even the gallows characters have analogs in Latin, especially the two-legged, one-loop gallows.
Now whether there's a linguistic or numberic schema behind them that includes some correspondence beyond the similarity and logic that may be inherent in the shapes is the big question.
The 4 x 17 page also includes four Greek letters in sequence, three of which fit the curve thema quite well (alpha, beta and gamma-with-a-tail) and one which is straight lines (delta), but the straight one is a rare character, the others are common, so maybe the curved ones were deliberately chosen for the main text.
The letters o, a, c (and c with tail), i (and i with tail, which resembles an r if the tail is at the top and a v if the tail is at the bottom) are all VMS glyphs that can be matched to Latin characters. Also the 9 and the bench char are common Latin abbreviations that fit the theme of curve shapes.
Even the gallows characters have analogs in Latin, especially the two-legged, one-loop gallows.
Now whether there's a linguistic or numberic schema behind them that includes some correspondence beyond the similarity and logic that may be inherent in the shapes is the big question.
The 4 x 17 page also includes four Greek letters in sequence, three of which fit the curve thema quite well (alpha, beta and gamma-with-a-tail) and one which is straight lines (delta), but the straight one is a rare character, the others are common, so maybe the curved ones were deliberately chosen for the main text.
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