12-06-2017, 06:56 PM
Well, once again, this thread purposefully pre-supposes that the characters are constructed: it's just a hypothesis trail to be explored. So, if they are not, then the whole discussion of this thread gets void.
But there is one point that favours the idea of the characters' being constructed. While "simpler" characters (like r, o, n, etc.) may just accidentally have the look of being constructed from basic shapes (or may have obtained that appearance due to the process that you describe in your example), there are rare "artifact" characters which... well, which pretty much look like they are synthetical indeed. And I mean not just benched gallows - just have a look at Wladimir's table in the parallel thread.
But there is one point that favours the idea of the characters' being constructed. While "simpler" characters (like r, o, n, etc.) may just accidentally have the look of being constructed from basic shapes (or may have obtained that appearance due to the process that you describe in your example), there are rare "artifact" characters which... well, which pretty much look like they are synthetical indeed. And I mean not just benched gallows - just have a look at Wladimir's table in the parallel thread.