14-05-2019, 08:20 PM
By all means come up with an algorithm that classifies them. As long as it's the software doing the work, there's no reason not to, and such an algorithm could be generalized to other letters.
But also keep in mind that some differences in shape might not be meaningful. Yes, there might be a relationship between the gallows and EVA-q, but the variations themselves might not matter, just as the difference between Latin/Cyrillic/Greek "o" written as a circle compared to "o" written as an oval is unimportant—they mean the same thing.
But also keep in mind that some differences in shape might not be meaningful. Yes, there might be a relationship between the gallows and EVA-q, but the variations themselves might not matter, just as the difference between Latin/Cyrillic/Greek "o" written as a circle compared to "o" written as an oval is unimportant—they mean the same thing.

