I was thinking about this...
The difficulty is that the resulting graphical shape (the composite glyph such as e.g. cth) may or may not be written in (and, consequently, may or may not betray) the sequence in which it was designed to be written.
As a rough analogy which I can quickly invent, imagine that you have two shapes, one like capital greek lambda, the other one like a dash, and when you write them sequentially top to bottom, they comprise a triangle. The sequential order is to write the lambda first, and the dash in the second place, but if you already know in advance that in a certain place you need this "lambda-dash" sequence (which results in a triangle), you may just draw a triangle in any way convenient for you, and this will not betray that it is (or, strictly, is intended to be) in fact a lambda-dash.
Same thing with benched gallows. I was looking at double-legged benched gallows. The example is from f49v, lines 11 and 12. In line 11, the two crossbar sections are not collinear. In line 12 they are joined at an angle.
This makes me think that the core base shapes are k and t with a short centered crossbar, to which various Voynichese glyphs can be prepended and appended. This is clearly seen in the example by JKP in post #10 above.
Another example by JKP, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. line 4, is not any misalignment. It's just a h being prepended.
it's more difficult to judge for single-leg gallows.
The difficulty is that the resulting graphical shape (the composite glyph such as e.g. cth) may or may not be written in (and, consequently, may or may not betray) the sequence in which it was designed to be written.
As a rough analogy which I can quickly invent, imagine that you have two shapes, one like capital greek lambda, the other one like a dash, and when you write them sequentially top to bottom, they comprise a triangle. The sequential order is to write the lambda first, and the dash in the second place, but if you already know in advance that in a certain place you need this "lambda-dash" sequence (which results in a triangle), you may just draw a triangle in any way convenient for you, and this will not betray that it is (or, strictly, is intended to be) in fact a lambda-dash.
Same thing with benched gallows. I was looking at double-legged benched gallows. The example is from f49v, lines 11 and 12. In line 11, the two crossbar sections are not collinear. In line 12 they are joined at an angle.
This makes me think that the core base shapes are k and t with a short centered crossbar, to which various Voynichese glyphs can be prepended and appended. This is clearly seen in the example by JKP in post #10 above.
Another example by JKP, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. line 4, is not any misalignment. It's just a h being prepended.
it's more difficult to judge for single-leg gallows.