Patterns

[-JKP-]

...I believe people should stop trying to think of translating the manuscript using known languages and instead look for patterns in the text and try to relate what may be said in it to the pictures. Then maybe we could understand this unique language. For example if a certain word structure comes up often they may be connectives etc.
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This is what I have been trying to do from the beginning (understand the patterns and then see where it leads). I've never assumed it was natural language. I HOPE it is natural language or some kind of meaningful symbology, but I've never assumed it.


You should read Torsten Timm's papers if you want to see commentary on some of the patterns within the text. Also Stolfi (which I didn't see until recently, but it is level-headed and there are some good observations).


I haven't posted my information on the patterns yet. It's a bit different from Timm or Stolfi. It's a long paper (over 50 pages without all the diagrams) and I still need to screensnap and insert more examples before I can upload it.

Also, the process of posting it was slowed down because I needed to design and develop a font that would facilitate using both regular text and VMS text in the same line without switching fonts or keyboards. I finished the font a few years ago, but I still need to tweak a couple of key-mappings, and convert the paper to the new font. It uses a different keyboard layout from the EVA font. So... I'm working on it... so many hurdles to overcome before doing something seemingly simple but not-so-simple if you want to do it right.