Quote:Anton, if you decomposed gallows "f" and "k" with modifiers t1 and t2 into two partsYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , then you must recognize the independent existence the "vertical line" character. Is it so?
Actually yes, but the problem is that we don't meet it as such - at least not too often
. The examples of yours are of short vertical lines, not of tall ones.One explanation though of why the vertical in gallows is tall is that it is deliberately made tall in gallows so as the "gallows coverage" can be enforced (I believe I already proposed that somewhere in the Forum). So, the vertical is natively short, but it is made tall in the gallows specifically for the "gallows coverage" to be possible.
But the standalone short vertical is also extremely rare, I suppose. This speaks against it being a "basic" shape. A shape that is extremely rare is not a "basic" one.