16-07-2026, 01:33 PM
(04-07-2026, 05:40 AM)Jorge_Stolfi wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.[..] But if the goal is to get to the smallest elements of the script (whether they have phonetic value or not), isn't that just the set of basic pen strokes -- e, i, the five six types of plumes/tails ( r n j m ? l , or s b d g o y ), the left leg of the gallows and the four types of right leg ( k t p f ), the ligature of Ch and CPh, and the "special symbols" ( q x v )?
That would lead to the "protons, electrons etc." of the text, if not even to the quarks and neutrinos -- I do not intend to count them.
Is there anywhere a single tail present in the text, or a lonely leg? No?
Then there is no reason to roster it.

