30-08-2026, 12:23 PM
I doubt anyone ever considered each e or I to be a single glyph. The e and I families were recognized from the start as just a means to transliterate the glyphs to something easier to work with.
There were those who believe that two e’s are a unit that can precede a single e, but I doubt that many others would agree.
There is also the @ weirdo which results from an a with the n fused to it. I’ve sometimes pondered whether the choice is 0-4 I strokes including the a. For the e family, the rare b can be preceded by eee for 4 ‘e’ strokes.
I like to think that they do indicate a count of places before or after the plaintext character(s) the following glyph would break to…. But hey, I’m just someone who expects there is a plaintext hidden by some kind of encryption system.
There were those who believe that two e’s are a unit that can precede a single e, but I doubt that many others would agree.
There is also the @ weirdo which results from an a with the n fused to it. I’ve sometimes pondered whether the choice is 0-4 I strokes including the a. For the e family, the rare b can be preceded by eee for 4 ‘e’ strokes.
I like to think that they do indicate a count of places before or after the plaintext character(s) the following glyph would break to…. But hey, I’m just someone who expects there is a plaintext hidden by some kind of encryption system.