[tlhIngan Hol] The problem with pIqaD

mayqel qunenoS mihkoun at gmail.com
Wed Jul 5 00:39:26 PDT 2017


SuStel:
> If the characters we’ve seen associated with the new Star
> Trek series are “official,” they may solve that problem,
> because they are mostly uniform lines and can be drawn
> with a normal pen

Are these new characters anywhere to be found in the klingon language wiki
? Or anywhere else ?

On 5 Jul 2017 1:27 am, "SuStel" <sustel at trimboli.name> wrote:

> I’m perfectly fine with different writing methods producing different
> strokes for the same character. What bugs me is that it's pretty much
> impossible to tell which lines of the usual pIqaD characters are essential
> parts of the characters and which are serifs and other decorations.
>
>
>
> If the characters we’ve seen associated with the new Star Trek series are
> “official,” they may solve that problem, because they are mostly uniform
> lines and can be drawn with a normal pen.
>
>
>
> --
> SuStel
> http://trimboli.name
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> *From: *mayqel qunenoS <mihkoun at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, July 4, 2017 1:19 PM
> *To: *tlhingan-hol at kli.org
> *Subject: *[tlhIngan Hol] The problem with pIqaD
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> For quite some time now, I have been meaning to learn the pIqaD for no
> other specific reason rather than the fact that it looks pretty cool.
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> But there is a problem which takes the fun away.
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> The pIqaD as it is given has each letter written in a line of varied
> thickness. But if you try and write it with a pen/pencil, the line would be
> of the same thickness throughout the whole character.
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> With the unfortunate result being that after one will have endured the
> pain of learning it, he will be left with something which doesn't look as
> cool as the original.
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> This makes me wonder why it was given with lines of varying thickness in
> the first place.
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> qunnoq
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