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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>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.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>SuStel<br>http://trimboli.name</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:mihkoun@gmail.com">mayqel qunenoS</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 4, 2017 1:19 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tlhingan-hol@kli.org">tlhingan-hol@kli.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[tlhIngan Hol] The problem with pIqaD</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.</p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But there is a problem which takes the fun away.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This makes me wonder why it was given with lines of varying thickness in the first place.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>qunnoq</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>