Font (Re: Lushootseed Changer Babel-type Myth)

[Ros' Haruo]

No, I don't know if the blanks are intentional. It seems to me that the font
is inadequate for the vowels of CJ (e.g. u vs. U, i vs. I, E vs. e); perhaps
a similar font could be devised that would use the blank spaces (or some of
the complex, odd accented characters) for the missing vowel characters. It
might also be possible to supply a bit more in the way of punctuation etc.
that way.  Lushootseed is basically a four-vowel language (i and e are one
vowel; o and u another; a a third; and E a fourth). Zeke might be able to
advise on this. It's been a couple years since I was in contact with him,
but I believe he's still involved in the (Whulshootseed) language program at
Muckleshoot.

lilEnd

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>From: "David D. Robertson" <ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
>Reply-To: "David D. Robertson" <ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU>
>To: CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
>Subject: Font (Re: Lushootseed Changer Babel-type Myth)
>Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:52:16 -0400
>
>Liland,
>
>Hayu masi pus ukuk k'aw-k'aw-ikta.  (?! My attempt at 'thanks for this
>link.')
>
>Looking at the Fontootseed font, I have the opinion it would work just
>fine for the Grand Ronde way of writing.
>
>I also think it'd be good for most sounds of most Salish languages, and
>thank you for pointing it out.  On the character map when I download the
>font & click 'Open', there are a few empty squares instead of symbols.  Do
>you know if this was intentional?
>
>--Dave
>
>
>
>
>On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 18:35:53 -0700, Liland Brajant ROS’
><lilandr at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> >Also, I have link at the story to Zeke Zahir's
> >Lushootseed/Whulshootseed-oriented font "Fontootseed"
> >(fontoots.ttf) and am interested in knowing if this is
> >an adequate font for CJ using the Grand Ronde
> >orthography, or if one needs capital letters. If
> >capitals are needed, does someone have link to a
> >usable TrueType font for CJ?

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