12-12-2016, 01:44 PM
I think any attempt to "fix" or improve a fundamentally flawed concept is a problem. It may turn into a Medusa (as some of the extended EVAs illustrate). I think it needs a complete overhaul and I think it needs a different paradigm, a different way of approaching it.
The transcription, the alphabet, and the search mechanisms used to process the transcription are inextricably linked.
Rather than using a "font" for EVA, using something like PostScript, which is not just for drawing lines and text characters, but is a programming language in its own right, might be the way to go because adjustments could be made using an algorithm rather than applying a bandaid by redrawing the font or adding letters.
That's what I think would have the most impact.
The transcription, the alphabet, and the search mechanisms used to process the transcription are inextricably linked.
Rather than using a "font" for EVA, using something like PostScript, which is not just for drawing lines and text characters, but is a programming language in its own right, might be the way to go because adjustments could be made using an algorithm rather than applying a bandaid by redrawing the font or adding letters.
That's what I think would have the most impact.