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authorla-ninpre <aaoth@aaoth.xyz>2025-12-03 23:26:08 +0300
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day 03: pictures for ukarpanghooth page
talking about writing systems without pictures is a no go.
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@@ -30,14 +30,15 @@ so later it was modified, as an attempt to make it more unique and more
obscure. words are separated by a special symbol, so that sentences are
written together as one piece.</p>
-<!--
<figure>
-<img src="{}" alt=""/>
+<img src="ukarpanghooth-1.svg" alt="chart with three columns"/>
<figcaption>
-proto-ukarpanghooth, ukarpanghooth, comparison with latin
+correspondence between latin, proto-ukarpanghooth (abbreviated on the picture)
+and ukarpanghooth. some intermediate letter forms are also shown.
+numeral for digit zero is shown with an asterisk because it is not known
+if the corresponding glyph was used as a zero in numbers.
</figcaption>
</figure>
--->
<p>there is one interesting aspect about it is the order and direction in
which it is written. initially it was done the usual way (well... for
@@ -48,14 +49,13 @@ sentence isn't divisible by four, letters are stretched to fit into
square shape. there also instances of it written snake-shaped, turning
by 90 degrees after each word.</p>
-<!--
<figure>
-<img src="{}" alt=""/>
+<img src="ukarpanghooth-2.svg" alt="two pieces of example text written differently"/>
<figcaption>
-example text, writing direction outline
+"example text in ukarpanghooth" written conventional way (on the left),
+and maze-shaped (on the right). the latter writing direction was historically the first.
</figcaption>
</figure>
--->
<p>the name of the script suggests that one can cut it on something
(wood, stone, etc.), as only straight line segments are used.</p>