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There's a group who're trying to get Mayan orthography into Unicode. Mayan has some challenges; the two I like best are: 1. Rendering is in pairs-of-columns, w
by thechao 3y ago
There's a group who're trying to get Mayan orthography into Unicode. Mayan has some challenges; the two I like best are:
1. Rendering is in pairs-of-columns, with a "Z" layout; and,
2. Glyphs have a concept of depth, and you must render subglyphs with the correct depth and occlusion to maintain meaning.
Mayan also has the same feature as Egyptian Hieroglpyhs (but not the same extent) of multiple glyphs per word/logograph/letter.
Here's a 2018 proposal, that covers all of this in more detail:
https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18038-mayan.pdf https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18038-mayan.pdf
- qingcharles 3y agoI see this as the canary in the coal mine in case our Alien Overlords™ turn up. At least we'll be able to glyph what they're saying.
- hbs18 3y agoJust what Unicode needs, Mayan orthography.
- bibanez 3y agoIt is ultimately good that unicode is universal, it needs to be if it aims to be used in all domains and languages, not just English!
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoSo it appears that Mayan orthography was strongly influenced by the act of carving the glyphs into stone, and therefore it looks like worldwide orthographies will be strongly influenced (and constrained) by the specifications of Unicode, going forward for decades or centuries.