3D Conscript, should work for lojban :)

[vasten]

Video Tutorial : http://youtu.be/vujACDUNn1k
PDF Manual for WireScript : http://www.dscript.org/wirescript.pdf

So after a long time playing with Dscript, the 2D writing system, it has finally evolved a form for 3D writing.

Now 3D may seem intimidating, I know it did to me, with all the complexity of Dscript 2D writing, I was always scared to try 3D as I expected the complexity would be impossible to deal with,

Over the last few months I have toyed with some ideas, and finally I came up with a solution. The solution was actually quite simple. Just "ignore" all the dimensions and use them for "flexibility" as opposed to "value".

WireScript is a "1D" writing system, I say that because it is just a string of trinary values that can be represented by bends and curves. There are only 3 possible values, and they are combined into groups of 3 to allow an index of 27 (26 letters+space).

WireScript requires absolutely no "pen lifts" this means it can be written with wires and exist in a full 3D environment.

With WireScript your can turn text into 3D sculptures, ornaments, and designs. Or remain in a 2D environment if you want and make flat designs that can made with wires or a pen and paper.

So much fun, so many permutations. It has even given me a new appreciation for the complexities of protein folding.

[la xirsoi]

This looks... interesting. Would work really well as an art form, for sure. Can't ever see it being useful for communication.

It is neat though.

[Wuzzy]

Random ideas how to make WireScript compatible with Lojban:
1. Replace “h” with “'”
2. Replace “q” with “,”
3. Replace “w” with “.”
4. Multiple spaces in row mean the same thing as a single space.
5. Two commas in row explicitly indicate the next syllable is
stressed. This trick is possible because two commas don’t make sense in
Lojban otherwise. Lojban’s syllable rules are used to determine when the
stressed syllable is over. Example: “uuZIT” corresponds to “uu,,zit” in
Wirescript letters.
6. All other letters stay the same for convenience.

Not that I am really into WireScript … ;-)

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[Gleki Arxokuna]

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:01 AM, Wuzzy <alm...@aol.com> wrote:

Random ideas how to make WireScript compatible with Lojban:
1. Replace “h” with “'”
2. Replace “q” with “,”
3. Replace “w” with “.”

mi stidi lo nu zo'oi , sinxa zo'oi w gi'e zo'oi . sinxa zo'oi q (to catlu la'o url. http://www.lojban.org/tiki/apostropheless+alternative+orthographies .url toi)

 

4. Multiple spaces in row mean the same thing as a single space.
5. Two commas in row explicitly indicate the next syllable is
stressed. This trick is possible because two commas don’t make sense in
Lojban otherwise. Lojban’s syllable rules are used to determine when the
stressed syllable is over. Example: “uuZIT” corresponds to “uu,,zit” in
Wirescript letters.
6. All other letters stay the same for convenience.

Not that I am really into WireScript … ;-)

mi si'a go'i

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[Matthew DeBlock]

hehe.. yes.. it is definitely not meant as a means of "publishing document".. more for art and fun

I usually build in 2D then fold into 3D, akin to protein folding.
Once in 3D form, legibility (at least from a human perspective) decreases.. or becomes "harder".
Often reaching the point where information is "lost" in a 2D picture.
Taken to the extreme, the outer wire could even completely block the visibility of some/all the inner wire from all directions

It could be considered a form of "3d physical visual encryption"(perhaps "envelope" or "lock" is better than "encryption" in this case)
It would have to be unfolded, ensuring that all trit forms are preserved, before you could access the inner text

or... an "encryption" system could be used so that there are rules, where some of the trits are changed as the structure is unfolded
the rules could be simple, or "cumulative" so that as you "read your way in", the morphing rules change depending on the text already read.
Or there could be characters specially for defining morph rules

anyways, the design is geared toward a a simple and easy to accomplish method that can be used on wire
wire being the key word.. 

The script is designed for wire(and common tools.. aka needle nose pliers)
not "the wire designed for script"

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