Re: [9fans] input methods for non-ascii languages

[Anthony Mandic <on@hotmail.com>]

okamoto@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp wrote:
> 
> > yes, calligraphy is hard.  i can't even write ascii based stuff now after
> 
> I was raised in such Kanji calture where it's very natural we can't read
> ancient Kanji writings, because it's too much artificial.
...
> I felt that every nation has a similar tendency
> to write their words in art like if possible.   However, in case of
> Kanji, it's hard to read if it's written, and importantly we feel it
> beautifuller, in art like...

	Even in the West, illuminated texts and such fonts as Gothic,
	even when printed, are hard to read. Any flowery or showy
	type of font is difficult because you have to work out what
	each letter is, which slows down the reading pace. It gets
	worse when characters look similar.

	Handwriting varies from person to person and I find some hard to
	read. Reading copperplate is difficult if the writer stylises it
	too much. So it can be much the same as written Kanji. Artists
	stylise their calligraphy even further, which doesn't help, but
	its done on purpose. I can't even make out much of what written
	in graffiti tags. But then I suspect I'm not meant to.

-am	© 2003