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Tim Mills<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@scriptkeepersnetwork" class="u-url mention">@<span>scriptkeepersnetwork</span></a></span> It looks like Lontara (<a href="https://omniglot.com/writing/lontara.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">omniglot.com/writing/lontara.h</span><span class="invisible">tm</span></a>), a script derived from Brahmi (the parent of most scripts in India), and found in Indonesia. It is encoded in Unicode as Buginese (<a href="https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1A00.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1A00.p</span><span class="invisible">df</span></a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lontara_script#Unicode" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lontara_</span><span class="invisible">script#Unicode</span></a>).</p><p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/EndangeredScripts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EndangeredScripts</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Lontara" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lontara</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/WritingSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WritingSystems</span></a></p>
Words of Type<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@typojo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>typojo</span></a></span> lecture about the impacts of preserving endangered writing systems of South East Asia is coming soon!<br>Don’t forget to get your ticket to attend live or get the recording!</p><p>This lecture is part of the Knuth-Bigelow Incubator program developed with Stanford's SILICON and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@letterformarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>letterformarchive</span></a></span> and it has been made open for everyone who wants to join!</p><p>Tickets: <a href="https://wordsoftype.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wordsoftype.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ad</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/lecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lecture</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/southeastasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>southeastasia</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/scripts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scripts</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/writingsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingsystems</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/type" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>type</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Cornell Chronicle: AI models make precise copies of cuneiform characters. “Along with Egyptian hieroglyphs, cuneiform is one of the oldest known forms of writing, and consists of more than 1,000 unique characters…. Researchers from Cornell and Tel Aviv University (TAU) have developed an approach called ProtoSnap that ‘snaps’ into place a prototype of a character to fit the individual […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/cornell-chronicle-ai-models-make-precise-copies-of-cuneiform-characters/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/cornell-chronicle-ai-models-make-precise-copies-of-cuneiform-characters/</a></p>
Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.<p>Happy <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/InternationalMotherLanguageDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InternationalMotherLanguageDay</span></a> !</p><p>I wrote this blog post (in Danish) for Lingoblog about <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Greenlandic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Greenlandic</span></a> (<a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Kalaallisut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kalaallisut</span></a>) orthography and other <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Inuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Inuit</span></a> writing systems.</p><p><a href="https://www.lingoblog.dk/arktiske-modersmaal/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lingoblog.dk/arktiske-modersma</span><span class="invisible">al/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Lingoblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lingoblog</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>orthography</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/WritingSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WritingSystem</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/WritingSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WritingSystems</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/InternationalMotherTongueDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InternationalMotherTongueDay</span></a></p>
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Tim Mills<p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Lingule" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lingule</span></a> #941 &quot;paricayamu&quot;: 1/6<br />🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🏆<br /><a href="https://lingule.xyz/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lingule.xyz/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>పరిచయము</p><p>I just love the looping aesthetic of this script!</p><p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/WritingSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WritingSystems</span></a></p>
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Anne Deschaine<p>WOW!!! Only $155 to go in the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Endangeredalphabets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Endangeredalphabets</span></a></span> Kickstarter!!</p><p>Will you be backer number 200? Maybe you'll be the backer who pushes it over the goal!</p><p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endangeredatlas/endangered-alphabets-calligraphy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kickstarter.com/projects/endan</span><span class="invisible">geredatlas/endangered-alphabets-calligraphy</span></a></p><p>EDIT ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER: Number 200 did it!! Thanks to whoever you are, because now I get to read this book! 😂 </p><p>THERE'S STILL TIME TO GET IN ON IT, THOUGH! CLICK THE LINK!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/calligraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calligraphy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/handwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handwriting</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/indigenousLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigenousLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/languagePreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagePreservation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/writingSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingSystems</span></a></p>
Anne Deschaine<p>JUST *UNDER 24* HOURS TO GO!</p><p>GREAT REWARDS (INCLUDING THE ACTUAL BOOK) STILL AVAILABLE!</p><p>Please consider supporting <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Endangeredalphabets" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Endangeredalphabets</span></a></span> Kickstarter book on the art of writing and endangered writing systems! It is so close to its goal, and it is such a worthy project.</p><p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/endangeredatlas/endangered-alphabets-calligraphy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kickstarter.com/projects/endan</span><span class="invisible">geredatlas/endangered-alphabets-calligraphy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/calligraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calligraphy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/handwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>handwriting</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/indigenousLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigenousLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/minorityLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minorityLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/writingSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingSystems</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/languagePreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagePreservation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fountainPens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fountainPens</span></a></p>