Comments on: Diacritical Challenge http://ilovetypography.com/2008/10/03/diacritical-challenge/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:56:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MAHONihttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/10/03/diacritical-challenge/#comment-12531 MAHONi Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:15:46 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=2769#comment-12531 good work, Congratulations. ç and ş from Turkish's alphabet. good work, Congratulations.

ç and ş from Turkish’s alphabet.

]]> By: Grzegorz Rolekhttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/10/03/diacritical-challenge/#comment-11996 Grzegorz Rolek Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:05:38 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=2769#comment-11996 Damn, e with ogonek is the most elegant diacritical combination! There's nothing artificial in it's grapheme, just continuous calligraphic movement, so coherent, so simple. In fact, when this ogonek is properly executed it don't even look like diacritic. Damn, e with ogonek is the most elegant diacritical combination! There’s nothing artificial in it’s grapheme, just continuous calligraphic movement, so coherent, so simple. In fact, when this ogonek is properly executed it don’t even look like diacritic.

]]> By: johnohttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/10/03/diacritical-challenge/#comment-11967 johno Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:32:08 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=2769#comment-11967 <strong>Jarek</strong> Especially for you:<img class="noborder" src="http://ilovetypography.com/img/ea-diactitics.png" /> Jarek
Especially for you:

]]> By: Jarekhttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/10/03/diacritical-challenge/#comment-11966 Jarek Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:52:18 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=2769#comment-11966 Why there is not a single ogonek there??? Duh. There are millions of Poles in the UK now, they could make at least one ę or ą.Eh. ;-) Why there is not a single ogonek there??? Duh. There are millions of Poles in the UK now, they could make at least one ę or ą.

Eh. ;-)

]]> By: Kit·bloghttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/10/03/diacritical-challenge/#comment-11961 Kit·blog Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:06:42 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=2769#comment-11961 <strong>Romanian diacritic marks...</strong>How did we end up looking half-illiterate? Lack of standards, wrong standards and then slow adoption of good standards—no wonder the Romanian diacritics turned into an endangered species. Magazine headlines, television supers...... Romanian diacritic marks…

How did we end up looking half-illiterate? Lack of standards, wrong standards and then slow adoption of good standards—no wonder the Romanian diacritics turned into an endangered species. Magazine headlines, television supers……

]]> By: kathttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/10/03/diacritical-challenge/#comment-11786 kat Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:30:20 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=2769#comment-11786 That poster is my anthem! That poster is my anthem!

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]]> By: Playing with typography « Favorite Storehttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/10/03/diacritical-challenge/#comment-11721 Playing with typography « Favorite Store Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:14:56 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=2769#comment-11721 [...] {I Love Typography, via NOTCOT}   [...] […] {I Love Typography, via NOTCOT}   […]

]]> By: Degardenhttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/10/03/diacritical-challenge/#comment-11708 Degarden Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:46:02 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=2769#comment-11708 My family name "Ødegården" (Norwegian) was once understood (by a public office in the UK) to be "Degarden". (The woman behind the counter thought I’d made a mistake starting with an O, then thought better of it, and made a slash across it to annul it. Hence I had become Mr. Degarden, which is nice (too), however incorrect.)Ø, ø and Å, å are (as already pointed out by others above) characters in Scandinavian alphabets – they are not diacritics as such. The Norwegian alphabet contains 29 characters (the same 26 as in English + æ, ø and å). My family name “Ødegården” (Norwegian) was once understood (by a public office in the UK) to be “Degarden”. (The woman behind the counter thought I’d made a mistake starting with an O, then thought better of it, and made a slash across it to annul it. Hence I had become Mr. Degarden, which is nice (too), however incorrect.)

Ø, ø and Å, å are (as already pointed out by others above) characters in Scandinavian alphabets – they are not diacritics as such. The Norwegian alphabet contains 29 characters (the same 26 as in English + æ, ø and å).

]]> By: Aleksejshttp://ilovetypography.com/2008/10/03/diacritical-challenge/#comment-11684 Aleksejs Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:35:29 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=2769#comment-11684 In latvian we use these: ē ū ī ļ ķ ģ š ā ž č ņ macron is used to lenghten duration of vowels caron and cedilla are used to "soften" consonants In latvian we use these:
ē ū ī ļ ķ ģ š ā ž č ņ
macron is used to lenghten duration of vowels
caron and cedilla are used to “soften” consonants

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