Re: Seeming hostility to conlang scripts?

On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM Gabriel Tellez <[email protected]> wrote:
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> The core issue is if these scripts should be in Unicode in the first place. I have yet to be convinced that these scripts (pIqaD, Tengwar, and Cirth) are used in any contexts that aren't related to their universe/media of origin.

Shavian was used for printing one book that wasn't originally written
in that script, with three or four modern editions. Gothic script was
used for writing one book, and has only ever been used in printing
that book, and even then, most reprints are done in Latin script.
Trying to put rules on "related to their universe of origin" seems
just to prioritize every half-assed linguistic experiment over
relatively widely used scripts.

Tengwar, Cirth and pIqaD are stable. Middle Earth and Star Trek are
some of the most well-known stories ever told, on the level of the
Matter of Britain. Shavian has been used in editions of three or four
books, for a tiny number of enthusiasts. Gothic script has been used
for one book, and most reprinters use the Latin script. The Lord of
the Rings has 150 million copies printed, and is older than Shavian.
To sneer at fiction and yet accept single-person linguistic fancies is
inappropriate for a world standard undergirding the world's
communication.

-- 
The standard is written in English . If you have trouble understanding
a particular section, read it again and again and again . . . Sit up
straight. Eat your vegetables. Do not mumble. -- _Pascal_, ISO 7185
(1991)