minus273 Triglot Senior Member France Joined 5776 days ago 288 posts - 346 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, EnglishC2, French Studies: Ancient Greek, Tibetan
| Message 25 of 69 25 May 2009 at 1:01pm | IP Logged |
I love pre-modern written Japanese. It's the hiragana par excellence.
A page of Ise Monogatari
Traditional Hangul is very very rationalist Swiss-sans-serif, the exact opposite of the feelings evoked by the thought of Chinese calligraphy.
Edited by minus273 on 25 May 2009 at 1:02pm
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yobar Diglot Groupie United States Joined 7043 days ago 52 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: German, Spanish, Irish
| Message 26 of 69 25 May 2009 at 8:35pm | IP Logged |
To me the most beautiful script is Arabic. Its gracefully flowing form on the page is art and I like the art that has been made from the script itself.
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Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5920 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese
| Message 27 of 69 26 May 2009 at 11:42am | IP Logged |
Georgian is awesome.
I also find Tengwar quite beautiful :-) http://djelibeibi.unex.es/tengwar/ejemplo-tengwar.png
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zerothinking Senior Member Australia Joined 6383 days ago 528 posts - 772 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 28 of 69 26 May 2009 at 11:59am | IP Logged |
I vote georgian
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yobar Diglot Groupie United States Joined 7043 days ago 52 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: German, Spanish, Irish
| Message 29 of 69 26 May 2009 at 5:17pm | IP Logged |
I do like Georgian! I reminds me a bit of the Tamil script.
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Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6905 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map
| Message 30 of 69 26 May 2009 at 5:42pm | IP Logged |
Chinese hanzi is number one for me. EDIT: and I like simplified better than traditional.
Then, the amharic script is fascinating too.
Edited by Hencke on 26 May 2009 at 6:39pm
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William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6283 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French
| Message 31 of 69 26 May 2009 at 6:03pm | IP Logged |
Arabic script is my favourite. I am left-handed and like writing right to left (less ink on my hand LOL).
I have heard that Arabic calligraphy developed in part as an acceptable art form when it was considered that pictorial art was idolatrous, or something like that. Turning calligraphy into pictorial art as in some of these images seems a clever way to get around such a prohibition. On the other hand, many Islamic cultures seem to have no difficulty with images.
Edited by William Camden on 26 May 2009 at 6:03pm
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cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5849 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian
| Message 32 of 69 26 May 2009 at 6:05pm | IP Logged |
1) Patriotic vote: Runes (see below)
2) Funkiest: The newly invented scripts of the Canadian eskimos.
3) Prettiest: One of the Indian scripts, the curly one...Kannada ?
4) Most stylish: Japanese combo of hirgana, katakana and kanji.
5) Cleverest: Korean
6) Most impressive: Traditional Chinese
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