Re: Fw: Character n anomaly

["Gabriel Landini" <G.Landini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 30 Jul 2001, at 12:56, Nick Pelling wrote:

> Currier originally wrote:-
>          There is, for
>          instance, one symbol that, while it does occur elsewhere,
>          occurs at the end of the last "words" of lines 85% of the
>          time. 

I am not sure what part and character was Currier talking about, 
perhaps it is the character "m" since the others are not uncommon 
in other locations ("g" is the other).

my count of "line-final character" is as follows:

   count     %
y  2126 40.04520625
m   711 13.39235261
n   710 13.37351667
l   608 11.45225089
r   493 9.286117913
s   198 3.729515916
d   149 2.806554907
g   112 2.109625165
o    81 1.525711057
*    18 0.339046901
a    17 0.320210963
h    14 0.263703146
e    13 0.244867207
f    11 0.207195329
k     6 0.113015634
t     6 0.113015634
p     4 0.075343756
x     4 0.075343756
W     4 0.075343756
i     3 0.056507817
W     3 0.056507817
j     2 0.037671878
u     2 0.037671878
W     2 0.037671878
W     2 0.037671878
W     2 0.037671878
b     1 0.018835939
c     1 0.018835939
v     1 0.018835939
W     1 0.018835939
W     1 0.018835939
W     1 0.018835939
W     1 0.018835939
'     1 0.018835939
q     0 0
z     0 0

W denotes a "weirdo" 

So, yes it seems that there is a "structure" in the line.

> Were there also any indications (from those slides) of lines being
> written sequentially top-to-bottom? I'd guess that the answer's almost
> certainly yes, but it would be nice to have some backup. :-)

Not that I remember, but if you look closely, you will notice that in 
some pages, like f4r, the writing is horizontal at the top and then it 
tends to drift. I guess that it would be easier to drift as you write than 
the way round... but in the vms you never know :-)

> >The question to ask (to which of course I haven't got an answer) is:
> >what would convince me that the spaces are separating words?
> 
> What would convince you that the gallows are separating words? :-)

When I see it, I will know ;-)

> In Surbiton, just south of London, but happy to travel pretty much
> anywhere - and would be delighted to be invited! :-)

There isn't one planned yet... The previous ones were organised 
(very informally) whenever somebody came over here from abroad.

Cheers,

Gabriel