VMs: RE: EVA

["John Grove" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rene>  It is clear that the Eva character 's' and the
first half of 'sh' are *NOT* the same. Most
probably Eva 'ch' and Eva 'sh' represent one
chartacter each. This notation has been selected
as a compromise, to keep the character set
within 26, and some other considerations.

        'sh' has always bothered me because it seems to me that most of the
end-stroke ligatures
are used in various forms of 'sh'... in fact - I'd say an awful lot of 'sh'
forms are words that begin with
an eva 'b' followed by the 'h'.  The problem is - which ones are which (if
in fact the lines do follow through
as it looks in some of the sid files). Simple placement of the top ligature
near the first 'c' gives the impression
of 'sh', while moving it to the right hand 'c' provides something more like
'cs'; and in the middle well - that's
where I'd look for the line crossing through to join up with the bottom of
the first 'c' for my 'bh'.

         There are a few cases where the right hand 'c' isn't adorned with a
's-ligature' but rather a 'y-ligature or o'
which could then provide a wierdo cy or co. On a few pages - the second c is
missing from a gallows that is
prefixed with a c-bar: f20r, f22r, f25r, and f28r all have a gallows in
between a c-bar and 'y' finish while there is no
bar attached to the 'y'.

         If an 'sh' can start with 'b' - then could it not start with 'd'?
and what we see as some tear-drop forms are the
top portion of the 'd'. With gallows inserted in between along with other
'normal' eva characters the 'sh' variants could
include 'cth, ckh, bh, sh, dh, (yh?)' (the 'i-stroke counterparts) and 'ct,
ck, co, cs, cy, cd, ca? all joined by a bar-stroke?

	John.

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