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0 pointsyorwba11mo ago0 comments

In the example text, I think "hōt" and "joke" should be "hot" and "jōke" instead. Also, the vowel in "to" is different yet again, so maybe it needs its own glyph. ⊚?

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dmboyd11mo ago

Thanks for that. Working on automating that but currently relies on macrons being typed manually.

pajko11mo ago

Just wanted to mention this, but actually it has more issues.

trouble / about: the 'u' should be marked, at least for 'trouble' to make it silent (or probably in both cases but differently, not sure about other similar words). But then there's 'o' in lemonade which is different from 'o' in 'trouble'. Also 'oo' in 'loot' seems strange (should be ⊚⊚ with the recommendation above). Or am I misunderstanding something in the point of the markings? Anyway, it hurts my eyes.

dmboyd11mo ago

I’m working on a workflow to automating font weight and sizing to cover silent letters and prosody which should cover a bit of that. One of the key aspects though as a transitional learning tool is to teach children the diversity of sounds. So it’s intentional to not have a 1:1 mapping between phonemes and graphemes.

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dmboyd11mo ago

Thanks for that. Working on automating that but currently relies on macrons being typed manually.

pajko11mo ago

Just wanted to mention this, but actually it has more issues.

dmboyd11mo ago

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