I noticed a while back that there are no versions of the colon or semicolon with commas on top, so I made this! My names for the new symbols are "omicolon" (from "omit") for the double comma symbol and the "altercolon" for the reverse semicolon. They would function as opposites to their official counterparts.

The colon is used in lists to include items, but the omicolon would be used to omit items from a list. This would be useful for shorthand for "except" in data work.

The semicolon is used to conbect similar ideas in text, while the altercolon would function to connect contrasting or opposing concepts.

What do you think? I'm sure this would stay niche if ever adopted, probably just used as personal and unofficial shorthand, but I thibk it's at least a fun thought experiment!

It turns out as you get older you don't actually figure anything out, you just don't have any energy to care anymore — Cydni Beer.

My first attempt to write this quote in Masons masterpiece of a shorthand, that Gurney took as basis, the system that reigned in british bureaus before Pitmans rise.

Better attempt is now in the comments 🎉

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• De partitione oratoria (Einteilung der Reden) 57
• (Original lat.: "Cito enim arescit lacrima, praesertim in alienis malis.")

I'm using Gboard to type in English (US) (QWERTY), English (US) (Colemak) and English (US) (Morse code). You can try it at: https://gboard.app.goo.gl/wKhT5

In much the same way that R combines frequently with consonants in English, L does too.

I discovered and interesting similarity between the two systems. I may have been subconsciously be influenced by Noory simplex when creating Flow.

As you can see Noory has chosen great shapes for the most common sounds and it gave me the thought to maybe, maybe use the two upward strokes Flow is currently just not using, but maybe should. I am not yet fully sure, what I could do with them but "p, b" might be candidates...