Am 30.01.2013 um 12:56 schrieb William_J_G Overington: > I feel that it would be helpful if there were symbols that could be used in a > non-language-specific manner for phrases such as "Hello" and "Thank you" and > "Best regards," and so on.
But there are, plenty of it. Though not yet for the phrases you mention. We have ! and ? and even !!! and !?, and also :-) and the like. And of course we have ❀ ✓ ♥ ⚭⛺⛴✗ and so on. Most ideographs in use are pictographs, for obvious reasons. But it would be nice indeed to have ideograms for “thanks”, “please”, “yes”, “no”, “perhaps” – all those common notions which cannot be de-*picted* in the true sense of the word. This is a vision. Or a project. Hand gestures could perhaps be a starting point. –* Andreas Stötzner. –* “best regards” – ? _____________________________________________________________________ Andreas Stötzner Gestaltung Signographie Fontentwicklung Wilhelm-Plesse-Straße 32, 04157 Leipzig
