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Trek: Andorian Language(s)
May. 29th, 2024 10:15 pmAnyone here into Andorian language(s)?
I want to work up a world name. Or maybe five...
I want to work up a world name. Or maybe five...
Memory and Words
Nov. 13th, 2023 10:27 amYesterday, I needed to be reminded that "eavestrough" is a word and what it's used for.
Selected News Items - 21 Oct 2023
Oct. 21st, 2023 06:18 pm1. Mikmaq keyboard to be available for Apple products. I first heard of this via CBC Weekend World Report on the radio.
https://www.kinu.ca/stories/mikmaw-keyboard-available-in-apple-products
2. Anti-trans laws in the US getting support from a Canadian researcher. CW: anti-trans rhetoric quoted at some length, with "protest"-march posters to match.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/james-cantor-gender-affirming-care-bans-1.6979356
3. The argument for off-planet mining is gaining strength in some quarters.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/space-is-starting-to-look-like-the-better-mining-operation/
4. The political state of "British Columbia", from one perspective:
https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/20/BC-New-Political-Map-Right-Split-Kevin-Falcon-Conservative-Surge/
5. An argument for Pharmacare in Canada:
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/19/Pharmacare-Big-Moment-Political-Will-Trudeau-Liberals/
https://www.kinu.ca/stories/mikmaw-keyboard-available-in-apple-products
2. Anti-trans laws in the US getting support from a Canadian researcher. CW: anti-trans rhetoric quoted at some length, with "protest"-march posters to match.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/james-cantor-gender-affirming-care-bans-1.6979356
3. The argument for off-planet mining is gaining strength in some quarters.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/space-is-starting-to-look-like-the-better-mining-operation/
4. The political state of "British Columbia", from one perspective:
https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/20/BC-New-Political-Map-Right-Split-Kevin-Falcon-Conservative-Surge/
5. An argument for Pharmacare in Canada:
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/19/Pharmacare-Big-Moment-Political-Will-Trudeau-Liberals/
Star Trek/Fan Art/Fonts: Vulcan Fonts
Jul. 31st, 2023 11:23 pmSomething of possible interest to fans of the following topics:
https://vulcanquest.wordpress.com/2019/12/22/fonts/
- Star Trek Design
- Conlangs
- Constructed scripts
- Fonts
- Fan art
- Typography
- Font design
https://vulcanquest.wordpress.com/2019/12/22/fonts/
Job Search: Another Question of Phrasing
Apr. 12th, 2023 05:47 amIs "Product verification" another phrase for things like "acceptance testing" or "quality assurance"?
"COVID Hegemony"?
Feb. 3rd, 2023 11:52 amI am both unsurprised and frightened that this idea might actually be governing the thinking of people in high places right now.
https://www.croakey.org/rethinking-covid-hegemony/
Please note that this essay does contain constructive ideas on how to respond to this danger.
Source: https://twitter.com/ccleighton/status/1621504471762173952
Said Author maintains a Fediverse presence here: https://mastodon.social/@ccleighton@med-mastodon.com
https://www.croakey.org/rethinking-covid-hegemony/
Please note that this essay does contain constructive ideas on how to respond to this danger.
Source: https://twitter.com/ccleighton/status/1621504471762173952
Said Author maintains a Fediverse presence here: https://mastodon.social/@ccleighton@med-mastodon.com
I have concerns(!) about the choice of phrasing in Treasury Board President Mona Fortier's arguments for a hybrid work model for those branches of the federal civil service that her branch of the federal cabinet has jurisdiction over.
Also, doubling down on "right of the employer" rhetoric is not helpful.
The civil service needs sufficiently safe workspaces to return to and, for those who do not or cannot drive, a sufficiently safe public transit system to use to get there. I'm not seeing that here. OC Transpo and STO must be allowed to return to "mask up!" rules for everyone who can medically manage it or this isn't going to do what the current government is hoping for. And the same requirement exists for public transit in any city that has such services and a federal civil service presence.
Without at least the mask rules back in place, we won't have safe federal workspaces. We'll have superspreader sites. Again.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/treasury-board-president-calls-return-to-office-plan-right-of-employer
(Yes, there's other arguments to be made for efficiencies, pollution/ecological considerations, savings on government expenditures, etc.. Other people are making those arguments.)
Also, doubling down on "right of the employer" rhetoric is not helpful.
The civil service needs sufficiently safe workspaces to return to and, for those who do not or cannot drive, a sufficiently safe public transit system to use to get there. I'm not seeing that here. OC Transpo and STO must be allowed to return to "mask up!" rules for everyone who can medically manage it or this isn't going to do what the current government is hoping for. And the same requirement exists for public transit in any city that has such services and a federal civil service presence.
Without at least the mask rules back in place, we won't have safe federal workspaces. We'll have superspreader sites. Again.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/treasury-board-president-calls-return-to-office-plan-right-of-employer
(Yes, there's other arguments to be made for efficiencies, pollution/ecological considerations, savings on government expenditures, etc.. Other people are making those arguments.)
Fonts: Comicrazy Adds Hebrew Support
Nov. 1st, 2022 07:24 pmOkay, Comicraft is holding a 30th Anniversary promotion right now. They're the first big comic book design-oriented font design house in the world that I know of, started by Richard Starkings and John Roshell. They decided to kick off with thirty days of releasing remasters of their offerings, starting with their first font family, Comicrazy.
They're already set up for most European languages using Latin script, and back in 2015 added Cyrillic support. This year, they've added support for Vietnamese adaptations of Latin, as well as Hebrew script, which marks a first for that font family.
If you already own a license for Comicrazy, you'll get the update as part of your long-term support arrangements. Just check your "My Account - Order History" files if you bought a license after 2010.
(I bought a license back around 2015, hence my downloading.)
If you haven't got Comicrazy yet, my advice would be to wait for Comicraft's annual New Year Font Sale. I expect every family in the catalogue to be on offer during that sale at US$20.22 per next New Year's. Unless you've suddenly hit it big in the local lottery, or are otherwise highly fortunate, in which case, I would recommend you splurge now.
They're already set up for most European languages using Latin script, and back in 2015 added Cyrillic support. This year, they've added support for Vietnamese adaptations of Latin, as well as Hebrew script, which marks a first for that font family.
If you already own a license for Comicrazy, you'll get the update as part of your long-term support arrangements. Just check your "My Account - Order History" files if you bought a license after 2010.
(I bought a license back around 2015, hence my downloading.)
If you haven't got Comicrazy yet, my advice would be to wait for Comicraft's annual New Year Font Sale. I expect every family in the catalogue to be on offer during that sale at US$20.22 per next New Year's. Unless you've suddenly hit it big in the local lottery, or are otherwise highly fortunate, in which case, I would recommend you splurge now.
Jobs: Three-Letter Acronyms and Diplomas
Sep. 28th, 2022 02:54 pmI'm trying to update my Jobillico profile, and need to nail down which three-letter acronym (TLA) to use to describe my diplomas from Algonquin College. What's the international, anglophone TLA best suited as a substitute for "OCD" (Ontario College Diploma)?
New Fonts for Turtle Island Syllabics
Jan. 24th, 2022 07:16 amSome of you might be interested in this:
https://www.typotheque.com/blog/north_american_syllabics_fonts
https://www.typotheque.com/blog/north_american_syllabics_fonts
Assorted Items of Interest - 2 Jan 2022
Jan. 2nd, 2022 09:56 am1. Canada needs a revision of our own dictionaries. And it doesn't stop with our dialects of English. Oh, no...
2. The Québec COVID Curfew is not being taken well in some cities.
3. Speaking of the Legault/CAQ government in Québec at the moment, a number of cities across Canada are putting up a fight against Bill 21 specifically...as a group, as noted by Shawn Micallef in the Toronto Star. I'd link to it, but...paywall to non-subscribers.
4. TBDL.
2. The Québec COVID Curfew is not being taken well in some cities.
3. Speaking of the Legault/CAQ government in Québec at the moment, a number of cities across Canada are putting up a fight against Bill 21 specifically...as a group, as noted by Shawn Micallef in the Toronto Star. I'd link to it, but...paywall to non-subscribers.
4. TBDL.
DSC: "Choose to Live"
Dec. 2nd, 2021 10:19 pmOne word I was most pleased to hear this week:
arie'mnu
And there were other moments as well throughout the story. A story that's being given time to "breathe" properly, as far as I can see.
Spoilers in the comments...
arie'mnu
And there were other moments as well throughout the story. A story that's being given time to "breathe" properly, as far as I can see.
Spoilers in the comments...
JOBS: Linguistic Mistakes On My Part
Sep. 30th, 2021 05:34 pmI did wash out on the French test this morning.
Frankly, it was and still is the responsible thing for this particular employer to do, and - more importantly - the kind thing to do. Hospitals in the National Capital Region on either side of the Québec-Ontario border absolutely need fluently bilingual people filling their public-facing job categories.
Eventually, you'd ideally want to have everyone on such a payroll to have at least one additional language on their resumé, too, since we are both a national capital region - with the international traffic you'd expect because of embassies, consulates, legations, etc., as well as respecting our treaty duties to our Indigenous relations. Around Ottawa, that would imply a need for Anishnaabemowin, the Haudenosonee languages, some people with Inuktut fluency as well because of the back-and-forth medical traffic between Ottawa and Iqaluit.
I have no regrets about this, except that I have neglected keeping up my French-language skills since moving here from Saskatchewan. That's my mistake to own.
Back to watching videos on Clip Studio Paint, font design via Typewknd, and other chores tonight...
Frankly, it was and still is the responsible thing for this particular employer to do, and - more importantly - the kind thing to do. Hospitals in the National Capital Region on either side of the Québec-Ontario border absolutely need fluently bilingual people filling their public-facing job categories.
Eventually, you'd ideally want to have everyone on such a payroll to have at least one additional language on their resumé, too, since we are both a national capital region - with the international traffic you'd expect because of embassies, consulates, legations, etc., as well as respecting our treaty duties to our Indigenous relations. Around Ottawa, that would imply a need for Anishnaabemowin, the Haudenosonee languages, some people with Inuktut fluency as well because of the back-and-forth medical traffic between Ottawa and Iqaluit.
I have no regrets about this, except that I have neglected keeping up my French-language skills since moving here from Saskatchewan. That's my mistake to own.
Back to watching videos on Clip Studio Paint, font design via Typewknd, and other chores tonight...
French Tests and Font Design
Sep. 30th, 2021 09:54 amOkay, the French-literacy skills test is over. I think I've washed out of consideration for that job, and frankly, I'm okay with that. I do NOT want to mess up on a clerical job at a hospital in either official language.
Next topic...font design. I'm attending Typewknd 2021 off and on from today through Sunday as part of my learning process re: graphic design in general and typographic design in particular. They'll be posting the individual lectures on their YouTube account in the weeks ahead.
Right now as I type this entry, the topic is "Designing a Feminist Devenagari Typeface".
Next topic...font design. I'm attending Typewknd 2021 off and on from today through Sunday as part of my learning process re: graphic design in general and typographic design in particular. They'll be posting the individual lectures on their YouTube account in the weeks ahead.
Right now as I type this entry, the topic is "Designing a Feminist Devenagari Typeface".
Talk Like a Pirate Day Tomorrow?
Sep. 18th, 2021 11:52 amApparently, that's the case. Just looking around for confirmation/debunking.
Getting my bedding washed and dried in the meantime...
Getting my bedding washed and dried in the meantime...
News: Pas d'encore, M. Legault!!!
May. 14th, 2021 08:15 amHere we go again.
Québec premier François Legault is looking to aggravate the language situation yet again. Details here:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-bill-101-language-revamp-1.6023532
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-96-quebec-language-laws-1.6025859
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/pontiac-quebec-language-law-joanne-labadie-1.6025706
The second article's headline invoking the word "reforms" is a horrible word choice for describing this idea.
So much for peace within Québec in particular and Canada in general...and we should have expected as much from the CAQ.
Québec premier François Legault is looking to aggravate the language situation yet again. Details here:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-bill-101-language-revamp-1.6023532
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-96-quebec-language-laws-1.6025859
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/pontiac-quebec-language-law-joanne-labadie-1.6025706
The second article's headline invoking the word "reforms" is a horrible word choice for describing this idea.
So much for peace within Québec in particular and Canada in general...and we should have expected as much from the CAQ.
Wow.
Speaking of progress in creating technological infrastructure for language preservation and revival...I'm not sure I understand even a tenth of what I'm reading here. But seeing this work laid out at all?
Incredible.
https://twitter.com/calligraphio/status/1385241930905399298
https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21088-ucas-revisions.pdf
Speaking of progress in creating technological infrastructure for language preservation and revival...I'm not sure I understand even a tenth of what I'm reading here. But seeing this work laid out at all?
Incredible.
https://twitter.com/calligraphio/status/1385241930905399298
https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21088-ucas-revisions.pdf
Re: Ottawa Public Health
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-public-health-somali-town-hall-1.5975528
OPH source:
https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-health-topics/multilingual-resources.aspx
Re: Drivers' license certifications in Indigenous languages
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/g1-drivers-licence-test-indigenous-languages-1.5972703
Current details available here:
https://drivetest.ca/tests/knowledge-tests.html
This has always been a functionally multilingual land, no matter what laws may have been passed to put a stop to the tradition and practice, either Canada-wide or in specific jurisdictions within what we now call Canada. These news items document governmental efforts to accept and accomodate the fact instead, which I approve of.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-public-health-somali-town-hall-1.5975528
OPH source:
https://www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-health-topics/multilingual-resources.aspx
Re: Drivers' license certifications in Indigenous languages
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/g1-drivers-licence-test-indigenous-languages-1.5972703
Current details available here:
https://drivetest.ca/tests/knowledge-tests.html
This has always been a functionally multilingual land, no matter what laws may have been passed to put a stop to the tradition and practice, either Canada-wide or in specific jurisdictions within what we now call Canada. These news items document governmental efforts to accept and accomodate the fact instead, which I approve of.
