TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on Mon May 6 09:37:37 EDT 2024
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The history of Canadian type design
Nice pages by Nicolas Fabian on Canadian type. He writes about Eskimo languages: "Most Eskimo groups use Roman orthography while the eastern Arctic Inuits employ unique syllabic characters. For the Inuits it was a matter of luck and it depended on which missionary group they happen to come in contact with. The very first time, in 1742 in Greenland, the spoken Eskimo language was transcribed using the Roman alphabet by Hans Egede, a Norwegian missionary. In the 19th century some of the other Eskimo language groups were transcribed by special customized orthography using the Roman alphabet with the addition of special characters and unique accents. In the 1970s the written language was simplified to employ only the basic characters of the Roman alphabet. The syllabic characters were introduced to eastern Arctic Inuits in 1855 with borrowed characters from the Cree and Ojibwa languages. In the western Arctic, Roman orthography is used and in 1976 a systematic orthography in the Roman alphabet was proposed for all the Inuit of Canada." |
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