Elian script

Elian Script / Conceptual Calligraphy

The Elian Script is the creation C. C. Elian. It began as code by
which Claudine could, at a glance, differentiate writings in her
notebooks that were still in finished form from those still in the
works. Over time it has developed into a form of calligraphy.

The structure of the Elian Script consists of the placement of the
26 Latin letters in alphabetical order within a 9-square grid as indicated below:
Basic Elian Script grids

Each quadrant of the grid is unique in its compositional coordinates,
and except for box 9, contains three letters. For example, the quadrant
with a floor and a right wall ( quadrant with a floor and a right wall )
can only be box 3; with a ceiling and a right wall
( quadrant with a ceiling and a right wall ) it can only be box 1.

By considering a specific box and its contents, we are now considering
only three possible letters. To differentiate between these three letters
we can agree to keep the box’s structural lines equal in length to designate
the first letter in alphabetical order.

Elian Script letters

Then, by making the structural lines of the box unequal to each other
in length, we can designate the second letter in alphabetical order.

Elian Script letters

Finally, we can designate the third letter, in alphabetical order, to appear
in a given box by agreeing to make its structural lines unequal in length and
by accompanying it with a mark (dot, dash, anything that in itself is not a full line).

Elian Script letters

For the center box (E, N, W), the main concept is that of enclosed space
rather than a specifically a square:

Elian Script letters

This three-level process then applies to all of the boxes and their respective
letters. In addition to these structural parameters there are three compositional
principles:

  1. Clarity of intended line length: it must be
    obvious that one intends the lines to either be equal or unequal to each other.
  2. Clarity of mark association, that is: to what
    set of unequal lines does a mark belong?
  3. The writing direction moves horizontally from left to right and
    vertically from top to bottom.

The consistent letter-to-box association and the application of the three
principles is the essential structure of this writing system. The overall
configuration and style is determined by exercising variables of (among others):
line technique, writing instrument, line ratios, and left to right/top to
bottom directional changes.

Here is an example of the entire alphabet in one of the many possible fluid forms:
A example of the Elian Script in one of the many possible fluid forms

This description is the abbreviated version of the Elian Script’s structure;
for further details see:
http://www.ccelian.com/concepca.html

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