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Undesigning Cherokee syllabary

Improving the usability of a Native American writing system

Text coming soon. For now, here's a file listing:

You can also follow the project on Github.

And here is a preview of the diagrams:

sampler of traditional Cherokee syllabary design

sampler of new Cherokee syllabary design

various versions of Cherokee: original writing by Sequoyah, traditional typeface, modern handwriting, and Uyanvhi

Traditional Cherokee syllabary organized by design affinity

New Cherokee syllabary organized by design affinity

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