[Nōsō] Computer input possible?
So, the problem with making a conlang that uses a created script -- especially one whose meaning can be rendered by the individual glyphs of said script -- is that entry of this script into a computer, or communicating online via this script is something of a current impossibility. Or is it?
Apparently, to deal with the problem of gaiji (characters in the Japanese language that don't exist in a given font, or any font for that matter, a problem that exists for many people in China, including celebrities, whose names feature obscure character), Adobe has created the SING system for Gaiji characters, which allows one to use "glyphlets" -- pieces of a glyph -- to piece together an intended character. Nōsō happens to be built like Korean characters, which means that there'd simply be glyphlets for each consonant and vowel, and then the correct character could be pieced together. Of course, SING is based on the idea that you simply want to use a non-existent character in an existing font, NOT piece together a completely new writing system from the ground up. Still, one of these days, I'd love to be able to make Nōsō typeable. Right now, really, what are my options? Sure, I can make a font, but I'd have to make a character for each possible combination of consonants and vowels, OR make a faux typing environment via something like Flash where one would be limited to that particular environment, but one would be able to type and read the script.
I suppose that it doesn't help that the language is top-to-bottom, right-to-left, like Japanese and Chinese (well, at least the way Chinese WAS ... apparently this is becoming rarer by the day). Still, with hopes of accurate vertical text encoding as seen here, it might not be terribly infeasible. Ne?