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From: deb5@midway.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: CAPITAL LETTERS
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In article <4BcAlOAOOT6xEwbZ@kindness.demon.co.uk>,
Colin Fine  <colin@kindness.demon.co.uk> wrote:
[snip]
>True. Furthermore, many scripts have cursive forms which depart to a
>greater or lesser degree from the printed form; but it's only (AFAIK) in
>Roman, Greek, Cyrillic and Armenian scripts that these distinct forms
>have come to be used together with the original forms in print. 

I take it that the cursive form of Armenian to which you are referring
is the Nodr type, which reduces the forms of letters to small, squarish
dots and short sinuous lines.  This type reminds me of nothing so much
as the Hebrew "Rashi script", invented by a famous religious commentator
and occasionally used today (like Nodr) as a kind of "italic script"
when emphasis is desired.

Or perhaps you are referring to the modern Armenian cursive alphabet, 
adapted for writing with a pen rather than a brush or quill (like Nodr); 
I've never seen it used in print, but I wouldn't be surprised.  After all, 
the modern Hebrew cursive (which bears as little resemblance to Rashi as
MA cursive does to Nodr) occasionally turns up in print, especially on
the covers of books and in other decorative contexts.
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