concentus7

concentus7 t1_iy6ylmt wrote

Reply to comment by SpikedSynapse in [IC]IFK Classic Magic - An official Magic: The Gathering keycap set by SpikedSynapse

This is so much better than the "licensed" Kamigawa set. A couple points of constructive criticism:

  • The "tap symbol" tab should really be part of the base set. It's weird that most other mods in the base set have a themed legend, but that one doesn't (seems to be there in the render tho?). I do appreciate that you included it in the 40's compatibility.
  • Following the same vein on mods, it would be great if you could offer symbol-only mods for those that don't want to dive fully into the Magic-themed legends.
  • If the point is to stick to a pre-Mirrodin aesthetic, I would probably reconsider "equip" as a mod legend. That keyword didn't exist until Mirrodin and is not considered part of the "older" age of Magic.
  • Might be cool to consider making the number legends with a circle around them to call back to colorless mana costs.
  • I'm sure there is probably some "mandate" from high up that you have to have the branded Enter keys, but it would be much more nostalgic for Enter to be something like "Resolve" or another older keyword.
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concentus7 t1_ixndawh wrote

Reply to comment by tertius_decimus in Ignorant question to Asians by tertius_decimus

u/mignyau gave a pretty good thorough explanation above, but a couple points of clarification:

hieroglyphs - The Japanese script you're likely referring to are called "kanji" and are technically considered "logographs". Hieroglyphs are a very different type of symbol.

Totals - there have been WAY more than 1,000 kanji in existence throughout the Japanese language's many years of standardizations and revisions (there is no definitive number). However, a little over 3,000 kanji are readily used in common communication nowadays.

Typing - most people typing in Japanese today use an input method called "romaji nyuuryoku" (romaji input). "Romaji" is a method of writing Japanese that uses Latin script (a,b,c's) to write out Japanese. For example, "arigatou" is the romaji writing of ありがとう. A piece of software on most Japanese computers/devices then converts the romaji into kana (Japanese phonetic script) or in some cases straight into kanji where appropriate. That's the basics of it, at least.

As with most things that you grow up doing in your life, you get used to it with enough repetition.

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