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• 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑚𐑰𐑯 𐑪𐑐𐑑𐑦𐑥𐑲𐑟𐑛 𐑿𐑟𐑦𐑙 carpalx 𐑑 𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑦𐑥𐑲𐑟 𐑑𐑲𐑐𐑦𐑙 𐑧𐑓𐑼𐑑

• 𐑓𐑦𐑑𐑕 𐑢𐑦𐑞𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑔𐑮𐑰 𐑮𐑴𐑟 𐑝 𐑒𐑰𐑟 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑿𐑟𐑛 𐑓 𐑤𐑨𐑑𐑦𐑯 𐑨𐑤𐑓𐑩𐑚𐑧𐑑 𐑤𐑱𐑬𐑑𐑕 (𐑞𐑑 𐑟 𐑞 𐑯𐑿𐑥𐑼𐑩𐑤𐑟 𐑮𐑦𐑥𐑱𐑯 𐑢𐑺 𐑞𐑱 𐑯𐑹𐑥𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑸)

• 𐑐𐑤𐑱𐑕𐑩𐑟 𐑤𐑧𐑕 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑩𐑯 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑖𐑦𐑓𐑑 𐑤𐑱𐑼, 𐑯

• 𐑿𐑟𐑩𐑟 𐑒𐑰 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑚𐑦𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑑 𐑨𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑕 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼𐑟.

𐑛𐑧𐑕𐑒𐑑𐑪𐑐 𐑯 𐑪𐑯𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑯 𐑤𐑱𐑬𐑑𐑕

𐑞 𐑛𐑧𐑕𐑒𐑑𐑪𐑐 𐑯 𐑪𐑯𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑯 𐑤𐑱𐑬𐑑𐑕 𐑸 𐑲𐑛𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤.

𐑞 𐑛𐑦𐑓𐑷𐑤𐑑 𐑯 𐑖𐑦𐑓𐑑 𐑤𐑱𐑼𐑟 𐑝 ·𐑖𐑷 𐑡𐑨𐑓𐑩𐑤 𐑸 𐑓𐑺𐑤𐑦 𐑕𐑧𐑤𐑓-𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑤𐑨𐑯𐑩𐑑𐑮𐑦. 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑩𐑯 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼𐑟 𐑸 𐑰𐑟𐑦𐑼 𐑑 𐑑𐑲𐑐 𐑯 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑩𐑯 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑚𐑦𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑟 𐑝 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼𐑟 𐑣𐑨𐑝 𐑚𐑰𐑯 𐑪𐑐𐑑𐑦𐑥𐑲𐑟𐑛.

𐑑 𐑑𐑲𐑐 𐑞 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼𐑟 (·𐑸, ·𐑹, ·𐑺, ·𐑻, ·𐑼, ·𐑽, 𐑯 ·𐑿), 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑐𐑤𐑦 𐑑𐑲𐑐:

• ·𐑩 𐑞𐑧𐑯 ·𐑮 𐑓 ·𐑼

• ·𐑦 𐑞𐑧𐑯 ·𐑩 𐑓 ·𐑾

• ·𐑦 𐑞𐑧𐑯 ·𐑩 𐑞𐑧𐑯 ·𐑮 𐑓 ·𐑽

• ·𐑳 𐑞𐑧𐑯 ·𐑮 𐑓 ·𐑻

• ·𐑱 𐑞𐑧𐑯 ·𐑮 𐑓 ·𐑺

• ·𐑭 𐑞𐑧𐑯 ·𐑮 𐑓 ·𐑸

• ·𐑷 𐑞𐑧𐑯 ·𐑮 𐑓 ·𐑹

• ·𐑘 𐑞𐑧𐑯 ·𐑵 𐑓 ·𐑿

𐑞 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼𐑟 ·𐑿, ·𐑸 𐑯 ·𐑹 𐑸 𐑷𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑩𐑕𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑑 𐑕𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑩𐑤 𐑒𐑰𐑟 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑖𐑦𐑓𐑑 𐑤𐑱𐑼. 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑸 𐑮𐑧𐑤𐑩𐑑𐑦𐑝𐑤𐑦 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑩𐑤 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼 𐑢𐑻𐑛𐑟 𐑦𐑯 𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑤𐑦𐑖 𐑯 𐑣𐑨𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑩 𐑕𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑩𐑤 𐑒𐑰 𐑓 𐑞𐑧𐑥 𐑕𐑱𐑝𐑟 𐑩 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑚𐑦𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑦𐑯𐑝𐑪𐑤𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑖𐑦𐑓𐑑 𐑤𐑱𐑼 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼𐑟, 𐑦𐑓 𐑛𐑦𐑟𐑲𐑼𐑛.

𐑛𐑳𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑜𐑰𐑥𐑱𐑟 (« ») 𐑥𐑱 𐑷𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑚𐑰 𐑑𐑲𐑐𐑑 𐑚𐑲 𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑼𐑦𐑙 𐑑𐑵 𐑕𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑩𐑤 𐑜𐑰𐑥𐑱𐑟 (‹ + ‹ 𐑹 › + ›).

𐑑 𐑐𐑮𐑦𐑝𐑧𐑯𐑑 𐑩 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼 𐑚𐑰𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑹𐑥𐑛 (e.g. 𐑑 𐑑𐑲𐑐 ‹𐑩𐑮› 𐑹 ‹𐑦𐑩›) 𐑑𐑲𐑐 ·𐑩 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑖𐑦𐑓𐑑 + ⁞𐑮, ·𐑦 𐑞𐑧𐑯 𐑖𐑦𐑓𐑑 + ⁞𐑩, 𐑯𐑯𐑯. 𐑓 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑭𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤, 𐑦𐑓 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑖 𐑑 𐑑𐑲𐑐 ‹𐑣𐑳𐑮𐑦› 𐑯 𐑯𐑪𐑑 ‹𐑣𐑻𐑦›, 𐑿 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑯𐑰𐑛 𐑑 𐑑𐑲𐑐 ·𐑳 𐑓𐑪𐑤𐑴𐑛 𐑚𐑲 𐑖𐑦𐑓𐑑 + ⁞𐑮.

𐑩 𐑕𐑐𐑧𐑖𐑩𐑤 𐑒𐑰, 𐑥𐑸𐑒𐑑 𐑚𐑲 𐑩 𐑕𐑑𐑸 ☆ 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑖𐑦𐑓𐑑 𐑤𐑱𐑼, 𐑷𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑚𐑮𐑱𐑒𐑕 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼𐑟 𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑵 𐑞𐑺 𐑒𐑩𐑥𐑐𐑴𐑯𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼𐑟 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑕 𐑓𐑹𐑥𐑛. 𐑓 𐑦𐑜𐑟𐑭𐑥𐑐𐑩𐑤 𐑞 ‹𐑘𐑵› 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑚𐑦𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑛𐑳𐑟 𐑯𐑪𐑑 𐑩𐑒𐑻 𐑯𐑱𐑑𐑦𐑝𐑤𐑦 𐑦𐑯 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑥𐑱 𐑚𐑰 𐑨𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑚𐑲 𐑑𐑲𐑐𐑦𐑙 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼 ·𐑿 𐑯 𐑞𐑧𐑯 ☆.

𐑞 ☆ 𐑒𐑰 𐑷𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑦𐑯𐑕𐑻𐑑𐑕 𐑩 ‹𐑝𐑺𐑦𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑕𐑦𐑤𐑧𐑒𐑑𐑼› 𐑿𐑟𐑛 𐑑 𐑨𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑕 𐑞 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑛 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼𐑟 𐑓 𐑞 ·𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑼 𐑱𐑤𐑾 𐑓𐑪𐑯𐑑 (𐑦𐑑 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑴𐑯𐑤𐑦 𐑢𐑻𐑒 𐑓 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑓𐑪𐑯𐑑 𐑯 𐑧𐑯𐑦 𐑳𐑞𐑼𐑟 𐑕𐑐𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑓𐑦𐑒𐑤𐑦 𐑛𐑦𐑟𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑓 𐑞𐑦𐑕), 𐑕𐑰 𐑞 ·𐑦𐑯𐑑𐑼 𐑱𐑤𐑾 𐑜𐑦𐑑𐑣𐑳𐑚 𐑮𐑦𐑐𐑪𐑟𐑦𐑑𐑼𐑦 𐑓 𐑥𐑹 𐑧𐑒𐑕𐑐𐑤𐑩𐑯𐑱𐑖𐑩𐑯.

𐑓𐑴𐑯 𐑤𐑱𐑬𐑑

𐑞 𐑓𐑴𐑯 𐑤𐑱𐑬𐑑 𐑦𐑟 𐑩𐑡𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑓 𐑰𐑟 𐑝 𐑑𐑲𐑐𐑦𐑙 𐑪𐑯 𐑩 𐑕𐑥𐑷𐑤 𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑯.

𐑑𐑲𐑐𐑦𐑙 𐑯 𐑚𐑮𐑱𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑒𐑪𐑥𐑐𐑬𐑯𐑛 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼𐑟 (·𐑸, ·𐑹, ·𐑺, ·𐑻, ·𐑼, ·𐑽, 𐑯 ·𐑿) 𐑦𐑟 𐑛𐑳𐑯 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑕𐑱𐑥 𐑢𐑱 𐑨𐑟 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑛𐑧𐑕𐑒𐑑𐑪𐑐 𐑯 𐑪𐑯-𐑕𐑒𐑮𐑰𐑯 𐑤𐑱𐑬𐑑𐑕 𐑨𐑟 𐑕𐑧𐑑 𐑬𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑳𐑝. 𐑞 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑯𐑛𐑩𐑛 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑤𐑧𐑑𐑼𐑟 𐑥𐑱 𐑷𐑤𐑕𐑴 𐑚𐑰 𐑨𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑨𐑟 𐑕𐑧𐑑 𐑬𐑑 𐑩𐑚𐑳𐑝.

𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑞 [123] 𐑒𐑰 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑮𐑦𐑙 𐑳𐑐 𐑞 𐑯𐑳𐑥𐑚𐑼𐑟 𐑯 𐑩 𐑮𐑱𐑯𐑡 𐑝 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑚𐑩𐑤𐑟, 𐑼𐑱𐑯𐑡𐑛 𐑦𐑯 𐑩 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑤𐑼 𐑤𐑱𐑬𐑑 𐑑 𐑞 𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑛 ·𐑲𐑴𐑧𐑕 𐑒𐑰𐑚𐑹𐑛. 𐑤𐑪𐑙 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑒𐑰𐑟 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑛 𐑩𐑛𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑚𐑩𐑤𐑟.

𐑐𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑦𐑙 𐑞 [~¿¡] 𐑒𐑰 𐑢𐑦𐑤 𐑚𐑮𐑦𐑙 𐑳𐑐 𐑩 𐑮𐑱𐑯𐑡 𐑝 𐑩𐑛𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯𐑩𐑤 𐑕𐑦𐑥𐑚𐑩𐑤𐑟, 𐑦𐑯𐑒𐑤𐑵𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑳𐑥 𐑩𐑒𐑕𐑧𐑕𐑩𐑚𐑩𐑤 𐑚𐑲 𐑤𐑪𐑙 𐑣𐑴𐑤𐑛 𐑒𐑰𐑟.

Shaw JAFL

Shavian.info has developed a keyboard layout called Shaw JAFL, short for ‘Just another “fabulous” layout’. Shaw JAFL:

• has been optimised using carpalx to minimise typing effort

• fits within the three rows of keys commonly used for Latin alphabet layouts (i.e. the numerals remain where they normally are)

• places less common letters in the SHIFT layer, and

• uses key combinations to access compound letters.

Desktop and onscreen layouts

The desktop and onscreen layouts are identical.

The default and SHIFT layers of Shaw JAFL are fairly self-explanatory. Common letters are easier to type and common combinations of letters have been optimised.

To type the compound letters (𐑸, 𐑹, 𐑺, 𐑻, 𐑼, 𐑽, & 𐑿), simply type:

• 𐑩 then 𐑮 for 𐑼

• 𐑦 then 𐑩 for 𐑾

• 𐑦 then 𐑩 then 𐑮 for 𐑽

• 𐑳 then 𐑮 for 𐑻

• 𐑱 then 𐑮 for 𐑺

• 𐑭 then 𐑮 for 𐑸

• 𐑷 then 𐑮 for 𐑹

• 𐑘 then 𐑵 for 𐑿

The compound letters 𐑿, 𐑸 and 𐑹 are also assigned to single keys on the SHIFT layer. These are relatively common single letter words in English and having a single key for them saves a combination involving SHIFT layer letters, if desired.

Double guillemets (« ») may also be typed by entering two single guillemets (‹ + ‹ or › + ›).

To prevent a compound letter being formed (e.g. to type 𐑩𐑮 or 𐑦𐑩) type 𐑩 then SHIFT + ⁞𐑮, 𐑦 then SHIFT + ⁞𐑩, etc. For example, if you wish to type 𐑣𐑳𐑮𐑦 and not 𐑣𐑻𐑦, you will need to type 𐑳 followed by SHIFT + ⁞𐑮.

A special key, marked by a star ☆ on the SHIFT layer, also breaks compound letters into their component letters once formed. For example the 𐑘𐑵 combination does not occur natively in Shavian but may be accessed by typing letter 𐑿 and then ☆.

The ☆ key also inserts a ‘variation selector’ used to access the Shavian extended letters for the Inter Alia font (it will only work for this font and any others specifically designed for this), see the Inter Alia Github repository for more explanation.

Phone layout

The phone layout is adjusted for ease of typing on a small screen.

Typing and breaking compound letters (𐑸, 𐑹, 𐑺, 𐑻, 𐑼, 𐑽, & 𐑿) is done in the same way as on the desktop and on-screen layouts as set out above. The extended Shavian letters may also be accessed as set out above.

Pressing the [123] key will bring up the numbers and a range of symbols, arranged in a similar layout to the standard iOS keyboard. Long hold keys include additional symbols.

Pressing the [~¿¡] key will bring up a range of additional symbols, including some accessible by long hold keys.

Pressing the [abc] key will bring up a standard US English QWERTY layout keyboard to allow typing in the Latin alphabet. Long hold keys allow the entry of a selection of diacritics, common International Phonetic Alphabet symbols used for English.

Tablet layout

The layout for tablet is substantially similar to the desktop and on-screen layouts above, but includes a symbols layer similar to the phone layout.