New display pages

26. June 2012 · 1 comment · Categories: Barthel, Fischer, Item A, Item B, Item D, Tablets

http://kohaumotu.org/Rongorongo/svg/index.html

It seems I keep putting up more versions of the same thing. But here now finally are pages which use the svg images to display the tablets together with their codes. So far Items A, B, and D for both Barthel and Fischer tracings have been completed.

On these pages, the glyphs are individualized and clickable. Hovering over a glyph will hilite it in cyan. Lines are displayed to show glyph subdivisions, except in the case of stacked glyphs. So far the codes are still the original codes of Barthel/CEIPP. Missing codes are indicated with “_”.

However it should be noted that the “traditional” order of glyphs has been changed. As has long been known, stacked glyphs should be read bottom to top. Nevertheless the numbering given by Barthel (and CEIPP) has always given the codes top_glyph:bottom_glyph. For example the third glyph group on Tahua, side a, line 2 was written as 103a:095bjt. This has now been changed. If the codes are selected and copied, it will be noted that the order has been reversed. This will become more apparent as further interfaces are put up.

Better organization of the welter of pages now on this site still awaits.

More svg magic

21. June 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Barthel, Fischer, Item A

I am now posting another example of the kind of thing that svgs make possible. Here is a single page comparison of the drawings by Fischer and Barthel for Item A. Note that in this case the scale of the Fischer images has been adjusted to match the scale and spacing of the Barthel glyphs. As a result the glyphs match up perfectly, making comparison much easier.
It should be noted however, that, due to the simple algorithm used for scaling, stacked and linked glyph combinations may appear to be “broken.” Conversely some glyphs, which Fischer draws separately will appear to touch.

And more svg pages

17. May 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Fischer, Item A

Another page, this one now for tests of the svgs which have individualized glyphs. While there are links for all pages, only A (Tahua) is completed.

http://kohaumotu.org/Rongorongo/svg_fs/index.html