Standaridized variation sequences for the Desert alphabet?

Tue Mar 28 06:38:22 CDT 2017

On 2017/03/28 01:20, Michael Everson wrote:

> Ken transcribes into modern type a letter by Shelton dated 1859, in which “boy” is written ��<����>, “few” as ��<����>, “truefully” [sic] as ����<����>��������, and “you” as ��<����>.

These are all 1859 variants, yes? That would just show that these 
variants existed (which I think nobody in this discussion has doubted), 
but not that there was contrasting use. And is that letter hand-written 
or printed?

Regards,    Martin.