Quikscript / Read Alphabet

Origin

Quikscript was created by Kingsley Read, who also created the Shavian alphabet. Read noticed various problems with the Shavian alphabet and decided to produce a new alphabet which addressed these problems. His new creation proved popular with Shavian enthusiasts.

Notable features

There is no case in Quickscript. Proper names are distinguished by a preceding namer dot.
There are two written forms of Quickscript: Junior and Senior. The letters in Junior Quickscript are mostly unconnected, with the exception of a few common dipthongs. Senior Quickscript is the semi-cursive "official" form of Quickscript: many letters have alternate forms which allow words to be handwritten with fewer lifts of the pen.
Many common words and suffixes are abbreviated to save on overall length. For example, "and" is written with a single [n] character, and "-ed" with only the [d] character.
Numbers and punctuation are largely the same as in standard written English.

Quikscript / Read Alphabet

Download an alphabet chart for Quikscript (Excel)

Sample texts (in American English)

Sample texts (Junior Quikscript)

Senior Quikscript

Sample text (Senior Quikscript)

IPA transcription

ɔl ˈhjumən ˈbiɪŋz ɑr bɔrn fri ænd ˈikwəl ɪn ˈdɪgnəti ænd raɪts. ðeɪ ɑr ɛnˈdaʊd wɪð ˈrizən ænd ˈkɑnʃəns ænd ʃʊd ækt təˈwɔrdz wʌn əˈnʌðər ɪn ə ˈspɪrət ʌv ˈbrʌðərˌhʊd.
(ˈɑrtəkəl 1 ʌv ðə ˌjunəˈvɜrsəl ˌdɛkləˈreɪʃən ʌv ˈhjumən raɪts)

Source: https://tophonetics.com/

Transliteration

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Tower of Babel in Quikscript

Details provided by Oliver langan

Links

Information about Quikscript
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quikscript
https://www.quikscript.net
http://friedorange.xyz/quikscript/intro.html

Quikscript fonts
http://friedorange.xyz/quikscript/otherfonts.html
http://friedorange.xyz/quikscript/myfonts.html

Quickscript official manual (PDF, 2.4MB)

Alternative spelling/writing systems

Benjamin Franklin's Phonetic Alphabet, Deseret, Dialectal Paleotype, Interbet, Pitman Initial Teaching Alphabet, Quikscript/Read Alphabet, Shavian, Simpel-Fonetik, Unifon

Page last modified: 10.08.21

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