Evertype: Essays and Interviews

Essays

Analysis of Olmec Hieroglyphs, 2006-09-16.
Preface to Nicholas Williams’ English-Cornish Dictionary, 2000.
‘An Event of Great Signicance’ [sic]: A Review of George’s Gerlyver Kres., from Cornish Studies 7, University of Exeter Press, 1999.
Commentaire sur les règles données pour la composition de l’anglais dans la troisième édition du Lexique des règles typographiques en usage à l’Imprimerie Nationale
The ESTIMATED SIGN in implementation
Review of Jost Gippert’s translation of Georgij A. Klimov’s Einführung in die kaukasische Sprachwissenschaft, from Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung (STUF) 49 (1996) 2, pp. 205-06.
On the status of the letter þorn and of its sorting order, 1994-06-07, by Michael Everson and Baldur Sigurðsson.
The Charm of Making Note on the linguistics of the magic spell in John Boorman’s Excalibur, 1993-02-08.
Interpreting palaeolithic art: prehistoric approaches to the Transcendent, from 1991.
The study of ritual as an aspect of human religiosity, from The Mankind Quarterly 32, Numbers 1 & 2, Fall/Winter 1991, pp. 57-75.
Tenacity in religion, myth, and folklore: the neolithic Goddess of Old Europe in a non-Indo-European setting, from The Journal of Indo-European Studies 17, Numbers 3 & 4, Fall/Winter 1989, pp. 277-95.
Some remarks on conceptualization and transcendent experience in the Theravāda tradition, with two notes on translation, from 1988.

Interviews

How Emojis Are Changing the Landscape of 21st-Century Linguistics: I 🤔, therefore I am. Interview with Chaney Kwak in Hemispheres, United Airlines inflight magazine. 2017-05. The original article on the United website.
Disputa en Unicode: la vieja guardia critica la obsesión por los 'emojis'. Interview with Cristina Sánchez in El Diario. 2016-05-20. The original article on the El Diario website.
Inside “Emojigeddon”: The Fight Over The Future Of The Unicode Consortium. Interview with Charlie Warzel. 2016-04-26. The original article on the Buzzfeed website.
Az ómagyar írás győzött, Old Hungarian has prevailed. Interview with Gábor Szakács in Magyar Demokrata. 2014-10-15. A PDF of the original article is also available.
Jackie Kashian’s “Dork Forest” interview with Michael Everson. 2012-09-18. Says Jackie: “Michael Everson is a language dork! He’s a linguist, script encoder, typesetter and font designer. He codes rare and wonderful languages so that rare and wonderful people can write to each other on the computer. Cherokee, Hmong, Esperanto. I learn stuff. Tune the hell in.”
Rupakara - First font with Indian Rupee Symbol at Unicode agreed code position. Interview with Unni Koroth. 2010-08-14. A link to the original article is also available.
Kőbe vésett szvabány, A standard carved in stone. Interview with Gábor Szakács in Magyar Demokrata. 2008-07-30. A PDF of the original article is also available.
Alphabetician To The World. Interview with Dick Gordon on The Connection, National Public Radio programme, WBUR Boston. 2003-11-20
For the World’s A B C’s, He Makes 1’s and 0’s. Interview by Michael Erard in The New York Times. 2003-09-25
Osmanya and the Computer Age gives background together with the interview. 2002-07-16
“Letters from Heaven: a celebration of our Celtic script” – Rhodri Pugh’s article from Cambria 4.4, Spring 2002.
“Not-So 30 Questions on ... Unicode and Ethiopic” 2001-04. The “Not-So 30 Questions on ... Unicode and Ethiopic” on the Seleda website.

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