Answers to Blissymbolics Questions

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Question:
I'd like to have visual symbols for: space as in opening, dimensions, and for shapes (general term).

Answer:
The symbol for space:

represents the x, y, and z axes which define a space. The following symbols for
2 dimensions:

and 3 dimensions:

are improvised.

This is the symbol for opening:

as opposed to the symbol for enclosure:

The symbol for shape:

is composed of the symbols for eye and thing.

It can be used for specific shapes thus:
triangle:

rectangle:

Question:
1. What would the symbols for "Connection", "independent" and "links" be?
2. If we wanted to use one of your symbols as part of our logo, how would the copyright work?

Answer:
The answer to this question is improvised and so should not necessarily be considered to be composed of officially approved Blissymbols. Improvisation is customary in creating logos anyway.

The symbols for connection and links can both be based on the symbol for

a link in a

chain.
Since a connection or link is an action, you could place the

action indicator before the symbol:

connection

links. Notice the plural indicator above the symbol for links.

The following improvised symbol for

independent is derived from the following symbols:

full

enough

self

other

It combines enough and self to mean, essentially, self is enough.

The symbol images at Blissymbolics.us are released into the public domain, so use them as you wish with no need for giving credit. If you redraw the symbols to create your logo, then the copyright of that image will belong to you.

Question: Is there a Blissymbol for the word Print?

Answer: When Blissymbolics was invented shortly after WWII, the predominant writing machine was the typewriter.
In Blissymbolics, the symbol for

to type means literally "to machine write". Since, in today's modern computer world, the printer has replaced the typewriter as the predominant writing machine, it would be appropriate to use this symbol for Print.

Question: How can we express our welcome in Blissymbols, such as when a stewardess welcomes travellers aboard a plane. (The answer to this assumes the Blissymbol is needed to welcome visitors to a chatroom)

Answer: Generally, the Blissymbol for "welcome" is

But the meaning of this symbol, literally, is "feel like you can enter a house or building".

For boarding a ship, we could improvise a symbol this way:

(feel like you can enter a ship or boat)

For a chat room we could improvise a symbol this way:

(feel like entering a room)

And to welcome visitors to a room with a specific name:

(The name of the room is "c-base")

The symbol for

name is derived from

mouth and

pen
so it means, essentially, "something you say or write".

Question: Do you know if there is any way of indicating exactly which word in a sentence an adjective/adverb modifies?
Answer: No there isn't except you can create a compound symbol, essentially 'one (bliss) word' which includes the modifier: