LPDH Reference
Cartouches, Serechs and walls
MDC: Notice that the ending codes
for cartouches, serechs and walls are not inverted in LPDH compared
to the MDC. That is, the > character always
preceeds the type specifier (1, 2 or 3) (>2 is used
in LPDH instead of 2> in MDC).
Also, the horizontal lines specifier is much simpler in LPDH. Simple
add an hyphen (-) to have the cartouches rendered with
horizontal lines at the top and bottom.
Cartouches, Serechs and walls glyphs (starting and ending graphics)
are special glyphs which not only display themselves (although no
modifiers can apply to them) but also modify the line height for
the quadrats they surround when they specify to show top and bottom
horizontal lines (-).
Cartouches
The following examples cover all Cartouche types that can be formed:
| code | result | description |
|---|---|---|
<1 Aa8:X1*Z4 >2 |
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Opened cartouche (no horizontal lines) |
<2 Aa8:X1*Z4 >1 |
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Inverted opened cartouche (no horizontal lines) |
<1- Aa1:D43 I9 G43 >2 |
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Closed cartouche (with horizontal lines) |
<2- Aa1:D43 I9 G43 >1 |
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Inverted closed cartouche (with horizontal lines) |
Other combinations are technically possible, but are not used in the Egyptian hieroglyphic language.
Serechs
Serechs construction follows the same logic as cartouches. Only the start and end codes differ (they include an S)
The following examples cover all serech types that can be formed:
| code | result | description |
|---|---|---|
<S1 Aa8:X1*Z4 >S2 |
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Opened serech (no horizontal lines) |
<S2 Aa8:X1*Z4 >S1 |
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Inverted opened serech (no horizontal lines) |
<S1- Aa1:D43 I9 G43 >S2 |
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Closed serech (with horizontal lines) |
<S2- Aa1:D43 I9 G43 >S1 |
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Inverted closed serech (with horizontal lines) |
Walls
Again, as with Cartouches and Serechs, walls construction
follows the same logic. Only the start and end codes differ
(they include an H), and a third specifier (H3)
to deal with the 3 types of walls that exist.
| code | result | description |
|---|---|---|
<H1 Aa8:X1*Z4 >H2 |
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walls with bottom right square (specified with H2) |
<H3 Aa8:X1*Z4 ;>H1 |
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walls with top-left square (specified with H3) |
<H2 Aa1:D43 >H1 |
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walls with bottom-left square (specified with H2) |
<H1 Aa1:D43 >H3 |
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walls with top-right square (specified with H3) |
<H1 Aa1:D43 >H1 |
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walls without square (specified with H1 only) |