Timeline for How can a troglodytic society democratize braille literature?
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| Jan 25, 2021 at 1:15 | vote | accept | Arash Howaida | ||
| Jan 19, 2021 at 19:48 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | Metal plates might be an option for long-term information storage if they get advanced enough to be able to mine ore and refine it into sheets. You could use a metal or stone stylus to make impressions in the metal. Copper is fairly easy to produce in low-tech societies, and its malleability is a plus as a writing surface. They could move up to bronze, iron, steel, tin, or aluminum as their tech level advances. | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 17:33 | comment | added | ptyx | Clay (permanent), wax tablets (reusable) - or even mud works too. IMO one issue beyond the availability and ease of use is information density. Clay and wax can be widely available and support some form of mass printing - but good luck with a book of those. Even bones (or narrow sticks) that allow some pretty high information density will have a hard time competing with paper or vellum - and vellum will have an availability challenge. Some of that can be overcome with a more compact script - use depth and texture rather than just shape to convey more information. | |
| Jan 19, 2021 at 13:01 | history | edited | Escaped dental patient. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 19, 2021 at 12:52 | history | edited | Escaped dental patient. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 19, 2021 at 12:43 | history | answered | Escaped dental patient. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |