Small glyphs

The subject of this article is an experimental or hypothetical style that is not understood by most speakers, or is used only in specific small communities. Learners should avoid using it.

Small glyphs are a rare experimental feature in sitelen pona. They came about in the linja sike font, as a corner case of scaling a glyph within a space. For example, the ASCII transcription soweli zz-soweli would produce a large and small soweli glyph (soweli zz-soweli).

Uses for small glyphs were usually technical and partly if not purely stylistic, such as merging a small compound glyph with a pi not specified as long (compare pi-__toki+ponapi-__toki+pona with small pi1+toki+ponapi1+toki+pona). There were also plans for small cartouches that would nest properly above extended glyph lines. Since the replacement of linja sike with linja lipamanka, small glyphs are seldom if ever used.

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