Character

Any utf-8 characters can be used in Acktueli.

Single characters in series can be composed to create a new semantic value.

+ good
++ better

It is important to also pay attention to how the character looks visually. For example, here are two documented movements: <--- and <===, in this case, more is more; the = is more than - because of the visual count of the lines, not their mathematical operation.

Visually Expressive Qualities

Certain care must be taken because certain characters have both visually expressive qualities as well as notation qualities.

Characters in a series are already used in a visual expressive way in #notacktueli, :-). However, in Acktueli, single character's visual impact must also be taken into account, not just when characters are in a series. For example, ( looks more chill than { or O could represent more or larger than o.

Visually expressive characters used represent qualitative values, however it is not considered #detailed to use them as quantitative representations. For example, + is generally interpreted as good or more, but +.+... is that a beached squid or is the documenter adding things together?

Documenter's Choice

There might be certain characters used in #acktueli that have a reserved meaning for other communication platforms. For instance the @ symbol is used in a different way and there are characters used beyond what #actueli defines.

Depending on the domain or use case the documenter is in, arrows, for example, can represent different things. (=- can represent a convex lense on a video camera to zoom in or [] might specifically give direction about what kind of gel to use.

Also, 「」『』 are some pretty cool looking characters, however it is not on my keyboard so it's hard to get to, so I haven't written about it... but I should use it more often.

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