The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 23, June 10, 2007, Article 31

KROMOPHONS: A COLOR ALPHABET PROMOTED FOR THE INTERNET AGE

Numismatic bibliophiles sometimes run into curiosities such as 
"De Kuriositi Kabinet", an 1870s numismatic periodical published 
with phonetic spelling, a onetime fad. Might numismatists of 
the future encounter documents written with a color alphabet?

"Lee Freedman has waited a long time, but he thinks the moment 
is finally right to spring on the world the color alphabet he 
invented as a 19-year-old at Mardi Gras in 1972. 

"For 35 years, between stints as a doctor, a real estate agent 
and a pizza maker at the Woodstock concert in 1994, Freedman has 
been working on Kromofons--an innovative alphabet in which the 26 
English letters are represented solely by individual colors-- 
waiting for technology to catch up with him. 

"And now, thanks to the Internet, the ubiquity of color monitors, 
Microsoft Word plug-ins and his being able to launch a Kromofons- 
based e-mail system, Freedman thinks he is finally ready. 

"Imagine getting an e-mail whose text is not the familiar black 
letters on a white background, but instead a series of colored 
rectangles." 

"It may seem confusing, but it's actually very simple, in concept 
at least. The letter "a" is represented by a bright yellow, "b" 
is a light blue, "c" a pale pink, "d" is grey, "e" is orange and 
so on. 

"That confusion would most likely plague adults, of course. Kids 
are more likely to catch on much faster. 

"Freedman pointed out that for the entire history of the written 
word, humans have been reading in black and white. Now, he argued, 
people will begin to read in color, both in static words and 
animated phrases." 

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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