If you like what you see and want to know more, the NQaLF LoJIK page has an indepth explanation of the history and reasoning behind the system. It's written only in Nooalf to help prove that you can already read it.
If you have some experience trying to teach children to read & write, you probably know there are bunches of companies cashing in on how difficult it can be. Cashing in BIG! The Jolly Phonics Starter Kit, for example, goes for something like 350 bucks! How much does the Whole Shabang Deluxe Kit cost? As with all of these programs, it teaches the alphabet, then moves on to rote memorization of spelling, blithely ignoring the lack of consistent connection. Instead of resigning yourself to powerless victim status, you can help get the situation moving in the right direction AND save a bunch of money by purchasing The Nooalf Super Mini Chart. Its the latest, most refined version of the Picture/Letter/Sound chart series. Like the one above, it uses pictures to teach Nooalf, plus also introduces regular spelling with hundreds of sample words and a nifty little letter/sound chart on the back. Easy, secure payment with PayPal
Nooalf can be typed in 3 forms: 1. Real Nooalf, which consists of the blue letters on the chart and are typed with the Caps Lock set and Shift is hit to access the extra letters. 2. Nooalf ascii, which are the small black letters on the chart. You will see mixed CAPS/lower case on the alternative pages of this site if your computer does not have the font installed. 3. slakrz nqalf, in which you leave the keyboard in lower case and don't bother hitting the shift. All three are typed with the same keys and can be read by most people with no prior study. When keyboards with the complete Nooalf set become available, the 2nd & 3rd forms become obsolete.
MS Word and many other word processing programs have a spelling autocorrect feature. Obviously, most of what you write in Nooalf is going to look like a mistake and the software will turn it to gobbledygook. You need to find it and turn it off.
Some of the text on the Nooalf pages has been turned into pictures in order to look rite on computers that don't have the font installed. But some havent been converted yet because I'm a lazy procrastinating slakr! In order to see those pages correctly, you will need to install this new September 25th 2013 version of the 2NQ4YQ font. If you have the latest version, the pink text below will be a V and a down chevron. If you see V V instead, you have an outdated version. If you see V v, you don't have any version of the font installed.
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Also available are these new fonts:
Installing fonts in Windows 7 is pretty easy. Just click on the font you want and a window appears asking if you want to open or save. Click 'open' and you will see what it looks like. At the top bar there's an 'install' button. Click that and you're done!
A little more complicated in older versions. For XP and before, Hit SAVE & download it to your desktop. Click on START, CONTROL PANEL and FONTS to open your Windows Font folder. Then drag & drop the 2NQ4YQ.ttf file into the FONTS window. If you are using Windows 98 or newer, that should be all there is to it. You will be able to type proper Nooalf in all your programs.
The fonts should work with any operating system that can use .ttf, but there always seems to be something getting 'updated', often causing stupid problems, so no garrantee. If you would like a different format, such as type 1, or whatever older Macs use, email a request and I'll give it a try; I have TransType Pro.
Font files are very small; typically less than 80K. In spite of this, they are a freakin ass-tangler to make! What we take for granted as a simple group of letters is actually a mind boggling labyrinth of computer code working to make each letter look like its supposed to no matter what size, screen, printer, application and operating system is being used. This is accomplished to varying levels of success with the arcane art of hinting, which involves the manipulation of a selection of 'tools' that seem closer to a witch's spice rack than a craftsman's tool box.
If you've ever grumbled about the fact that alot of fonts look the same, I'd say its probably because alot of them are mostly copied and modified rather than made from scratch. The fonts I am offering here are not perfect, so if I am not too bizzy with other projects in the future I will try to make them better, possibly including more special symbols and letters for nonenglish sounds.
Since you're already literate in English, you probably feel that there's nothing to be gained by learning a new way to spell. This may seem like an unavoidable and obvious fact, but it's actually incorrect. The truth is that there are major practical advantages for you, but no immediate competative disadvantage in not knowing Nooalf. Since everybody's working with the same handicap, nobody's expected to be able to operate at the level of efficiency possible with Nooalf.
It's similar to the fact that everybody's right or left handed. The environment we've created for ourselves is set up to accomidate people who have one fully functional hand and one weaker, relatively uncoordinated hand. So, although ambidexterity is clearly a big advantage, nobody's going to be ostracized or qualify for handicap benefits because they can't hammer, catch or write equally well with both hands. Even so, wouldn't you rather be ambidexterous? And by the same token of self improvement, wouldn't you like to know a better way to spell? Generally speaking, people aren't too quick about getting rid of old junk in their heads. We have this unfortunate tendency to build mental castles with whatever drops in first and rejecting anything that may force us to tear them down. On top of that, the average adult has read each of the common words of English countless thousands of times, so any variation just looks bad. Because of these and other factors, trying to convert a billion adults to Nooalf is a waste of time. The way to make the change is to teach it to children and immigrants as a fast track to literacy. They can learn it in a month and use it as a way to more efficiently acquire vocabulary and then proceed with the drudgery of memorizing the old spelling. This way Nooalf is in their heads first, and they KNOW regular spelling is absurdly disfunctional.
The next page is for parents and teachers. It explains what's wrong with current literacy training practices and how Nooalf can actually help children learn regular spelling.THE WAY IN
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