Difference between revisions of "Steel alphabet"

The Japanese do not use Base 16 numerals
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(The Japanese do not use Base 16 numerals)
The '''Steel alphabet''' was the set of glyphs used on [[Scadrial]]. It has been shown that the glyphs evolved over time.{{ref|name=symbols}}
 
Most of the symbols were also used to represent various metals and numbers. The steel alphabet used a base-16 numbering system similar to Japanese numeralsHexadecimal, with double-number pairs given to represent the order of magnitude and the number in that position respectively.{{ref|name=17s-broad-numbers}}
 
At some point the alphabet diverged such that the symbols used to represent [[Feruchemical]] metals were distinct to those used by [[Allomancy]] and the general alphabet.{{ref|name=Feruchemy table}}
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