A paragraph from The Colour Out Of Space by H. P. Lovecraft in Shavian alphabet

𐑢𐑧𐑕𐑑 𐑝 ·𐑸𐑒𐑩𐑥 𐑞 𐑣𐑦𐑤𐑟 𐑮𐑲𐑟 𐑢𐑲𐑤𐑛, 𐑯 𐑞𐑺 𐑸 𐑝𐑨𐑤𐑦𐑟 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑛𐑰𐑐 𐑢𐑫𐑛𐑟 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑯𐑴 𐑨𐑒𐑕 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑒𐑳𐑑. 𐑞𐑺 𐑸 𐑛𐑸𐑒 𐑯𐑨𐑮𐑴 𐑜𐑤𐑧𐑯𐑟 𐑢𐑺 𐑞 𐑑𐑮𐑰𐑟 𐑕𐑤𐑴𐑐 𐑓𐑨𐑯𐑑𐑨𐑕𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑤𐑦, 𐑯 𐑢𐑺 𐑔𐑦𐑯 𐑚𐑮𐑫𐑒𐑤𐑩𐑑𐑕 𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑢𐑦𐑞𐑬𐑑 𐑧𐑝𐑼 𐑣𐑨𐑝𐑦𐑙 𐑒𐑷𐑑 𐑞 𐑜𐑤𐑦𐑯𐑑 𐑝 𐑕𐑳𐑯𐑤𐑲𐑑. 𐑪𐑯 𐑞 𐑡𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑤𐑼 𐑕𐑤𐑴𐑐𐑕 𐑞𐑺 𐑸 𐑓𐑸𐑥𐑟, 𐑱𐑯𐑗𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑯 𐑮𐑪𐑒𐑦, 𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑕𐑒𐑢𐑪𐑑, 𐑥𐑪𐑕-𐑒𐑴𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑒𐑪𐑑𐑦𐑡𐑩𐑟 𐑚𐑮𐑵𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑦𐑑𐑻𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑴𐑤𐑛 ·𐑯𐑿 𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑤𐑩𐑯𐑛 𐑕𐑰𐑒𐑮𐑩𐑑𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑞 𐑤𐑰 𐑝 𐑜𐑮𐑱𐑑 𐑤𐑧𐑡𐑩𐑟; 𐑚𐑳𐑑 𐑞𐑰𐑟 𐑸 𐑷𐑤 𐑝𐑱𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑑 𐑯𐑬, 𐑞 𐑢𐑲𐑛 𐑗𐑦𐑥𐑯𐑦𐑟 𐑒𐑮𐑳𐑥𐑚𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑯 𐑞 𐑖𐑦𐑙𐑜𐑩𐑤𐑛 𐑕𐑲𐑛𐑟 𐑚𐑳𐑤𐑡𐑦𐑙 𐑐𐑧𐑮𐑩𐑤𐑩𐑕𐑤𐑦 𐑚𐑦𐑯𐑰𐑔 𐑤𐑴 𐑜𐑨𐑥𐑚𐑮𐑩𐑤 𐑮𐑵𐑓𐑕.

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"West of Arkham the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut. There are dark narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, and where thin brooklets trickle without ever having caught the glint of sunlight. On the gentler slopes there are farms, ancient and rocky, with squat, moss-coated cottages brooding eternally over old New England secrets in the lee of great ledges; but these are all vacant now, the wide chimneys crumbling and the shingled sides bulging perilously beneath low gambrel roofs."

On my phone, the Shavian text takes 9 lines and the text in standard orthography takes 13. Impressive. The problem with Shavian though is that it is going to create a lot of confusion to all the IT people with its "𐑢" letter that looks like "/". Also "𐑑" looks like "1".

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