This is a casual query (so far). Is this alphabet known to
most of you? It is a modified and extended latin alphabet
that contains some new glyphs that remind one sometimes of
the IPA (which I essentially don't know; sorry).

It is intended to teach youngsters to read, by helping them
with the less-self-evident(?) phonetic spellings in English.
Most of it is standard, however.

It seems, unfortunately, to have disappeared from sight.
I have several children's books that use it.

Nicholas Bodley ||@|| Waltham, Mass.
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who finds it slightly unsettling that the capital Þ (thorn)
is not as tall as the small (l.c.) letter (þ); however, what
can one do?
(Answer: learn Icelandic. One would get used to it! :)