What nice and developed fantastic scripts there are that one could use? Doesn't really need a working conlang behind them, just a nice script, that look cohesive and neat. Just something that I can write English words in, so it looks fantastic enough and can even be deciphered, if that ever becomes a plot point.
I know there are Tengwar, Cirth, Klingon, Star Wars and Cyrrodilic scripts, but what others?
There are countless actual historical languages you can use. Go by setting and find an obscure tongue from an associated culture.
David Harris
>an associated culture
I give bonus points for people who get rid of this part.
Scripts ain't got no nationality.
Elijah Cook
True. They have a culture.
Jonathan Wood
Not even a culture.
They are lines we associate meaning to.
Josiah Nelson
Pattern of though shapes language and language shapes script. Few things are as intimately interwoven as those 3. The written word is the primary multiplier for culture throughout history. Separating them is pure autism and leads to a less and less coherent game world.
That's fine for puzzles, but if you're building a campaign world then dissonances like an out of place alphabet tell a story. Ignore it at your own peril.
Brayden Fisher
Your post is lines devoid of meaning.
Adam Mitchell
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Lucas Gray
I suspect a mythical mad Arab
Daniel Brown
Tsolyáni from MAR Barker's Tékumel is gorgeous in a bizarre way, but not really usable.
Henry Clark
> Separating them
Separate? Nah dude, you place script with a different culture all you are doing is re-arranging things. The pieces of humanity are extremely interchangeable, on account of all of us being human.
Carson Gonzalez
Sure.
Jeremiah Hall
I've always wanted to use the Dale runes. They can be carved into wood or stone, as well as written on paper.
Kevin Young
I won't get into nature v nurture with you. I also imagine you to be a last word obsessive, so let's see it...
Brayden Perez
I'm a fan of writing where the text is laid out in weird shapes, not just lines.
Thomas Evans
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Grayson Russell
Also works for maps
Gavin Bennett
Warframe has some cool ones.
Gavin Ross
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Connor Moore
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Hudson Kelly
If you like tengwar, look up sarati. It was a sort of proto-tengwar Tolkien developed, and had some funky writing styles. And a fuckload of letters. at.mansbjorkman.net/sarati_phonetic.htm
Get glagolitic alphabet. You can use it as bootleg dwarf runes or something.
Christian Brooks
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Connor Brown
bump
Aaron Fisher
Fuck it, I'll start dumping my collections in the hopes that other people will too.
Here's the basic Draconic.
Evan Gonzalez
Ar Ciela, from Ar Tonelico.
David Carter
A simple Galifreyan how to.
Jason Edwards
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Zachary Young
Unitology, ala Dead Space.
Kayden Cox
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Henry Sanchez
Relatively certain this next oine is Klingon.
Brandon Hernandez
Daedric, of the Deadric Princes, from Elder Scrolls.
Lincoln Scott
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Julian Gomez
This is the witch's alphabet from Madoka Magica.
Jaxson Lee
Aurebesh, also known as Galactic Basic from Star Wars.
Leo White
The Sith language
Jaxson Edwards
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Bentley Harris
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Camden Campbell
Norse Runes, though I think these might be modified somewhat.
Leo Smith
Dragon Script, from Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.
Colton Perez
Al Bhed, from Final Fantasy X.
Christopher Moore
Ancient Hylian, from Zelda: Wind Waker. Unfortunately, it only translates into Japanese Hirigana.
Sebastian Murphy
The Eorzan Alphabet, from Final Fantasy XIV.
Gabriel Robinson
Vesperian, from Tales of Vesperia.
Chase Cook
uh, excuse you. that is Atlantian.
Josiah Hall
I totally thought this was going to be a thread filled with links to good fonts.
Christian Lee
Yevon, alphabet of the Aeons from Final Fantasy X.
Colton King
Yiddish, because it looks funky, and who knows, you might need it to impress a nice jewish girl/guy.
Hunter Evans
This... I have no idea what this is. It looks like it was done in PAINT, regardless.
Austin Thompson
Ah, you are indeed correct. My bad. I was watching the damn film the other day and everything.
Nolan Myers
This is Norse Runes in a fortune telling context. More symbol than actual language, but I'm running out of stuff.
Logan Campbell
District 9 Prawn
Kayden Hughes
There are font making programs which you can use to make your own script or edit an existing ones. They even have context sensitive signs so that you can use non-alphabet writing systems.
Some of the game of thrones languages have scripts, look up David Peterson. The guy actually managed to become a professional conlanger, which must be the nerdiest job after elf sex expert.
Personally, I've invented a few scripts for fun and execise during my linguistic study, but I have none at hand right now. Also did a simple script for my new job. Working in IT I need a lot of passwords, and having them on paper is more secure and convienient for overview.
Of course if you do such a thing all passwords you write down will be burned into your memory forever, making the script pointless. Only did it to slack off during work anyway.
Dylan White
You wouldn't happen to have any links or names to these programs, would you?
Alexander Price
Fookin' prawns
Aiden Evans
That's just bizarre. Have some hobo runes.
Michael Russell
That looks far too complex to ever actually write.
Xavier Gray
I see your hobo runes, and I counter with SCP hobo runes.
Zachary Cox
Check out omniglot.com
Ethan Davis
The alien language bits in arrival's trailer look like this, seemed like a great take
Easton Martinez
Yautja language
Jackson Morales
>sucker Tehehe
Kayden Russell
Font Forge, Fontlab, Glyphr, there are others.
I think most of them cost money for full functionality.
If you just want to make images with your script, you can also just use any vector program like inkscape.
Huh. Thanks dude, I think I'll give 'em a looksee.
Cameron Reed
Well, there goes an hour of my day.
Angel Collins
Just remembered this thanks to , .
It's basicly hobo signs for a post apocalytic setting I made based on the molemen of /k/ when we had two threads back in like May.
Ayden Miller
My favorite word is now 'be'.
Eli Torres
Stuff like this would be cool for an OSR dungeon crawl. Got any more?
Connor Edwards
Ah yes, Unnaground. I hear the vacationing sights are just amazing.
Sebastian Cruz
Just that one and this one.
Luis Wright
Indeed they are. The holy gardens - or grave trees depending on your view - of Remanea, the mound fortresses of Naground and the countless little chapels along Pilgrim's Path. My, the other day I met some bubba hunters that told me they came via chain road that went over the great lake. A bunch of crazy guys are those builders in the League, just building stuff bout ground.
I'm about 3000 words into faction relations , like 10 out 80 entries. Once work gets a bit less stressfull I'm gonna psuh through this and upload here.
Jaxson Russell
Oh shit, you're still working on it? Hell yeah.
Aiden Watson
>"they are lines we associate meaning to" >somehow this proves they have no culture, which is itself a collective group of meanings
Isaiah James
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Zachary Wilson
Alphabet of the Magi (Hebrew for comparison)
Zachary White
WHY CAN'T I STOP WATCHING THIS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Henry Martin
Realworld English alternatives are pretty neat
Probably not practical for the players to decipher them though
Angel Robinson
Fucking Mormons, man.
Caleb Wright
What's the matter? They not teach "Reformed Egyptian" were your from? ;^)
Jordan Williams
"If you don't know, just make shit up." -Ancient Egyptian proverb
Ian Garcia
Very cuniform.
Luis Morales
I came here to post this. You're a good guy, Tenno.
Aiden Long
Vulcan calligraphy is nice.
Nolan Thomas
This is all nonsense neo-pagan nonsense. We know essentially nothing of what the Elder Fuþark runes meant.
Jeremiah Cox
>be a gun nut with a vicious dog in similarly-minded neighborhood within a block of police station that dislikes hobos >draw all the benevolent hobo runes on your fence so the suckers come and get some
Noah Diaz
...wut?
Austin Garcia
>be a gun nut with a vicious dog >ATF's face when
Nathaniel Johnson
lol pure liberalism
Andrew Jones
Bumping with Matoran alphabet from Bionicle.
Elijah Nguyen
do 12+ numericals just add another circle in the centre or they start combining at some point?
Carter White
They're digits, so I'd guess that you have a 1 and a 2 next to each other, and then you have 12. Or 21.
Thomas Ortiz
I think they just work like Arabic numbers. There is no distinct symbol for 12, you just put "1" and "2" next to each other, in decimal system.
Quite a shame come to think of it, because the symbols really look like they should extend further, perhaps forming a duodecimal system, instead of decimal.
Asher Garcia
huh? they ain't duodecimal? i just thought that the artist omitted 10-11 simply out of habit
Noah Davis
Yeah, from what I remember in Bionicle games, comics etc. the numbers where written in decimal system.
Lucas Peterson
then again, no one forbids me to use them as duodecimal system if i so desire, if i use it outside bionicle universe
Aiden Thompson
Certainly, especially that they design would make more sense that way.