1:zh 2:: 3:ee 4:sh 5:th 6:ue 7:; 8:ie 9:ooe -:oo ^:ah
q:ng w:w e:e r:r t:t y:y u:u i:i o:o p:p @:ae [:aw
a:a s:s d:d f:f g:g h:h j:j k:k l:l ;:oe ::oy ]:ow
z:z x:dh c:ch v:v b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:! _:-
!:ZH “:" #:EE $:SH %:TH &:UE ‘:' (:IE ):OOE =:OO ~:AH
Q:NG W:W E:E R:R T:T Y:Y U:U I:I O:O P:P `:AE {:AW
A:A S:S D:D F:F G:G H:H J:J K:K L:L +:OE *:OY }:OW
Z:Z X:DH C:CH V:V B:B N:N M:M <:( >:) ?:?
1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7 8:8 9:9 0:0 -:-
q:q w:w e:e r:r t:t y:ï u:u i:i o:o p:p
a:a s:s d:d f:f g:g h:h j:j k:k l:l ;:; :::
z:z x:x c:ng v:th b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:.
!:! “:" ‘:' (:( ):)
Q:q W:w E:e R:ʀ T:t Y:y U:y I:ia O:o P:p
A:a S:s D:d F:p G:g H:h J:j K:k L:l
Z:ʀ X:sh C:ng V:v B:b N:n M:m ?:?
1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7 8:8 9:9 0:0 -:- ^:-ai
q:kho w:wo e:-e r:ro t:to y:yo u:-u i:-i o:-o p:po @:-aa [:tho
a:-a s:so d:do f:fo g:ngo h:ho j:co k:ko l:lo ;:; ::: ]:tho
z:tho x:so c:cho v:-ue b:bo n:no m:mo ,:, .:. /:shorten vowel _:tho
!:! ":" #:abbr. $:฿ %:ru &:redupl. ':' (:( ):) =:(ru/lu)-u ~:-ai |:lu
Q:kho W:kho E:-ae R:tho T:to Y:yo U:-uu I:-ii O:-aw P:pho `:pho {:silent
A:-a S:so D:do F:fo G:kho H:ho J:cho K:kho L:lo +:tone 4 *:tone 3 }:silent vowel
Z:tho X:so C:cho V:-eu B:pho N:no M:-am <:tone 2 >:tone 1 ?:?
2:zh 3:ê 4:sh 5:rr 6:t' 8:f 9:ô -:ts ^:ts‛
q:k’ w:w e:e r:r t:t y:y u:ë i:i o:o p:p @:ch' [:kh
a:a s:s d:d f:p' g:g h:h j:j k:k l:l ;:; ::: ]:gh
z:z x:dz c:ch v:v b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:abbr. _:-
!:! “:ZH #:Ê $:SH %:RR &:T' ':' (:F ):Ô =:TS ~:TS' |:ev
Q:K' W:W E:E R:R T:T Y:Y U:Ë I:I O:O P:P `:CH‛ {:KH
A:A S:S D:D F:P' G:G H:H J:J K:K L:L *:` }:GH
Z:Z X:DZ C:CH V:V B:B N:N M:M <:« >:» ?:?
1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7 8:8 9:9 0:0 -:- ^:-ā
q:q w:w e:-ī r:r t:t y:y u:-u i:-i o:-ū p:ʾ @:a [:th
a:-a s:s d:d f:f g:gh h:h j:j k:k l:l ;:; ::: ]:dh
z:z x:sh c:kh v:ʿ b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:/ _:ḥ
!:! “:" ‘:' (:( ):)
W:ū E:-e R:o T:ṭ Y:ī U:u I:i O:-o P:p
A:ā S:ṣ D:ḍ G:g J:e L:ɫ
Z:ẓ C:ch V:v ?:?
1:zh 2:: 3:ee 4:sh 5:th 6:ue 7:; 8:ie 9:ooe -:oo ^:ah
q:ng w:w e:e r:r t:t y:y u:u i:i o:o p:p @:ae [:aw
a:a s:s d:d f:f g:g h:h j:j k:k l:l ;:oe ::oy ]:ow
z:z x:dh c:ch v:v b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:! _:-
!:ZH “:" #:EE $:SH %:TH &:UE ‘:' (:IE ):OOE =:OO ~:AH
Q:NG W:W E:E R:R T:T Y:Y U:U I:I O:O P:P `:AE {:AW
A:A S:S D:D F:F G:G H:H J:J K:K L:L +:OE *:OY }:OW
Z:Z X:DH C:CH V:V B:B N:N M:M <:( >:) ?:?
1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7 8:8 9:9 0:0 -:tone2 ^:-aue
q:qa w:nga e:-ee r:-e t:tha y:ya u:-u i:-i o:-oo p:pha @:-ue [:tone3
a:-aa s:sa d:ta f:fa g:ka h:ha j:-ai k:kha l:la ;:tone4 ::tone5 ]:tone6
z:ca x:xa c:cha v:va b:pa n:na m:ma ,:, .:. /:-o _:-eh
!:! ":” ':’ (:( ):)
?:?
1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7 8:8 9:9 0:0 -:- ^:tx
q:ts w:rr e:e r:r t:t y:ll u:u i:i o:o p:p @:ü [:tt
a:a s:s d:d f:f g:g h:h j:j k:k l:l ;:; ::: ]:ñ
z:z x:x c:tz v:dd b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. _:nasal vowel
!:! ":" ':' (:( ):) ~:TX |:NAZAL VOWEL
Q:TS W:RR E:E R:R T:T Y:LL U:U I:I O:O P:P `:Ü {:TT
A:A S:S D:D F:F G:G H:H J:J K:K L:L }:Ñ
Z:Z X:X C:TZ V:DD B:B N:N M:M ?:?
1:que 2:qui 3:we 4:de 5:ti 6:he 7:yu 8:hu 9:yo 0:li -:- ^:hi
q:qua w:wa e:e r:te t:ta y:ya u:u i:i o:o p:le @:tla [:ni
a:a s:s d:da f:tse g:ga h:ha j:dla k:ka l:la ;:me ::: ]:no
z:sa x:se c:tsa v:v b:ne n:na m:ma ,:, .:. /:tsi _:mi
!:! ":quo #:quv $:sv %:di &:ge ':' (:gi ):go =:ho ~:lv |:nah
Q:quu W:wi E:ye R:dv T:do Y:yv U:wu I:yi O:wo P:lo `:tli {:tle
A:hna S:su D:du F:tsv G:gu H:hv J:tlu K:gv L:lu +:tlv *:tso }:tlo
Z:so X:si C:tsu V:wv B:nv N:nu M:mu <:mo >:mv ?:?
1:zh 2:tone2 3:tone3 4:tone4 5:er 6:ch 7:shi 0:tone0 -:ang ^:an
q:q w:ou e:e r:r t:t y:ai u:u i:i o:o p:p @:ao [:eh
a:a s:s d:d f:f g:g h:h j:j k:k l:l ;:; ::: ]:ei
z:z x:x c:c v:ü b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:en _:eng
!:! ":” ':’ (:( ):)
?:?
1:qian hard 2:wang death 3:he grain 4:ri sun 5:tian field 6:yang sheep 7:wang net 8:fei deny 9:xi west 0:zi nose -:bian sort ^:shan mountain
q:quan dog w:mu tree e:xue hole r:shi spirit t:tu soil y:ya fang u:zhu bamboo i:mian house o:yu rain p:bei shell @:mo no [:ci this
a:shang respect s:si string d:tian field f:er ear g:jian see h:zhe person j:zhui bird k:shi stone l:li stand ;:li queue :: ]:zhui bird
z:zi child x:xin heart c:cun inch v:nv woman b:gan dry n:niao bird m:ma horse ,:lin woods .:ci next /:yu wing _:shao few
space:cao grass
!:juan roll ":wen text #:fen divide $:sai block %:tu soil &:tu born ':sheng grow (:chen time ):jiu mill =:er two ~:niu ox |:shi ten
Q:jin cloth W:shou hand E:li stand R:ri sun T:dou bean Y:yi clothes U:mu tree I:ying light O:kou mouth P:mu eye `:zhua nail {:xi meat
A:shi male S:si own D:dao knife F:rou meat G:gong give H:huo fire J:ji table K:kou mouth L:li power +:tou lid *:he fit }:jin now
Z:zheng correct X:shi ten C:che car V:ren leg B:ba eight N:niu cow M:min dish <:ba eight >:bu not ?:ren entrust
1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7 8:8 9:9 0:0 -:- ^:aa
q:cu w:u e:-e r:tl t:t y:y u:o- i:-i o:-o p:p @:a [:r
a:-a s:s d:a- f:e- g:i h:j j:i- k:k l:l ;:; ::: (voiced consonant)
z:ts x:x c:tx v:o b:e n:n m:m ,:, .:. _:oo
!:! ":" ':' (:( ):)
E:-ee R:ee Y:ii U:oo- I:-ii O:-oo
A:-aa D:aa- F:ee- J:ii-
?:?
1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7 8:8 9:9 0:0 -:- ^:e
q:qh w:w e:q' r:r t:th y:y u:-u i:-i o:q p:ph @:k' [:e-
a:-a s:s d:t f:p' g:k h:h j:ch k:kh l:l ;:; ::: ]:-e
z:ch' x:sh c:chh v:ll b:p n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:t' _:ñ
!:! ":" ':' (:( ):)
Q:a W:o T:ts U:u- I:i- O:-o
A:a- J:i L:o-
Z:z X:sh' C:tr' V:u ?:?
1:ees 2:es 3:iir 4:ir 5:ii 6:iii 7:Sh 8:in 9:iin 0:eee -:ee ^:eb
q:q w:ch e:e r:r t:t y:y u:u i:i o:o p:p @:eeb [:cPh
a:a s:s d:d f:f g:g h:h j:j k:k l:l ;:cKh ::cTh ]:cFh
z:z x:x c:c v:v b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:qo _:^
!:! ":" ':' (:( ):) =:-
T:T Y:Y I:I O:O P:P
A:A S:S F:F H:H K:K
?:?
1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7 8:8 9:9 0:0 -:sch ^:'
q:ch w:y e:e r:r t:t y:j u:u i:i o:o p:p @:ʺ [:yu
a:a s:s d:d f:f g:g h:h j:zh k:k l:l ;:ye ::yo ]:ya
z:z x:sh c:c v:v b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. _:-
!:! ":" ':' (:( ):) =:SCH ~:'
Q:CH W:Y E:E R:R T:T Y:J U:U I:I O:O P:P `:ʺ {:YU
A:A S:S D:D F:F G:G H:H J:ZH K:K L:L +:YE *:YO }:YA
Z:Z X:SH C:C V:V B:B N:N M:M ?:?
3:ṓ 4:é 5:ḗ 6:í -:ÿ ^:ǘ
q:á w:ō e:e r:r t:t y:y u:ý i:i o:o p:p @:ó [:ï
a:a s:s d:d f:f g:g h:ch j:ē k:k l:l ;:; ::: ]:ḯ
z:z x:x c:th v:v b:ps n:n m:m ,:, .:. _:-
!:! ":" #:Ṓ $:É %:Ḗ &:Í ':' (:( ):) =:Ÿ ~:Ǘ
Q:Á W:Ō E:E R:R T:T Y:Y U:Ý I:I O:O P:P `:Ó {:Ï
A:A S:S D:D F:F G:G H:CH J:Ē K:K L:L }:Ḯ
Z:Z X:X C:TH V:V B:PS N:N M:M ?:?
1:dz 2:ey 3:ch' 4:ts' 5:ts 6:t' 7:w 8:q 9:ō 0:' -:- ^:y
q:q' w:gh e:e r:r t:t y:zh u:u i:i o:o p:p [:(
a:a s:s d:d f:p' g:g h:h j:j k:k l:l ;:k' ::kh ]:)
z:z x:sh c:ch v:v b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:! _:"
!:DZ “:EY #:CH' $:TS' %:TS &:T' ‘:W (:Q ):Ō =:: ~:Y |:;
Q:Q' W:GH E:E R:R T:T Y:ZH U:U I:I O:O P:P
A:A S:S D:D F:P' G:G H:H J:J K:K L:L +:K' *:KH
Z:Z X:SH C:CH V:V B:B N:N M:M ?:?
1:dz 2:ey 3:ch' 4:ts' 5:ts 6:t' 7:w 8:q 9:ō 0:' -:- ^:y
q:q' w:gh e:e r:r t:t y:zh u:u i:i o:o p:p @:f [:ə
a:a s:s d:d f:p' g:g h:h j:j k:k l:l ;:k' ::kh ]:ʔ
z:z x:sh c:ch v:v b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:! _:"
!:DZ “:EY #:CH' $:TS' %:TS &:T' ‘:W (:Q ):Ō =:: ~:Y |:;
Q:Q' W:GH E:E R:R T:T Y:ZH U:U I:I O:O P:P `:F {:ə
A:A S:S D:D F:P' G:G H:H J:J K:K L:L +:K' *:KH }:ʔ
Z:Z X:SH C:CH V:V B:B N:N M:M <:( >:) ?:?
1:zh 3:dh 4:rr 5:th 6:c -:- ^:ll
q:q w:ë e:e r:r t:t y:j u:u i:i o:o p:p @:ng [:y
a:a s:s d:d f:f g:g h:h j:gj k:k l:l ;:nj ::xh ]:x
z:z x:sh c:ç v:v b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:!
!:ZH ":" #:DH $:RR %:TH &:C ':' (:( ):) ~:LL
Q:Q W:Ë E:E R:R T:T Y:J U:U I:I O:O P:P `:NG {:Y
A:A S:S D:D F:F G:G H:H J:GJ K:K L:L +:NJ *:XH }:X
Z:Z X:SH C:Ç V:V B:B N:N M:M <:; >:: ?:?
1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7 8:8 9:9 0:0 -:- ^:ü
q:ğ w:ı e:e r:r t:t y:y u:u i:i o:o p:p @:ö [:ç
a:a s:s d:d f:f g:g h:h j:j k:k l:l ;:; :::
z:z x:ş c:c v:v b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:.
!: ":" ':' (:( ):) ~:Ü
Q:Ğ W:I E:E R:R T:T Y:Y U:U I:İ O:O P:P `:Ö {:Ç
A:A S:S D:D F:F G:G H:H J:J K:K L:L
Z:Z X:Ş C:C V:V B:B N:N M:M ?:?
1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7 8:8 9:9 0:0 -:- ^:◌́◌
q:j w:w e:-e r:r t:t' y:y u:-u i:-i o:-o p:p @:a [:◌'◌
a:-a s:s d:t f:p' g:k h:h j:ch k:k' l:l ;:; ::: ]:◌◌
z:tz x:x c:ch' v:tz' b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:o _:'
!:! ":" ':' (:( ):)
E:e- Y:e U:u- I:i- O:o-
A:a- J:i
V:u ?:?
1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7 8:8 9:9 0:0 -:- ^:kha
q:nga w:wa e:-e r:ra t:ta y:ya u:-u i:-i o:-o p:pa @:a [:o
a:Ca→C(virama) s:sa d:da f:fa g:ga h:ha j:ja k:ka l:la ;:e ::i ]:u
z:za x:sya c:ca v:va b:ba n:na m:ma ,:, .:. _:nya
!:! ":" ':' (:( ):) ~:-é |:é
?:?
1:-üü 2:ü- 3:e- 4:-ee 5:u- 6:-uu 7:-ii 8:i- 9:-ö 0:o- -:'/ʺ ^:a-
q:ɢ w:-ü e:-e r:r t:t y:y/(V-)i u:-u i:-i o:-o p:p @:-aa [:(
a:-a s:s d:d f:f g:g h:kh j:j k:k l:l ;:ö- ::-oo ]:)
z:z x:sh c:ch v:v b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:oo- _:-öö
!:! ":" &:uu (:ii- ):ö =:-
Q:aa- W:ü E:e R:r' T:t' Y:ii U:u I:i O:o P:p' `:aa {:öö
A:a S:ee- D:d' F:ee G:g' H:kh' J:uu- K:k' L:l' *:oo }:öö-
Z:-üü X:üü C:ts V:v' B:b' N:n' M:m' ?:?
1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7 8:8 9:9 0:0 -:- ^:ny
q:ng' w:w e:-e r:r t:t y:y u:-u i:-i o:-o p:p @:a [:e
a:-a s:s d:d f:f g:g h:h j:j k:k l:l ;:; ::: ]:i
z:z x:sh c:ch v:v b:b n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:u _:o
!:! ":" ':' (:( ):) ~:NY
Q:NG' W:W E:E R:R T:T Y:Y U:U I:I O:O P:P
A:A S:S D:D F:F G:G H:H J:J K:K L:L
Z:Z X:SH C:CH V:V B:B N:N M:M ?:?
1:1 2:2 3:3 4:4 5:5 6:6 7:7 8:8 9:9 0:0 -:- ^:ō
q:a w:w e:-e r:e t:ū y:-ī u:-u i:-i o:-o p:p @:o [:(CV)-i
a:-a s:ē d:-ē f:-ū g:ī h:h j:i k:k l:l ;:; ::: ]:(V)-i
z:-ā x:ā c:’ v:u b:(CV)-u n:n m:m ,:, .:. /:(V)-u _:-ō
!:! ":" ':' (:( ):)
E:(CV)-e R:(V)-e O:(CV)-o
L:(V)-o
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1:nu 2:fu 3:a 4:u 5:e 6:o 7:ya 8:yu 9:yo 0:wa -:ho ^:he
q:ta w:te e:i r:su t:ka y:n u:na i:ni o:ra p:se @:voiced [:h→p
a:chi s:to d:shi f:ha g:ki h:ku j:ma k:no l:ri ;:re ::ke ]:mu
z:tsu x:sa c:so v:hi b:ko n:mi m:mo ,:ne .:ru /:me _:ro
!:pu ":bu #:-a $:-u %:-e &:-o ':-ya (:-yu ):-yo =: ~: |:long vowel
Q:da W:de E:-i R:zu T:ga Y:ve U:vi I:wi O:va P:ze `:po {:pe
A:dji S:do D:ji F:ba G:gi H:gu J:pa K:dzu L:pi +:vu *:ge }:we
Z:t X:za C:zo V:bi B:go N:vo M:wo <:, >:. ?:?
1:nu 2:fu 3:a 4:u 5:e 6:o 7:ya 8:yu 9:yo 0:wa -:ho ^:he
q:ta w:te e:i r:su t:ka y:n u:na i:ni o:ra p:se @:voiced [:h→p
a:chi s:to d:shi f:ha g:ki h:ku j:ma k:no l:ri ;:re ::ke ]:mu
z:tsu x:sa c:so v:hi b:ko n:mi m:mo ,:ne .:ru /:me _:ro
!:pu ":bu #:-a $:-u %:-e &:-o ':-ya (:-yu ):-yo =: ~: |:long vowel
Q:da W:de E:-i R:zu T:ga I:wi O:wo P:ze `:po {:pe
A:dji S:do D:ji F:ba G:gi H:gu J:pa +:vu *:ge }:we
Z:t X:za C:zo V:bi B:go N:pi M:dzu <:, >:. ?:?
My second attempt at a font for the Marchen script, a Brahmic script used in the Tibetan Bon tradition to write the extinct Zhang-zhung language. It can also be used to write Tibetan. It supposedly originated in the Zhang-zhung kingdom prior to the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism in the 7th century, but no texts from that time using the script are known.
Marchen was added to the Unicode standard in version 9 released in June 2016. This font uses an ad-hoc ASCII mapping though. It doesn't handle stacked consonants which makes it rather useless. :P
This design uses the same rounded corners and serifs as my 'Phags-pa and Zanabazar Square fonts. The letters come in three widths. Combined with the medial 'y' there's a total of four widths that the vowel diacritics need to accommodate, which is a manageable number.
Marchen is a Brahmic script used in the Tibetan Bon tradition to write the extinct Zhang-zhung language. It can also be used to write Tibetan. It supposedly originated in the Zhang-zhung kingdom prior to the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism in the 7th century, but no texts from that time using the script are known.
Marchen was added to the Unicode standard in version 9 released in June 2016. This font is modelled very closely on the example characters in the Unicode chart which were designed (I think) by Andrew West. Like my other fonts it's not a Unicode font though but uses an ad-hoc ASCII mapping. Marchen, like the Tibetan script, relies heavily on vertically stacked consonants. I could in theory create precomposed compound characters for the most common stacks, but managing that with an ad-hoc encoding would be a nightmare. This makes the font rather useless. :P
My second biggest problem was that I wanted the vowel diacritics to be the same width as the base letters. These come in four widths. Add the medial 'y' which attaches to the right side of a letter and it turns into a huge mess. I solved this by creating extra "bars" that can be used to extend the diacritics.