It's nice to have like-minded people here, who think of Tolkien's legacy seriously. I have one little comment and a question for you. The numbers are not Tengwar compliant; Tolkien invented the way to write the numbers with Tengwar (and punctuation as well). Keyboard layout: how did you sorted the glyphs?
Well, this was done more as an informality of sorts; as a way to integrate the Tengwar glyphs into the English language.
As such the glyphs are arranged so as to match the most likely candidate for keyboard entry (Ex. 'ng' -> n). In addition I am aware that the numbers do not match Tolkien's versions, as well as the punctuation marks (comma, period, exclamation, question mark). I decided not to integrate those individual characters for the purpose of making the Tengwar Font more compatible with everyday life.
Going back to the keyboard layout...um
the underscore symbolizing the doubling of a character is actually ~ and the silent e is `, the character underneath.
'th' is actually T, and in a similar fashion S and C being 'sh' and 'ch'. the double dots below a character is Y, and all other capital vowels, (A, E, I, O, and U) are consonental vowels (a line and the vowel marks that usually appear above a character such as the three dots representing 'a'). I believe L = 'ld', R = 'rd', N = 'nt', D = 'nd', P = 'mp', and B = 'mp'.
Ex. Tere Is no spO~n
would translate to the Tengwar equivalent characters perfectly to say "there is no spoon"
As you are most likely aware, much of the Elvish languages are constantly under debate and deliberation so, this is a rendition of sorts.
I'm glad to have found the audience I was hoping would receive this project =].
I believe Tolkien to have been one of the most underrated geniuses of the past century.
I am very impressed by the work! I am wondering how did you get the vowels on top when you created the font? Mine is all caps. You should check mine out! Awesome JOB!!
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As such the glyphs are arranged so as to match the most likely candidate for keyboard entry (Ex. 'ng' -> n). In addition I am aware that the numbers do not match Tolkien's versions, as well as the punctuation marks (comma, period, exclamation, question mark). I decided not to integrate those individual characters for the purpose of making the Tengwar Font more compatible with everyday life.
Going back to the keyboard layout...um
the underscore symbolizing the doubling of a character is actually ~ and the silent e is `, the character underneath.
'th' is actually T, and in a similar fashion S and C being 'sh' and 'ch'. the double dots below a character is Y, and all other capital vowels, (A, E, I, O, and U) are consonental vowels (a line and the vowel marks that usually appear above a character such as the three dots representing 'a'). I believe L = 'ld', R = 'rd', N = 'nt', D = 'nd', P = 'mp', and B = 'mp'.
Ex. Tere Is no spO~n
would translate to the Tengwar equivalent characters perfectly to say "there is no spoon"
As you are most likely aware, much of the Elvish languages are constantly under debate and deliberation so, this is a rendition of sorts.
I'm glad to have found the audience I was hoping would receive this project =].
I believe Tolkien to have been one of the most underrated geniuses of the past century.
I'm looking to increase the compatibility of this project with the English Language more fluently and in order to do so require an outside eye =].
This is one of the best Tengwar fonts I have found on FontSruct! Only a few letters, numbers and punctuation would have to be changed.
The Font is so beautyfull! how did you do that?
I Love that font! please say how did you do it?
this was made in 2010 and i dont think hes here anymore
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