This font is a featural alphabet based on Mana, created by Nomadic Wiccan, which I found on this Reddit page:
https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/5kfm3g/introducing_the_mana_the_featural_kajik_alphabet/
The glyphs are intended to correspond to the following IPA values: [kɣ, kŋ, N, ŋ, pm, qN, tn, pv, qX, tz, a, ɣ, i, k, m, n, p, q, t, u, v, X, z]. I don't know how the extra, smaller glyph at the end got in there. I can't seem to get rid of it.
A combinatorial conlang whose symbols find many uses.
This is the written language of early Azwelke people from Planet Ashr in my game Endless Sea of Stars. The symbols are called "Moon Runes" (both pejoratively and not), and each represents a cluster of phonemes. The language is similar to Katakana Japanese in that written words are sounded out. Proper nouns cannot be written in Moon Runes, and so such nouns rely on Old Azwelkeland Script to be committed to record.
The Wolves of Euphedora still use these symbols as part of their own hidden language, here called "RZ". Since this cipher invents no new characters, these Moon Runes can be used to write RZ as well.
These symbols are also still used in modern Ashrian astrology. Their designations below reflect this fact.
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- ESOSVM DESIGNATION -
TextData Block #013-ASHRJ, "Moon Runes KF-21 Original"
6!000001 "Hunter's Moon, New"
6!000002 "Hunter's Moon, First Quarter"
6!000003 "Hunter's Moon, Last Quarter"
6!000004 "Hunter's Moon, Waxing Gibbous"
6!000005 "Hunter's Moon, Waning Gibbous"
6!000006 "Hunter's Moon, Full"
6!000007 "Traveller's Moon, New"
6!000008 "Traveller's Moon, First Quarter"
6!000009 "Traveller's Moon, Last Quarter"
6!000010 "Traveller's Moon, Waxing Gibbous"
6!000011 "Traveller's Moon, Waning Gibbous"
6!000012 "Traveller's Moon, Full"
6!000013 "Demarcator L"
6!000014 "Demarcator R"
6!000015 "Traveller's Moon Eclipses Ashrflame"
6!000016 "Hunter's Moon Eclipses Ashr"
6!000017 "Traveller's Moon Eclipses Ashr"
6!000018 "Hunter's Moon Eclipses Ashrflame"
6!000019 "Northern Double Eclipse"
6!000020 "Ashr Eclipses Hunter's Moon"
6!000021 "Ashr Eclipses Traveller's Moon"
6!000022 "Southern Double Eclipse"
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 -:- ^:-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 ?:?
I got this crazy idea that I wanted to create a script that looked like it had been created by tiny pastel horses (you're allowed to laugh). My inspiration comes from the Burmese script and a few other closely related ones that all kind of look like hoof prints stringed together at different angles.
There was just one problem: FontStruct doesn't do these circular letters. So I used FontStruct to create a prototype with mostly 5×5 and 7×5 letters to make the most out of the rounded corners.
Once satisfied I set out to find a bunch of tools to create "real" fonts. Inkscape and Fontforge looked like the perfect combination for a cheapskate like me. Designing the letters in Inkscape was easy since they consist of a few standard elements combined at different angles. These elements in turn mostly consist of circle sectors merged together. Fontforge on the other hand is a constant source of frustration. The constant crashes are the least of my problems. Paths that are imported will contain several errors that need to be fixed and however hard I try I can't seem to adjust widths and bearings in a way that makes sense.
Currently the script takes about 90% of its letters straight from Burmese while the vowels are more closely inspired by Shan. The script is used to write English phonetically and works as a not-really-an-abugida. There's no inherent vowel and it thus works more like Tolkien's Tengwar. Initial consonants are written as conjuncts while final consonants are mostly written as a linear sequence. The twelve vowels of RP have been merged into ten. There are two sets of vowel diacritics: the regular ones based on Shan and the overly cutesy ones consisting of hearts, gems and celestial bodies.
Todo: Thicker letters. Larger diacritics and increased distance. My own set of letters using the same basic components – possibly featural but probably not. Proper metrics. Kerning. Ligatures. Learn AAT and/or Graphite.
Pattern script is an alternative writing system for English created by J. 'Mach' Wust.
A conscript that I created for English.
This uses the 44 phonemes that are found in English, the words are spelt out how they sound, and accent marks in the pronounciation are ignored.
If this is written out right to left, the glyphs are flipped horizontally and aligned to the right, and every glyph is written out from right to left if written in that direction…
This font is best used at font sizes 32, and multiples of 64
Mapping:
U+f020: - Vowel æ In cat
U+f021: - Vowel eɪ In bay
U+f022: - Vowel e In end
U+f023: - Vowel i: In be
U+f024: - Vowel ɪ In it
U+f025: - Vowel aɪ In pie
U+f026: - Vowel ɒ In swan
U+f027: - Vowel oʊ In open
U+f028: - Vowel ʊ In wolf
U+f029: - Vowel ʌ In lug
U+f02a: - Vowel u: In who
U+f02b: - Vowel ɔɪ In join
U+f02c: - Vowel aʊ In now
U+f02d: - Vowel ə In about
U+f02e: - Vowel eəʳ In chair
U+f02f: - Vowel ɑ: In arm
U+f030: - Vowel ɜ:ʳ In bird
U+f031: - Vowel ɔ: In paw
U+f032: - Vowel ɪəʳ In steer
U+f033: - Vowel ʊəʳ In cure
U+f034: - Consonant b In bubble
U+f035: - Consonant d In add
U+f036: - Consonant f In cliff
U+f037: - Consonant g In guest
U+f038: - Consonant h In who
U+f039: - Consonant dʒ In jam
U+f03a: - Consonant k In kit
U+f03b: - Consonant l In live
U+f03c: - Consonant m In summer
U+f03d: - Consonant n In net
U+f03e: - Consonant p In pin
U+f03f: - Consonant r In run
U+f040: - Consonant s In sit
U+f041: - Consonant t In tip
U+f042: - Consonant v In vine
U+f043: - Consonant w In why
U+f044: - Consonant z In pizza
U+f045: - Consonant ʒ In treasure
U+f046: - Consonant tʃ In watch
U+f047: - Consonant ʃ In ocean
U+f048: - Consonant θ In thoughtful
U+f049: - Consonant ð In leather
U+f04a: - Consonant ŋ In ring
U+f04b: - Consonant j In you
U+f04c: - Mathematical Period (Decimal point)
U+f04d: - Mathematical Comma (Digit seperator)
U+f04e: - Negative Sign For Numbers (Use this to represent negative numbers)
U+f04f: - Sign For Nth Roots (Used to represent roots other than two of numbers, Use this before an exclamation point to represent factorials)
U+f050: - Digit Zero
U+f051: - Digit One
U+f052: - Digit Two
U+f053: - Digit Three
U+f054: - Digit Four
U+f055: - Digit Five
U+f056: - Digit Six
U+f057: - Digit Seven
U+f058: - Digit Eight
U+f059: - Digit Nine
U+f05a: - General Use Period (Avoid using this for mathematics)
U+f05b: - General Use Comma (Avoid using this for mathematics, also a list comma)
U+f05c: - Exclamation Point (Can be used for factorial numbers, but it must have the symbol for nth roots before it)
U+f05d: - Question Mark
U+f05e: - Single Quotation Mark
U+f05f: - Double Quotation Mark
U+f060: - Ampersand
U+f061: - Caret For Powers Of N (Used for exponentation)
U+f062: - Percent Sign (Parts of 100)
U+f063: - Forwards Solidus (Can be used to represent fractions)
U+f064: - Reverse Solidus
U+f065: - Left Bracket (Round, Square, Angled, Curly, etc. left braces)
U+f066: - Right Bracket (Round, Square, Angled, Curly, etc. right braces)
U+f067: - Ellipses (Use this instead of 3 periods)
U+f068: - Number Sign
U+f069: - Colon (Can be used to tell time)
U+f06a: - Semicolon
U+f06b: - Addition Symbol
U+f06c: - Hyphen Or Subtraction Symbol (Two for an en dash, and three for an em dash)
U+f06d: - Multiplication Symbol
U+f06e: - Division Symbol
U+f06f: - Square Root Symbol (Used to take the square root of a number, Use the sign for nth roots symbol to take the root of a number other than two)
U+f070: - Financial Digit Zero
U+f071: - Financial Digit One
U+f072: - Financial Digit Two
U+f073: - Financial Digit Three
U+f074: - Financial Digit Four
U+f075: - Financial Digit Five
U+f076: - Financial Digit Six
U+f077: - Financial Digit Seven
U+f078: - Financial Digit Eight
U+f079: - Financial Digit Nine
U+f07a: - Financial Number Start
U+f07b: - Financial Number End
U+f07c: - Stress Marker (To mark stressed syllables)
U+f07d: - Name Marker (Use this at the start and end of a name)