Here is an extended version of my Atemayar Rigid Script. This script has taken me years to get to the point where it is. It is incomplete however I figured I would release it with the current list of characters that I have created. While I plan to complete it, it will be some time before this is achieved so please bear with me as life tends to get in the way sometimes.
I began this font August 31, 2017, and I'm releasing it 30 days short of its 2 year anniversary.
Based off the original alphabet of Atemayar Qelisayér featured on Omniglot created by Simon Halfdan Hvilshøj Andersen. Credit for all the original characters of this alphabet goes to him, as well as credit for inspiration. Some characters in this alphabet are wholly original to this font (most are not however), these are inspired wholly by the original Atemayar alphabet in one way or another.
I truly and sincerely hope you enjoy, this font is made for all to enjoy and to spread such a beautiful alphabet to be used for all languages and all writing systems. I love Atemayar more than any existing writing system, I take all my notes in it, and I wish that Simon Halfdan Hvilshøj Andersen's alphabet will be spread around the world and used by many.
The alphabets can be categorized into groups based on the following criteria:
- Pseudo-Atemayar: shares no letters with Atemayar, but appears similar
- Semi-Pseudo-Atemayar: shares a few characters with Atemayar, but overall still looks like its base alphabet and can't be read by Atemayar users
- Modified Atemayar: Follows all/most of the same letters as Atemayar, however has added or modified letters as well
- Classic Atemayar: Original Atemayar alphabet without change
The alphabets' classifications are as follows:
Basic Latin: Classic (except X, which is a ligature of K and S)
Punctuation (all except . , : ; ? ! ... " '): Modified
More Latin: Modified
Extended Latin B: Modified
Extended Latin A: Modified
Greek & Coptic: Modified
Cyrillic: Modified
Arabic: Modified (reversed letters)
Devanagari: Modified (line above letters)
Georgian: Semi-Pseudo
Armenian: Semi-Pseudo
Katakana: Modified
Hebrew: Modified (reversed letters) ***Incomplete***
Hangul: Pseudo ***Incomplete***
Bopomofo: Modified (dots above letters, ligatures)
Thai: Pseudo ***Incomplete***
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.
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 -:- ^: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 ?:?
1:1 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 ?:?
Here is my first conscript font on Fontstruct. Alphabet 1 is an alphabet I created from various inspirations to function for most European languages using the Latin alphabet. This is not however the first alphabet I have created in general. I hope you enjoy the alphabet.
Key on keyboard => Resulting letter:
Ss => Ââ Ee => Ŵŵ Uu => Ŷŷ Kk => Ẃẃ,Ýý Ll => Ẅẅ,Ÿÿ
\ => thousands place marker | => affix separator
` => 00 ~ => 000
Left/right => Lowercase/uppercase variant:
,/< => end of sentence ./> => end of section ;/: => sentence pause
[/{ => left parenthesis ]/} => right parenthesis
-/_ => left quotation mark =/+ => right quotation mark
//? => question mark '/" => exclamation mark
https://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/demano.htm
This is a clone1:1 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
?:?
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 ?:?
Pattern script is an alternative writing system for English created by J. 'Mach' Wust.
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 -:- ^: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 ?:?
1:1 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: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 <:( >:) ?:?