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This is a font for Tengwar script, invented by J.R.R. Tolkien. Tengwar is used to write languages such as Quenya, Sindarin, created by the same author. It is also adaptated to write a number of spoken languages including English, Esperanto, French, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Scottish Gaelic, Spanish, Welsh and Lojban.
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This work was inspired by a Tengwar font or script. By making this pixel font I relied heavily upon a sample text of that original (see attached), though I've made some alterations too.
To answer your question the best thing I can do is to provide a few links with clear descriptions.
Wikipedia.org - is a good start.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengwar
Omniglot.com has everything you want, and more: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tengwar.htm
http://at.mansbjorkman.net/tengwar.htm
http://www.sci.fi/~alboin/tengwartutorial.htm
And finally, there is a very capable online Tengwar transcriber here: you type in the English text, and get the elvish script.
http://tengwar.art.pl/tengwar/ott/start.php?l=en
@will.i.ૐ. I'm quite sure that Gaelic and Welsh are indo-european, just not germanic or italic/romance. Well it doesn't matter, I just thought I would mention it.
I think it important to remember that geographical associations (e.g. Celtic languages have modern association with the places known as the British Isles and Ireland) rarely illuminate what we think of a language’s origins (e.g. linguists maintain that Celtic languages find their roots in what we now know as Central Europe). Finns have more genealogical ties and genetic similarities with their Indo-European speaking neighbors than with the equally proximal Sami people who speak a more closely related language! I wonder if Elvish, then would be classified as Indo-European...
We should not confuse genetic relations and language relations. A case in point is Hungary, the largest population in Europe speaking a Finno-Ugrian tongue. The genetic studies revealed, however, the population is virtually identical (genetically) with the Central-European mix. No wonder. After eleven turbulent centuries there aren't any "pure Hungarians" left, a fact the extreme right nationalists tend to forget.
Linguistics is not my cup of tea either, but I use typeface design as an opportunity to acquire some basic background knowledge.
"I wonder if Elvish, then would be classified as Indo-European..." A very good question. The language of the High Elves, Quenya was based on Finnish (Uralic family). The other major Elvish tongue, Sindarin shows characteristics of Welsh (Indo-European family, Celtic group). Tolkien had created as many as 14-16 languages for his Middle-Earth universe.
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Punctuation and diacritical marks have been added. US keyboard layout. I would appreciate any feedback: does it work as intended. See also the color supplement.
The diacritics are not going over the letters like they should be. I suggest putting them on the left side of the blue line and make the distance to the left a couple blocks more than they are to the right to acount for the space between leters. I hope this helps.
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