Alphabets, Heirogylphs, Runes, History of Writing

[Goblin King]

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So Minotaur, how is your Amharic spelling?

(hmm ... think I've spelt that wrong ... )

[Goblin King]

Coming soon to this forum and a web page on GK/Will's site:

Reusuable Rune Graphics ;D



= R etc.

[Goblin King]

(must finish the runes, must finish the runes.)
(Not Finnish or Scandinavian ... Anglo-Saxon )

[Goblin King]

The Coptic Alphabet

Turned up in conversation the other day. Thought I'd add it here.

Coptic alphabet
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Coptic alphabet is an alphabet used for writing the Coptic language. It is based on the Greek alphabet, but contains some extra letters for sounds used in Coptic but not in Greek. Those letters are derived from the Demotic script, a highly cursive writing system used to write the Egyptian language.

The Coptic alphabet came into general use in Egypt during the 4th century AD. It is still used by the members of the Coptic Church to write their religious texts. All the Gnostic codices found in Nag Hammadi used the Coptic alphabet.

For more info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_alphabet

[Goblin King]

This the following letter graphics are from a font called "Medieval Victoriana". (from www.dafont.com/ )



I'm using it to decorate the Magis Books website I help with. But I see no reason why we can't have fun with it here and on other forums.

To see all the letters and codes go to: photobucket.com/albums/v600/goblinmarket/gothic/

Example:

NCE UPON a time...

[Goblin King]

There's some scans of pages depicting ancient alphabets here:
www.fromoldbooks.org/Search/?kw=typography&source=Fry-Pantographia

[Tinkerbell]

Newest addition to the garden, an obelisk!

Has my dads, mums, sisters and my initials on each of the sides and our last name in hieroglyphics.

[Goblin King]

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