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Nifty. I have a font that looks very close to your script! I used it as a base for a script myself a few years back, so it's sort of neat to see a script that looks like one I made a while ago. Great minds, heh.

I like it quite a bit. It seems to have an interesting runic/insular flavor to it. Good work. 8)

I'd like to hear more about it. Particularly about the language it's used to write. What writing-instrument is typically used? and what writing-surface? Did these influence the look of the script? What is the writing-direction? Do the letters in a line go from left to right along the line? Do the lines on a page go from top to bottom down the page? Are there uppercase and lowercase letters? Do any letters have initial and/or medial and/or final and/or stand-alone forms? How are the "Uhal" letters pronounced? It looks like you mean them to be post-aspirated versions of other letters. Is that first table "vowel points"? Is this a "pointed abjad"? It seems to be; the vowel notation is placed under or over the consonant notation depending on whether the vowel is pronounced before (under) or after (over) the consonant. Does this mean there can't be three vowels in a row in a word? You seem to suggest the "empty consonant" "/" character can't occur except first or last; it occurs first if the word starts with two vowels, or last if the word ends with two vowels. How do you decide whether to put a vowel over one consonant or under the next consonant? Are the several columns the various typefaces you've mentioned? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To me it looks a lot like Carolingian & half-uncial, and some parts look a little like Tengwar. I don't see much resemblance to Egyptian demotic or hieratic, nor, really, to futhark runes.

Like it? Yes. Interesting? Yes. Insular flavor? I agree. Good work? Yes. But: Runic flavor? I don't see it.

Thanks for the good comments on my script. :) I'd like to hear more about it. Particularly about the language it's used to write. The language is called "Zhahul" and I still have quite a lot to do to it. What writing-instrument is typically used? and what writing-surface? Did these influence the look of the script? Typically used is a calligraphy pen but other pens can also be used. No particular writing surface was used to write it (I had a notepad as a writing surface). What is the writing-direction? Do the letters in a line go from left to right along the line? Do the lines on a page go from top to bottom down the page? Left to right, top to bottom. Are there uppercase and lowercase letters? Do any letters have initial and/or medial and/or final and/or stand-alone forms? There are no uppercase and lowercase letters and no different forms How are the "Uhal" letters pronounced? It looks like you mean them to be post-aspirated versions of other letters. I’m not really sure how to show these sounds. Describing them as breathy versions of the other consonants might be better (/_t/). Is that first table "vowel points"? Is this a "pointed abjad"? It seems to be; the vowel notation is placed under or over the consonant notation depending on whether the vowel is pronounced before (under) or after (over) the consonant. Yes. If the vowel is pronounced before a consonant the vowel is placed under the consonant (At the moment in the language it is written in it only shows up under the first consonant of a word for when the word begins with a vowel) and if the vowel is pronounced after a consonant the vowel is placed over the consonant. Does this mean there can't be three vowels in a row in a word? You seem to suggest the "empty consonant" "/" character can't occur except first or last; it occurs first if the word starts with two vowels, or last if the word ends with two vowels. I didn't write that properly. The "/" (empty consonant) can occur throughout a word so there can be three vowels in a row in a word. How do you decide whether to put a vowel over one consonant or under the next consonant? If there is only one vowel between consonants then it is placed over the first of the consonants it is in between. Are the several columns the various typefaces you've mentioned? Yes I don't see much resemblance to Egyptian demotic or hieratic, ... I just wrote about myself a bit at the beginning because this was my first post into this forum. I didn't create the script to resemble any Egyptian script. An influence for this script was the Georgian Nuskha-khucuri alphabet.

I can see the connection to Georgian. I like it, it's attractive and it's good to see scripts with multiple typefaces. I also like the non-standard pronunciations. Are the typefaces meant for specific purposes, like for titles, manuscripts, etc, or are they meant to show some sort of cultural diversity? Gathna has to be my favorite, it sort of reminds me of black letter. The uncials are also attractive.