Writing Systems
This page will present both web sites for inspiration but also links to online resources to make your own fonts.
- Ancient Scripts
- www.ancientscripts.com
- "A compendium of world-wide writing systems from prehistory to today."
- Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs
- www.famsi.org/mayawriting/dictionary/montgomery/index.html
- "John Montgomery's Dictionary of Maya Hieroglyphs is a unique reference to the hieroglyphic writing of the ancient Maya that presents over 1,200 hieroglyphs and glyph compounds. Each entry includes the hieroglyph, phonetic transcription, Mayan equivalent, part of speech, and meaning." Great for inspiration. From the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.
- Dscript: Turning Words into Symbols and Glyphs
- dscript.ca
- A con-script created by Matthew DeBlock. DeBlock has also created a Dscript for Conlangers and Other Languages page (.gif) and a nifty Dscript Generator.
- Idrani Standard Metalinguistic Specification (ISMS): Orthography
- idrani.perastar.com/ISMS_orthography.htm
- One page of Trent M. Pehrson's excellent site on the Idrani language. Provides a number of inspirational writing systems.
- Omniglot
- www.omniglot.com
- A database of writing systems, both historical and fictional, and much more. Also includes an Alternative section of scripts for conlangs.
