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lucifhare:

[EDIT]Thisposthasbeengettingrebloggedatonlately,butwithoutanyofthetext,whichisashamebecauseIspentalotoftimetypingit.Evenmoreofashame,thesecondposthasbeencompletelyignored.SobecauseItooksomuchtimemakingthesechartsandtypingthistext,IthinkIshouldaddalinkheretotheotherpost,eventhoughnoneofyouwillevenseeit.

Post2withthelast8languages:http://lucifhare.tumblr.com/post/17141980690/forpeoplewhodontliketoscrolltofind[/EDIT]

Forpeoplewhodontliketoscrolltofindvaluables,hereisalinktodownloadalloftheStarWarsfontsIvefound:http://freakshow.zxq.net/Star%20Wars%20Fonts.zip(Note:Thisisazipfile.Youwillneedtounzipit.)

Toinstallafont:InWindows7,openthefontandthereshouldbeabuttonatthetopthatsaysInstall.Clickthatandyouredone.InotherversionsofWindows,copyandpasteONLYthefontfileintothefontfolderonyourcomputer(ItshouldbelocatedinsomethinglikeC:/Windows/Fonts)

Aboutthesecharts:

Forwhateverreason,IhaveafascinationwithinworldStarWarslanguages.Ivespentcountlesshourssearchingtheinternetfordifferentlanguages,namelyforthewrittenalphabets.WhatIvefoundisthat,evenforthelanguagesthatexist,itsextremelyhardtofindchartsorfontsforthewrittenlanguages.Aurebeshisobviouslyeasytofind,buttheothers,notsomuch.

Becauseitssohardtofindcharts,Idecidedtomakemyown.IttookfarlongerthanIexpecteditto,butImfinallydone.

Ivemanagedtofind16languages.Illpostthefirst8(inalphabeticalorder)inthispostandthelast8inanotherpost.

IvealsogatheredtogetheralltheStarWarsfontsIvefound,includingthefontsforeachofthealphabetsabove(exceptforGeonosianandKittt,whichdonthavefonts).Alinktoazipfolderwithallofthelanguagescanbefoundabove.IshouldnotethattherearealotofotherStarWarsfontsoutthere,Iwasonlylookingforfontsforinworldlanguages.IjusthappenedtohavepickedupsomeotherEnglishonesalongtheway.

Aboutthelanguages:

Atrisian:AtrisianisalanguagethatcomesfromtheplanetAtrisia.Behindthescenes,itisanalphabetthatwasusedinStarWarsgamesseveraltimesbeforeAurebeshwasfinalized.ThisfontwascreatedbyErikstormtrooper,

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whomappedthe12charactersseeninthegamestothe12mostcommonlettersintheEnglishalphabet.Hemadeuptherestoftheletters.HenamedthefontDarkKatarnafterthegameStarWars:DarkForcesandthemaincharacterfromthegame,KyleKatarn.Thereismuchmoreinformationaboutwherethisalphabetcomesfromhere.Thelanguage,howeverisofficiallycalledAtrisian,accordingtoWookieepedia.

Aurebesh:AurebeshisthelanguageoftheStarWarsuniverse.IfyourelookingatanofficialStarWarsitemfromlikethelast10years,chancesarethereisAurebeshprintedonitsomewhere.AurebeshisanalphabetthatwasbasedonlowqualityscreenshotsofmonitorscreensfromtheoriginalStarWarsmovies.Atsomepoint,someonestumbledacrosstheoriginalfontusedforthosescreensinthearchivesandrevealedthemtotheworld.ItturnsouttheoriginallettersdifferabitfromAurebesh,butitsstillprettyclose.Afontthatmoreaccuratelymatchestheoriginalscreens(whichisnotincludedinmy.zipabove)andmoreinformationabouttheoriginalAurebeshcanbefoundhere.Inworld,GalacticBasicisthelanguagespokenbymostofthegalaxy.GalacticbasicisjustEnglish(orwhateverthenativelanguageisoftheviewer).ThewrittenformofGalacticBasicisAurebesh(Aurebeshmeansalphabet.AureisthenameoftheletterAinGalacticBasicandBeshisthenameoftheletterBinGalacticBasic).

OnenoteaboutthenumbersinAurebesh:MostAurebeshfontsusethenumberdesignusedintheabovechart,withverticallinesanddots.However,thereisonlyoneinstancethatIveeverseeninanofficialsourcewherethisnumberdesignhasbeenused(ItwasonacloseupshotofcreditingotsfromtheStarWars:CloneWarsCGanimatedseries)Everywhereelse,aslightlymodifiedversionoftheEnglishnumbersisused.Imnotsurewhythisis,andIalsohaventcomeacrossafontthathasthatsamenumberdesign.Thisimageshowsthetwonumberdesigns.ThealiennumbersontopandtheArabicnumeralsnormallyseeninofficialStarWarsitemsonbottom.

Containedinthefont.zipdownloadareseveraldifferentAurebeshfontsmadebyvariousdifferentpeople(Creditsforwhomadewhatareinside).Amongthefontsisanarrowversionandaversionthatlookshandwritten.

CommonSith:Thereare6differentversionsofDarthVaderschestbox,eachusesdifferentcharactersfromthislanguage.These6boxesaretheonlyinstancesIveeverseenthatusethislanguage.Forsomereason,itwasdecidedthattheselettersshouldbetheCommonSithlanguage.Thereisaverydetailedexplanationofwherethisalphabetcamefromhere.

Ivethoughtaboutitquiteabitandthisjustdoesntseematalllikelyorlogicaltome.DarthVaderwasthelastsithinaverylonglineofsithexistence(Yes,IknowthesithcamebackafterPalpatinedied,butforatleastashorttime,thesithstoppedexisting)Itseemsunlikelythatonlytheverylastsithtoexistwouldhaveusedthislanguageandnotthethousandswhocamebeforehim.Asidefromthat,PalpatineandVaderweretheonlySithleftintheuniverse.Theonlyreasonyouwriteinaparticularlanguageratherthananotherissothataparticularpersonorgroupofpersonscan

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readit.Youchoosethelanguagemosteasilyreadbythepeoplewhomyouwanttobereadingit.Iftheresonlyoneotherpersoninthegalaxywhoknowshowtoreadthislanguage,itdoesntseemlogicalatalltobotherusingthatlanguage.WithAurebeshbeingtheprimarylanguageinthegalaxy,itstandstoreasonthatVaderwouldhaveusedthat.Orattheveryleastamorecommonalphabetthanoneonlythetwoofthemknewhowtoread.Whichbringsmetomynextpoint.ItcouldbeunderstandableifthetextwasusedtohidevaluableinformationthatVaderwantedonlysithtoknow.Butitshisfuckingchestbox.Itsamedicalcomponent,apartofhislifesupportsystem.Forone,youdontputsecretinformationonyourchest,evenifitisntlegibletoanyone.Andforanother,youdontlabelmedicalcomponentswithsecretcode.Ifyouhaveamedicalemergency,youwantyourdoctortobeabletoreadwhatthethefuckyourlifesupportsystemsays.Whichbringsmetoanotherpoint.Itsamedicaldevice.Vaderprobablydidntmakeithimself(Maybehebuiltanewerversionlateron,butnottheoriginalone)whywouldthemedicalengineersthatmadethisdevicehavelabeledshitinthesithalphabet?Howwouldtheyhaveevenknownthesithalphabet?Itsunlikelythattheywouldhave.

Forallofthesereasons,itseemsreallyunlikelyandillogicaltomethatthetextonVaderschestboxwouldbeasithalphabet.Ifitwasasithalphabet,itdhavebeenseenallovertheplace,writtenbyallthecountlessothersiththatexistedbeforeVader.Butithasntappearedanywhereelse.

Imaintainthatthisfontisnotasithalphabet.Butitiscanonatthispoint,sotheresnotmuchIcandoaboutit.

Havingsaidallofthis,therealreasonIdontlikethisfontaretwofold:1.)Severalofthecharactersareverysimilarandwhenwritingitonpaper,unlessyouwritethelettersperfectly(andmyhandwritingsucks),itcanbedifficulttodeterminewhichletteryouvewritten(Iknow,Ivealreadydonethis.)2.)Thebiggestthingaboutthisalphabetthatbothersmeisthatitisnotoriginal.ThelettersinthisalphabetareliterallyjustHebrewletters.Andthatbothersme.Ilikemyfictionalalphabetstobefictional.ThisisthemainreasonIrejectthisalphabet.IlovethesithandIwantanoriginal,uniquelanguagetobepairedupwiththem.ThatswhyImthrilledaboutKittt,whichyoullseeinmynextpost.

Droid:Idontreallyknowwherethisfontcomesfrom,Icantseemtofindanyinformationonitexceptthebriefblurbaboutitnexttothefontdownloadononeparticularsite.Itusessymbolsverysimilar(andsometimesthesameas)theTradeFederationalphabet,butitisntexactlythesame.

Theblurbfromthiswebsitesaysthis:

TheDroidfontcomesfromtheStarWarsrmovieThePhantomMenacerandthebookStarWarsEpisode1VisualDictionary.TheinfoforthisfontcomesfromScottWatson.ThisistheGalacticBasicnumeralsusedtoidentifyDroids.Thefontiscanon0thru9andAthruJ.TherestofthefontwasinventedbyMike,ifmoreinfoisforthcominghewillupdatethefont.

Ewokese:Asidefromhavingaspokenlanguagethatyoucanlearn(Clickthelinkabovetoviewthelistofwordsfromthelanguage),Ewokesealsohasthis

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glyphwritingsystem.Thesymbolsrepresentwordsandideasandarenotusedtospellwordslikenormallettersare.Thesymbolsarealsowrittenvertically,nothorizontally.

Futhark:FutharkistheformalwrittenlanguageusedonNaboo.Itwasnotoftenusedbecauseitwasfoundhardtoreadbycommonfolk,accordingtoWookieepedia.Imnotsurewhy,butIvenevercaredforNabooandthishappenstobemyleastfavoriteoftheStarWarsalphabets.

Futhork:FuthorkistheinformalversionofNabooswrittenlanguage.I..guessthereisntmuchmoretosayaboutitthanthat

Geonosian:GeonosianisalanguagethatwascreatedbyPhilipMetschan,alongwithtwootheralphabets,forGeorgeLucas.PhilipincorporatedthisalphabetinseveraloftheDeathStartechnicalreadoutsinEpisode2.AsfarasIknow,thisalphabethasnotbeenreleasedasafontpublicly.Forthechartabove,Iphotoshoppedthecharactersoutoftheimage(whichyoucanseebyclickingtheGeonosianlinkabove)fromPhilipsportfolio(whichyoucanfindbyclickinghisnameabove).BecauseIamnotatypographeranddonothavethemeanstomakemyownfonts,thisfontisnotinthe.zipfolder.ItsashamebecauseIthinkthisfontlooksprettycool.

AndthatwrapsupthefirstofthistwopartStarWars/languagenerdgasmofpostsImmaking.

Wow,Imsuchanerd

(Source:wookieepedia.com,viastarwarsguttertrash)

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