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DIXYU SEICI 0.1b (TrueType font)by ~KVirtanen

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This is the new font used in the latest Sceistian Grammar Reference [link]

Dixyu seici means "the rational alphabet", but a lot of love has been poured onto making this font —
maybe a few tears too

This is a very early version of a new script style font used in an imaginary language called Sceistian (name changed 11/2011, for more see: [link]).

Its appearance borrows characteristics from Japanese, Chinese, Devanāgarī, Arabic and Hebrew script, and last, but not least, the Latin alphabet. The pronunciation and grammar (which certainly isn't by any means completely covered here) is a mix of Japanese, Latin, French, Finnish, English, Italian, Slavic languages and Greek.

This font is freeware and can be distributed as long as it stays together with the included text file. I would love to hear if the font is being used somewhere or, even better, to see the results.

See the 3-stage process here:
1: [link] 2: [link] 3: [link]

(you can open them in separate tabs for comparison)

Other Sceistian-related stuff:

[link] ← WEBSITE
[link] ← BINDING GUIDE FOR THE REFERENCE BOOK
[link] ← REQUIRED PDF FILE

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*Skeware Apr 22, 2013 General Artist

Great work! Beautiful characters, very well designed, and the presentation is pretty neat too!

~KVirtanen Apr 22, 2013 Professional General Artist

Thanks a lot ...!

~Samantha-Wright Sep 26, 2012 Hobbyist Interface Designer

This is truly amazing. I've never seen a conlang font so lovingly built, much less one with such technical precision. Usually the hinting on conlang fonts turns out awful, and I was particularly impressed to see that the thin diagonal and vertical strokes remain legible at regular body sizes. Have you thought about trying OpenType features like automatic ligatures? How long did it take you to put this together?

~KVirtanen Sep 27, 2012 Professional General Artist

Hi there, and thank you so much for the feedback

I'd love to try out OpenType features; could you recommend a program for doing that?

As for ligatures, I'm currently compensating for them with a large amount of kerning pairs that tie some of the characters closely together (like in the writing example at the bottom). But it would be a lot nicer to have them specifically made for this script.

~Samantha-Wright Sep 28, 2012 Hobbyist Interface Designer

I've heard a lot of good things about FontLab; it appears to be ubiquitous among professional typographers, although the pricetag puts it on par with Photoshop. Its contemporaries are FontMaster (also pricey) and the open-source FontForge, which has its own inconveniences as the newest versions have to be compiled. And there's a tutorial here.

~KVirtanen Sep 28, 2012 Professional General Artist

Wow, thanks! I'll look into them for sure.

~JohnRaptor Sep 26, 2012

Pretty script. I like how you've handled capital letters.

~KVirtanen Sep 27, 2012 Professional General Artist

Thanks ...!

~EmperorZelos Sep 24, 2012

looks hebrewish

~KVirtanen Sep 25, 2012 Professional General Artist

yep!

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