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<blockquote data-quote="Incenjucar" data-source="post: 1843320" data-attributes="member: 6182">Nope, that's not it.&nbsp; Someone on here posted a link.&nbsp; I may have it in my pile of links, but I just got back from an extremely lovely 8 hour date, so my brain's a little too endorphine-blasted to search.In the mean time, I will give a suggestion in regards to letter construction (though, I remind, that's hardly the only way to write).A method I've been using myself for runes, as was done with many symbol-heavy languages, like Chinese or some forms of Japanese, makes for interesting symbols.&nbsp; What you do is you take an important concept and make a graphic out of it (say, a tiger, a person in a hat, or intestines with a spoon dipped in them), and put it in some sort of pose (or try different poses).&nbsp; Then, draw that same thing in an increasingly simplified manner, based on how you think your fantasy culture would do it (If they'd draw something in one long stroke, several small ones, curvy, blocky, etc).&nbsp; Twist some of the lines about in odd ways (like trying to depict a circle as a slash-mark), and you'll eventually get something letter-looking, or at least rune-looking.&nbsp; I've already got a rune for 'creature that causes two species to merge' and 'lust-absorbing spirit entity', that barely look like the original thing, but which I can trace back to their original.&nbsp; Also, keep in mind that you don't have to depict the whole thing.&nbsp; Don't be afraid to simplify like mad.&nbsp; If people are defined by their ability to walk upright, for instance, just drawing legs is fine and dandy.Also, consider how the creatures themselves could write.&nbsp; For instance, I tend to have clawed creatures use some sort of cuniform, which they can merely dip their claws in to clay for.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Incenjucar, post: 1843320, member: 6182"] Nope, that's not it. Someone on here posted a link. I may have it in my pile of links, but I just got back from an extremely lovely 8 hour date, so my brain's a little too endorphine-blasted to search. In the mean time, I will give a suggestion in regards to letter construction (though, I remind, that's hardly the only way to write). A method I've been using myself for runes, as was done with many symbol-heavy languages, like Chinese or some forms of Japanese, makes for interesting symbols. What you do is you take an important concept and make a graphic out of it (say, a tiger, a person in a hat, or intestines with a spoon dipped in them), and put it in some sort of pose (or try different poses). Then, draw that same thing in an increasingly simplified manner, based on how you think your fantasy culture would do it (If they'd draw something in one long stroke, several small ones, curvy, blocky, etc). Twist some of the lines about in odd ways (like trying to depict a circle as a slash-mark), and you'll eventually get something letter-looking, or at least rune-looking. I've already got a rune for 'creature that causes two species to merge' and 'lust-absorbing spirit entity', that barely look like the original thing, but which I can trace back to their original. Also, keep in mind that you don't have to depict the whole thing. Don't be afraid to simplify like mad. If people are defined by their ability to walk upright, for instance, just drawing legs is fine and dandy. Also, consider how the creatures themselves could write. For instance, I tend to have clawed creatures use some sort of cuniform, which they can merely dip their claws in to clay for. [/QUOTE]

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