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<blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 6275012" data-attributes="member: 50895"><p>For around $20 I purchased a custom font creator software (don't remember the name), though there might be free ones out there, but it gives you a blank template for you place any script, hand-drawn lettering, or graphical symbol then assign to an existing keyboard letter like "A". You do this for all the letters of the alphabet. Once complete you can use a word processor or DTP program and choose the custom font as your chosen font then type away. Granted though the letters are different, they represent all the normal letters, so that your final printed page is in English (or whatever you're preferred language is) except its all in some alien script.</p><p></p><p>I've used that application to create a Gnomic script for a fantasy map project once anyway.</p><p></p><p>The only other solution (I can think of) is joining one of those Conlang sites - communities dedicated to made-up languages. There are entire communities of mostly RPG gamers that are also into 'conlang'. I know that the development of Dothraki and Valerian in the Song of Fire and Ice (Game of Thrones) TV series used an expert Conlanger to create those languages for the show. I'm not really into conlang-ing myself, but that is certainly an alternative.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gamerprinter, post: 6275012, member: 50895"] For around $20 I purchased a custom font creator software (don't remember the name), though there might be free ones out there, but it gives you a blank template for you place any script, hand-drawn lettering, or graphical symbol then assign to an existing keyboard letter like "A". You do this for all the letters of the alphabet. Once complete you can use a word processor or DTP program and choose the custom font as your chosen font then type away. Granted though the letters are different, they represent all the normal letters, so that your final printed page is in English (or whatever you're preferred language is) except its all in some alien script. I've used that application to create a Gnomic script for a fantasy map project once anyway. The only other solution (I can think of) is joining one of those Conlang sites - communities dedicated to made-up languages. There are entire communities of mostly RPG gamers that are also into 'conlang'. I know that the development of Dothraki and Valerian in the Song of Fire and Ice (Game of Thrones) TV series used an expert Conlanger to create those languages for the show. I'm not really into conlang-ing myself, but that is certainly an alternative. [/QUOTE]
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