Links
Here can be found links to other sites on the World Wide Web that
provide original content on the writing systems of Aman.
The links were last verified on 2007-10-07.
- Die Schriftzeichen der Elben
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This German site features descriptions of the Sarati and Tengwar, as well as the Cirth. The section covering
Rúmilian letters is based on R18, and supplemented by
the descriptions of punctuation and numerals in R10 and
R11.
- J.R.R. Tolkien’s Full Tengwar Modes for Modern English - An Analysis
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This article compares the various full modes of Tolkien for English.
- The Letters of Middle-earth
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A nice introduction to the Tengwar and Cirth, in
PDF format.
- The
Mellonath Daeron Index of Tengwar Specimina
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A work in progress to index all existing samples of Tengwar.
- Numerals (a PostScript file)
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This file summarizes just about everything we know about the Tengwar
numerals. It fits well onto one page.
- Rúmilian Numerals
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A thorough analysis of the different numeral systems used with the Sarati, and
how they may reflect the Elvish ideas on counting. (Formerly available as a PDF in the Lambengolmor archives.)
- Tengwar Feanora: alfabet elfów i ludzi
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A good Polish site about the Tengwar and its history.
- Guides for Tengwar and Runes
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Simplified guides of how to write with Tengwar in different languages. Include exercises!
Also features a description of the runes used in The Hobbit.
- Tengwar und ihre Verwendung
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A German site with a wealth of (if my rusty German is any judge)
well-written Tengwar information.
- Tolkien Script Publishing
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Various documents in PDF and Word 2000
format, dealing with various aspects of the writing systems.
Note! I do not take responsibility for the quality of the translations. Furthermore, the content on these translations may be based on older versions of Amanye Tenceli, and thus not reflect the current texts of the site.
- Amanye Tenceli (Norsk)
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A Norwegian mirror.
- Amanye Tenceli - Les Systèmes d’écriture d’Aman
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A French mirror.
- Amanye Tenceli - I Sistemi di Scrittura di Aman
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A mirror in Italian.
- Dan Smith’s Fantasy Fonts
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Daniel Smith has created a number of Tengwar fonts.
He also provides very detailed information about the writing system,
in particular in the help file for the fonts.
- KTT : KDE Tengwar Tool
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A transcription utility (Roman-to-Tengwar and Tengwar-to-Roman) for the Linux KDE environment,
fully compatible with TengScribe mode files as well as the TMF
format introduced with the YaTT utility.
- Las Tengwar de Fëanor
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Home of two nice original Tengwar fonts: Tengwar Elfica,a font reminiscent of the characters in the Tengwar table in
AppE; and Tengwar Gothika, a very interesting black-letter styled font.
- online Tengwar Transcriber
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A very good online transcription tool that makes use of the same mode files as
TengScribe. Supports a number of modes, fonts and output formats.
Also available in Polish.
- Tengwar Annatar
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A beautiful freeware font family, consisting of four Tengwar fonts.
- Tengwar Cursive
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A nice freeware Tengwar font, based on
the ring-inscription style, is downloadable
from the site of its maker.
- Tengwar Formal
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A good-looking freeware font based on the formal
book-hand.
- Tengwar Hereno
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A Bauhaus-style Tengwar font.
- Tengwar Naive
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From the creator of Tengwar Annatar, a simple but nice-looking Tengwar Font.
- Tengwar Telcontar
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The first quality Unicode font geared towards good Tengwar support.
The creator of the font hopes
“that the possibilities of working with a usable font will spur the discussion
on the best way to encode Tengwar in Unicode, and that, with the help and suggestions
from fellow Tolkiendili, my font will evolve in a gradually improving manner.”
The font makes use of the
Graphite
technology for smart font behaviour, and thus needs special word processors in most environments.
- Tengwar Teleri
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Something as unusual as a “fantasy” Tengwar font, where the tengwar
look like swans.
- YaTT Lite
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A MacOS X utility, apparently a “lighter” version of
the old Windows application YaTT. This is what I wrote of that program:
YaTT, or Yet another Tengwar Tool, is a Windows utility that transcribes from
Roman letters to Tengwar — and back! It is fully compatible with
TengScribe mode files.
- The Lord of the Rings: Calligraphy
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The home page of Daniel Reeve, the creator of calligraphy, maps and related works for the
Lord of the Rings movies directed by Peter Jackson.
Many works of great skill and beauty can be found here.
- Gwaith-i-Phethdain: Elvish Calligraphy
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A collection of Tengwar and Sarati calligraphy, mostly of high quality.
- Leonid Korablev’s Tolkien Picture Gallery
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Leonid Korablev is a skilled artist, and many of his Tolkien-inspired works
contain Tengwar inscriptions in Quenya.
- Mellonath Daeron: Tengwar Transcriptions and Calligraphy
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Pictures of colourful Tengwar calligraphy, by various artists.
- Valaquenta
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A fragment of the Valaquenta in archaic Quenya by Ryszard Derdzinski, tentatively
transcribed in the Sarati (based on our knowledge of the script
when only TPF had been published).
- Ardalambion
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Not really about Tengwar or Sarati, but the foremost source on the Internet regarding most
aspects of Tolkien’s invented languages.
- ElfScript
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A Yahoo! Groups mailing list where Tolkien’s writing systems are discussed.
- ElfScript2
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A moderated (= spam-free) Yahoo! Groups mailing list with the same purpose as ElfScript.
- Sarati Rúmilo Quenyava
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Ryszard Derdzinski’s speculative proposal of how the Sarati might be used in Quenya
(based on our knowledge of the script
when only TPF had been published).
- Writing With Elvish Fonts
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Covers the best methods of writing with Tengwar using your Windows PC.
- Deutscher Tengwar Modus
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A thorough description of a German Tengwar mode.
- Suomen kirjoittaminen tengwarilla
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A Finnish Tengwar mode by Harri Perälä and Juho Pahajoki, here described
in Finnish. An English summary
is available.
- Tengwar alphabet for Scottish Gaelic
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Description of a Gaelic mode on the Omniglot web site.
- Tengwar alphabet for Welsh
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Description of a Welsh mode on the Omniglot web site.
- Writing the Arabic language with Tengwar characters
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A detailed discussion of Arabic writing, and how the Tengwar can
be used for that language.
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