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Angerthas Runes by DCLeadboot Angerthas Runes by DCLeadboot
Out of interest, I've been experimenting with a program called High-Logic FontCreator 5.5 - unfortunately, only a 30-day trial version... after which, I won't be allowed to save or install the fonts I make with it... :(

Anyway, we've been watching through the Lord of the Rings Trilogy movies again. I've got a certain interest in code-breaking and Tolkien's Dwarfish Runes and Elvish Script fascinate me.
After studying his appendix on languages and writing, I managed to figure out the values of the runes (known as the Angerthas Daeron) and was inspired to make this font.
The table in the preview pic will show you the keyboard commands required for each character.

Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's writings for Lord of the Rings.
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Joe-Joe69 Featured By Owner Dec 12, 2014  Student General Artist
I love this!! I soo want to be able to write and read this as a language
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Dec 12, 2014  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Heh, thanks very much! :aww:
I was kind of wishing I could adapt the Elvish script as a sort of "shorthand" for taking quick notes, but trying to remember all those symbols is rather tricky... :XD:
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Joe-Joe69 Featured By Owner Dec 12, 2014  Student General Artist
Lol I'd think so. . . but hey if I could learn English and Afrikaans from scratch then I can teach myself another new language as well 
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Dec 12, 2014  Hobbyist Digital Artist
And then there's me who never really picked up on languages... ^^;
(Mind you, the only option they gave us was boring old French, the people in the listening-tests spoke too fast, and it was also a mandatory subject so we couldn't opt out of it!)
I should have preferred to learn German or something - at least if there had been a choice, I might have found a language I wanted to learn.
These days, I only know a few words of some languages - including an interest in Latin. :XD:
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OceanSunset22 Featured By Owner Dec 30, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
wOW! you got all of them =P i got about the simple alphabet and then I got stuck ;) good job my friend :clap:
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Dec 31, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks very much! ;) Ah well, it was one of those little personal interests... I wanted to be able to have them handy for future Tolkien-themed projects!
These and the Elvish script...
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OceanSunset22 Featured By Owner Dec 31, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
o.o welcome =P
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Genny-Raskin Featured By Owner Dec 9, 2012  Student General Artist
Can I use it in my art? :)
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Dec 9, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
You can indeed. That was the whole idea! ;)
Thanks for the fave!
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Genny-Raskin Featured By Owner Dec 9, 2012  Student General Artist
Thank you! :w00t:
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whaup Featured By Owner Aug 10, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
thanks for sharing!
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Aug 10, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
No problem! ;) Figured these might be useful to other fans than myself too!
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ArfW Featured By Owner Apr 26, 2012
Will you make me some fonts if I give you the program$$ ?
It'd be from some scans/pictures if it does that, other font programs I've tried were not very setup for the method I needed to use, but theyre similar codes n alphabeticals that I've drawn myself I call them "tial"

Gimme a msg
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Apr 27, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I was able to get hold of High-Logic FontMaker.
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pendragon693 Featured By Owner May 30, 2011  Student Writer
Brilliant! =O
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:icondcleadboot:
DCLeadboot Featured By Owner May 30, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks very much! :D Just one of those random little pet interests! ;)
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JenariJoe Featured By Owner Mar 7, 2011
Very cool!
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Mar 8, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks very much! :)
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JulieanneFowler91 Featured By Owner Jun 19, 2010
Thanks for posting this! :hug: Couldn't find any good ref for those letter.
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Jun 20, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Heh, cool! Thanks very much! ;)
(Hopefully, you'll find the font-download useful too)
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JulieanneFowler91 Featured By Owner Jun 20, 2010
:hug:
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obsessedwithcolour Featured By Owner Feb 25, 2010
yesyesyes! i borrowed these runes once and rearranged them to a matching that i preferred. ^^; i'm still not happy with it. :|
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Feb 25, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Ah well, there must be a way that works... ;)
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crazymadanimal Featured By Owner Feb 3, 2010
Just a quickie to say there's over 20 complete languages including full gramma rules featured throughout the tolkien books all with different rune like lettering. He actually created a civilisation complete with history, dialects and folklore.
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Feb 3, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Yeah, Tolkien's roots for Middle-Earth were deep, I'll say that much!
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rpowell77 Featured By Owner Feb 16, 2009   Digital Artist
oh good...now I can read what it says on the cover of my Hobbit book...and the Silmarillion...
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Jan 2, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Actually, update on that... I found that the runes from the Hobbit are a different kind than this. [link]
Old English runes or something, as opposed to the Dwarfish runes developed for later works.
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Feb 17, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Heh, cool! :D Great! Thanks for the comment! ;)
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endrju100 Featured By Owner Nov 16, 2006  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Great rune font :hug: I've used it here : [link]
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Nov 16, 2006  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks! Glad you found it useful! :D
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Luke-the-F0x Featured By Owner Nov 5, 2006  Hobbyist Digital Artist
ooh very kewl runes. I'm trying to see if i can make out 'whiteflame' with these runes which is what the runes on my characters sword spell out.
Nice 1 mate.
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Nov 6, 2006  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Yeah, that could really work nicely! :D
Thanks for the comment!
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JohnJensen Featured By Owner Nov 4, 2006
The second rune table looks like old danish runes which we used 1400 years ago.. ^^;
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Nov 6, 2006  Hobbyist Digital Artist
That's interesting! I guess Tolkien would have got some ideas from existing runes, though.
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furocious-studios Featured By Owner Nov 4, 2006   Traditional Artist
Hehe the last couple nights I've been watching LOTR after my 6 yr old boy goes to bed.
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Nov 6, 2006  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Great movies, aren't they? :nod:
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furocious-studios Featured By Owner Nov 6, 2006   Traditional Artist
hmm, my kid is at school, i've got some housework to do...perhalps i should watch them again today ;)
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Nov 6, 2006  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Heh heh... :XD:
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felousefarnayne Featured By Owner Nov 4, 2006  Hobbyist General Artist
ooooo looks really cool and intresting those runes indeed ^^
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Nov 6, 2006  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Thanks! :D
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WolfBoy300 Featured By Owner Nov 4, 2006
How interesting.
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DCLeadboot Featured By Owner Nov 6, 2006  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Indeed... :nod:
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