#tolkien

In 1951, #Tolkien rewrites his first Middle-Earth story from 1917 for the fourth and final time. He struggles to make sense of Tuor's aimless hiking.

In this version, first published in Unfinished Tales (1980) we see Tolkien at the height of his LotR powers, treating his early meandering tale as a dependable but badly incomplete historical source. He adds a lot of needed motivation. But keeps his old hero still hiking around!

#fantasy

Tolkien's tengwar script is used with many different (pretty logical) 'rules' called 'modes' or 'usages'.
In one such mode the vowels are written as diacritics over the Elvish letter.
(see image below).

I settled on _each mode = 1 OpenType Font_; rules are different in each modes.

In one mode Elvish diphthongs are written with special compendium. In order to override the liga rules I put the diphthongs in rlig but XQ 2022 does not recognize this!?
While WORD and InDesign are oki.
#tolkien

"aderthad", Sindarin n: "reuniting"
References:
- "S/113": "Aderthad"
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-327295253.html

#Tolkien #Tolkiendili

The One Ring inscription (Part 2)

Image 1 shows the second One Ring inscription Tolkien sent to the printer. But he was still unhappy with it. So he asked to send another one.
Image 2 shows the well know inscription as printed in books. The original art sent by Tolkien to the printer is lost.

The inadvertently changed tengwa is circled in blue. Tolkien became later aware of his mistake (before publication) but accepted it.

#tengwar #sauron #tolkien #onering

The One Ring inscription (Part 1)

The inscription on the One Ring is perhaps the best-known piece of Tengwar art (along with the Doors of Moria) that Tolkien conceived, but did you know that he made a mistake in trying to find a better style of calligraphy for it after sending it to the printer and being urged by everyone to finish the job?

_look for part 2_

#tolkien #tengwar #onering #sauron #blackspeech

"Úmarth", Sindarin masc-name: "Ill-fate"
Elements: "ú-", "amarth"
References:
- "LBI/Úmarth": "Úmarth"
- "S/210": "Úmarth"
- "SA/amarth": "Úmarth"
- "SI/Úmarth": "Úmarth"
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-1157619649.html

#Tolkien #Tolkiendili

"Findecáno", Quenya masc-name: "*Hair Commander"
Elements: "findë", "cáno"
References:
- "PM/345": "Findekáno"
- "PM/361": "Finicáno"
- "PM/361": "Findicáno"
- "PM/361": "Findecáno"
- "PMI/Fingon": "Findekáno"
- "PMI/Fingon": "Finicáno"
- "PMI/Fingon": "Findicáno"
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-3939962125.html

#Tolkien #Tolkiendili

hello fellow nerds. conlang convention is going on right now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ7ozbMwaKo

#nerds #Tolkien #WheelOfTime #DungeonsAndDragons #Dune #foss

(tagging foss since this is like a spiritual brother to free open source software )

"Harondor", Sindarin place-name: "Southern Gondor"
Elements: "harn", "Gondor"
References:
- "RC/lxiii": "Harondor"
- "TI/310": "Harondor" ("S. Gondor")
- "TII/Harondor": "Harondor"
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2404062765.html

#Tolkien #Tolkiendili

Técnicamente no es la mejor animación, pero como fan de J.R.R. Tolkien he disfrutado mucho "La guerra de los Rohirrim". Y sé que para muchos será un punto a favor, pero en mi opinión bebe demasiado de la trilogía de Peter Jackson, podía separarse más en la iconografía (es que incluso cuando aparece Saruman lo hace con el rostro y caracterización de Christopher Lee en las películas). De hecho, cuando se atreve a imaginar diría que refleja la Tierra Media mejor que la versión en cine.

Los decorados y paisajes son bellísimos, a veces parecen pintados por Alan Lee; apuesto a que sus ilustraciones han servido de inspiración para esta reconstrucción de la Tierra Media.

#cinemastodon #cine #anime #tolkien #pelis

Q: Why did Beren love Lúthien?

A: Because she was the best of all the Lays of Beleriand.

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« I am, however, primarily a philologist and to some extent a calligrapher (though this letter may make that difficult to believe). »

Wrote Tolkien in 1956 in a letter (letter n° 187).

Image = Tolkien's manuscript and calligraphy

#tolkien #calligraphy #calligrapher #tengwar

I have a problem.

Is it possible to have 2 glyphs for 1 ligature in OpenType?

Thanks for your help.

#opentype #Tolkien #tengwar

"I asked Polygon’s resident sports gamer, Samit Sarkar, to tell me some things about the Masters Tournament, and it seems to have a number of parallels to The Lord of the Rings, what with an all-male group of heroes battling to win a precious, worn object that has known many bearers over its long history. Honestly, that all sounds very tiring — maybe someone should just cast it into a fire."

https://www.polygon.com/lord-of-the-rings/556864/masters-tournament-golf-hobbits-tolkien

#Tolkien #golf #hobbits

Gamla översättningen av Bilbo översätter goblins till vättar. Ok rimligt, men lite svårläst.

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"o-", Quenya pref: "together"
References:
- "PE17/013": "o-"
- "PE17/016": "o-"
- "PE17/191": "ŏ-´"
- "PE19/106": "wa-"
- "PE19/106": "o-"
- "PE22/168": "ó"
- "VT48/29": "ŏ"
- "WJ/367": "ó-"
- "WJ/367": "o-"
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-3022220127.html

#Tolkien #Tolkiendili

Wow I didn’t knew #ToveJansson did illustrate #Tolkien’s The Hobbit

I was very surprised to meet young Feench typographers who know Tolkien and his Tengwar, but do not understand why the Tengwar need to have their own modern design (stabilization) and not simply make copies of the few Tolkien's calligraphies they know.
Tolkien experimented extensively with Elvish calligraphy. My goal is to provide the public with several Tengwar fonts and pave the way for other typographers and designers.
Image = Tolkien's manuscript.

#tolkien #tengwar #elvishtypography