/r/neography
Reddit's home of scripts invented for secret notes, fictional languages, semantic experiments, and more. Post creative uses of existing constructed scripts or showcase your own!
About us
Reddit's home for scripts for secret notes, fictional languages, semantic experiments, and more. Post creative uses of existing constructed scripts or showcase your own!
New to neography?
It's easier than it looks. Here's everything you need to know:
- Why create new writing systems?
- Types of writing systems
- Intro to phonetics and IPA
- How to create a good script
/r/neography rules
1 - Be kind and respectful
People of all ages, linguistic backgrounds, and experience levels are welcome.
Help keep this an environment of friendly collaboration, learning, and improvement.
Be constructive if you have criticism and respectful if you have disagreements.
2 - Submit neography-related content
Encouraged:
* Sample texts and art of constructed scripts
* 'Keys' that explain how your script works
* Calligraphy, typography
* Questions and discussions
3 - Submit appropriate content
Discouraged
* Low-effort posts
* Short samples with no context
* Minor updates and repetitive posts
* Contentious subject matter
Forbidden
* Off-topic content, promotion, or ads
* Hate symbols
* Anything NSFW
Complete appropriate content list.
4 - Submit clear content
You worked hard on your script! So take some time to make sure it's easy for others to understand and appreciate; it'll get more attention if you do. Make sure your content is in a clear layout, legible, in focus, sufficiently contrasted, correctly oriented, cropped, and so on. Tips to ensure image clarity.
5 - Use correct post flair
Use script type flair (grey) for script samples and art.
Use post type flair (yellow) for other posts.
Flair info and guidelines.
6 - Credit non-original content
Non-original content includes scripts you found in movies or games, resources you found online, and your writing in someone else's script. This content is allowed, but you must give credit and state its source in your post title or in a comment. If you searched but still don't know, state that it's not your creation. Taking credit for content you didn't create will result in post removal and possibly a ban.
7 - Post maximum twice per day
Out of respect to other users whose posts would be drowned out, don't post excessively. Focus on quality over quantity. Tip: Submit multiple images as a single post, especially if they're related or similar projects.
Useful resources
/r/neography
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Remaking my circle script
06:19 UTC
Updated script for my conlang
02:52 UTC
Key to my new script for Bwoso, Kimōpnui
01:53 UTC
Monglila Script for Cinatrao, vertical and joined
00:49 UTC
First time I digitised a script (syllabary-abugida-alphabet mix)
19:08 UTC
Hey guys! Here's an excerpt from a Portuguese poem, written with a cypher-alphabet I've been developing, based on a "modern reimagining" of the ancient iberian scripts. Hope you guys like it :)
16:08 UTC
Minecraft with my script
I will do the title into my script eventually
15:41 UTC
My new script, Sakhoon
The first verse of the poem "The Jabberwocky" translated into sakhoon (at the top it says "The jabberwocky")
15:16 UTC
Hya Lwirian in Myalhki Script (Southern Yherchian)
09:06 UTC
My first real attempt at making a script, based it off of trees. Not sure how I feel about it so feedback would be nice (more info in comments)
04:11 UTC
boi why this so gnarp gnarp
zeeky boogy doog
03:53 UTC
Does anyone know what this text is? From One Piece anime
00:49 UTC
Gadēno braille
22:43 UTC
How do I actually make a nice script??
I have been trying for 2 years now to make one nice script, but I haven't been able to, nothing I make ever looks nice, I have tried to make one both digitally and on paper with a pen, but it never looks nice, what can I do?
18:26 UTC
Hawaiian Conscript.
An abugida I created for Hawaiian. Has some issues but works. Those vertical marks might get confused for punctuation or a seperate character, or as part of other characters. IL post the translation in comments.
16:36 UTC
Bárðar Saga Snæfellsáss
10:37 UTC
Genesis 1 in Collix Glyphs
04:19 UTC
Experimentation with Dip Pen
22:00 UTC
A script you can write without lifting the pen
I'm looking for a script for a gaming context. I'm not sure if this is interesting to any of you folks in this sub, but I'm inspired by Tolkien's work for fictional languages such as Elvish.
In my game there is a creature, which is basically a speck of light. When it communicates (it can only be seen in the dark), it moves swiftly through the air, leaving a trace of light. This creature would write text in the air. But as you might understand, the line it leaves is a continuous one. If it writes a word, the "pen" is always touching the "paper". I wonder if anyone knows a script that I could write a message or perhaps just a word, and it would be in this script that would be just one continuous line. The language can be a fictional one, it does not have to be something anyone could actually read, I'm just looking for a cool aesthetic what the text would look like.
I hope this make sense and might find people in this sub who know what I mean and could maybe help. Thanks!
18:28 UTC
Six words in my script: dragon, shadow, wizard, weapon, battle, castle
17:13 UTC
Revamped the script for my conlang
16:20 UTC
Some more flowy Tuġvut
11:30 UTC