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Rune Alphabetby ~Long-live-Japan

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I've used runes before in some of my artwork, so here is a quick lexicon of runes and their corresponding letters in the English alphabet.

Most of these are verbatim from the rune system used by J.R.R. Tolkien in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, with a few modifications to make them less archaic:

*In the orginal rune system, I and U were used for J and V, but I added the central diamond shape in J and the extra slanted line in V so as to tell them apart.

*There is no rune for Q. Instead, you combine the runes for K and W to make the Q sound.

*In the original rune system, there was no rune fo Z. Tolkien suggested that potential rune-scribes use the dwarf alphabet for Z, so I substitued the dwarf rune shown above.

*The runes on the last line are doubles that stand for the letter combinations shown. Instead of using both runes for each letter, simply use the double rune for the entire combo.

*The rune for X is basically the rune for G (which is an X) with a central diamond shape added, same as with I and J.

I use runes a lot in situations involving magic (kind of like the ancient language in the Inheritance series) so use this as a reference for past and future artwork. Usually if I write something in runes, it is either English or Latin, so keep that in mind.

LOTR & Hobbit belongs to J.R.R. Tolkien
Original Rune System belongs to the ancient Anglo-Saxons.
I do not take credit for any of them.

PS: Feel free to use this in your own artwork, I'm not gonna be a rune miser. You don't even need to give me credit, since I kinda got this from LOTR anyways.

~EurekaKuchiki Jun 28, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

thanks now i can write down... that thing

~ShadowthShapeShifter Dec 28, 2010 Professional General Artist

Thanks! I kept looking all over google for runes but really got little help. this was great!

~Long-live-Japan Jan 13, 2011

Thanks! I actually tried to create a rune font for use with programs such as Microsoft Word a few months ago, unfortunately the site had some weird error and wouldn't let me download the project. Still, it's cool to use for artwork as well as secret notes/messages and whatnot. I actually have it memorized. Tried to teach it to my girlfriend but I don't know if she remembers it or not.

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