Writing using Tengwar characters - Page 32

Arien the Maia · 06-06-2003, 03:48 PM

here's something I did....it's in the Quenya mode though

I thought it might by an interesting weddiing ring inscription (for me anyway!)

Arien the Maia · 06-06-2003, 03:52 PM

ok...I don't think the last post had the whole file downloaded or something...half of it was cut off...anywho, here's a new one

Arien the Maia · 06-06-2003, 03:54 PM

here it is...wait a minute...I"m haveing problems with the computer....I'll post when I can make sure it won't cut half of the image off! computers are the devil!

Arien the Maia · 06-06-2003, 03:57 PM

all right...sorry for posting so many posts in a row but the computer is to blame! honestly.....ok here it is really!

allright never mind( you can;t see the vowel marks!)....the program I'm using to type out the tengwar font is to blame...I'll try to wrtie it out and scan it in tonight when I have time sorry for all the posts...really I am

Linaewen · 06-07-2003, 09:17 AM

Very pretty, Arien. I'm such an idiot, though. Took me a while to realise that 'Fëanáro' was spelt in Quenya mode. Duh!

Arien- you are learning really quickly! Well done! What font are you using, btw?

Arien the Maia · 06-07-2003, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Linaewen
Very pretty, Arien. I'm such an idiot, though. Took me a while to realise that 'Fëanáro' was spelt in Quenya mode. Duh!

Arien- you are learning really quickly! Well done! What font are you using, btw?

thank you!

*beams with pride*

the font I use is found at the BarrowDowns website .....I think it's called Tengwar Quenya

here

cassiopeia · 06-08-2003, 02:23 AM

I really like the Tengwar in your sig, Arien. Unfortunately I have forgotten half the letters, so I can't tranlate it. (And I'm too lazy to go to the next room and get my cheat sheet.)

How did you put it in your sig? Did you just copy and paste the fonts? Is it all right if I do the same?

I think I got my fonts from Barrow Downs, but sometimes it's wrong. You have to be careful. I think the 'w' is wrong.

EDIT: I tranlated your sig, Arien. Very sweet. I don't understand the second one, is it something in Quenya? Here's my translation:

Anmaire

katya · 06-08-2003, 09:52 AM

cassiopeia, i dont know if i should interrupt but what you translated was exactly right, if it was english. but it's quenya so you have to read it differently.

Elf Girl · 06-08-2003, 09:56 AM

I just noticed something odd in the Letters. At the close of 168, Tolkien writes 'Namarie' in Tengwar, but the vowels are in odd positions. Can anyone explain why they are half on the following tengwa and half on the proceeding?

I attached the scan. It looks funny because the M sort of runs into the A carrier, but if you look at it for awhile you figure it out.

Arien the Maia · 06-08-2003, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cassiopeia
I really like the Tengwar in your sig, Arien. Unfortunately I have forgotten half the letters, so I can't tranlate it. (And I'm too lazy to go to the next room and get my cheat sheet.) How did you put it in your sig? Did you just copy and paste the fonts? Is it all right if I do the same?
I think I got my fonts from Barrow Downs, but sometimes it's wrong. You have to be careful. I think the 'w' is wrong.

EDIT: I tranlated your sig, Arien. Very sweet. I don't understand the second one, is it something in Quenya? Here's my translation:

Anmaire

thank you! yes you can go right ahead and put tengwar in your sig...the more the better I always say! Basicaly I typed out what I wanted to sayusing the tengwar font, then I converted it to a normal font (arial)...then I copied it and pasted it in the sig, with the font tags attatched text

the first inscription in my sig is supposed to say "I love Mark" (my fiance) (it's written using the English mode)
the second one says Namarie (it's in the Quenya mode)

Linaewen · 06-09-2003, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Arien the Maia

the first inscription in my sig is supposed to say "I love Mark" (my fiance) (it's written using the English mode)
the second one says Namarie (it's in the Quenya mode)

Yes! I can read it now. I must say, it looks much prettier in Tengwar than huge numbers and symbols.

Elf Girl- I've no idea why it is like that. Perhaps Tolkien made a mistake- he was only human, after all. He's made mistakes in other texts, too.

Elf Girl · 06-10-2003, 07:16 PM

I checked The Road Goes Ever On- it has a pretty Tengwar 'Namarië' in the margins. Every single word is like that. It would seem that the first vowel is on the following consonent, and all other vowels are on proceeding consonents. Odd, neh?

Here's a 'laurië':

Elf Girl · 06-10-2003, 07:21 PM

O wait, I'm wrong. 'lantar' is written with the vowels on the proceeding characters throughout. How odd.

'lantar':

Elf Girl · 06-10-2003, 07:28 PM

'lassi':

Elf Girl · 06-10-2003, 07:36 PM

'surinen':

Elf Girl · 06-10-2003, 07:48 PM

These are all in Quenya mode, by the way.

yeni:

Elf Girl · 06-10-2003, 08:06 PM

'unotime':

Elf Girl · 06-10-2003, 08:08 PM

've':

Elf Girl · 06-10-2003, 08:09 PM

Oops, here is 've':

Elf Girl · 06-10-2003, 08:12 PM

'ramar':

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06-06-2003, 03:52 PM	#622
Arien the Maia Fëanáro's Fire Mistress Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 1,423	ok...I don't think the last post had the whole file downloaded or something...half of it was cut off...anywho, here's a new one

06-07-2003, 09:17 AM	#625
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	Very pretty, Arien. I'm such an idiot, though. Took me a while to realise that 'Fëanáro' was spelt in Quenya mode. Duh! Arien- you are learning really quickly! Well done! What font are you using, btw?

06-08-2003, 09:52 AM	#628
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	cassiopeia, i dont know if i should interrupt but what you translated was exactly right, if it was english. but it's quenya so you have to read it differently.