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[conlangcrab]

Thoughts and observations on universal calligraphy applied on neography.

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[thecrazyworldbuilder]

Hello there! Just fyi, remember to visit my other blogs:

444names

Where I generate endless stashes of fantasy and sci-fi names for your free use! Getting close to a million of stashed names already! :D

The Crazy Neographist

Where I document all of the neographies I've made since early 2022. Over 1000+ scripts documented, all free to use per request and/or credit!

Conlang Crab

Where I and a co-runner/co-owner of the blog, @bismuth-gieko post about conlanging and linguistic shenanigans.

#thecrazyworldbuilder #thecrazyneographist #conlangcrab #444names

[dailywalkhauls]

Hello

My name is Arcee and among many other special interests (listed below "Keep Reading"), I am something of a magpie myself, interested in all that shines for it is gold to me.

On this new blog I will share some of the finds from my daily physical/mental health walks, as well as older finds from my "archive".

You can submit your finds too via asks or post submissions!

Looking for co-runners for this blog! If you are interested, DM me.

Admin and moderator sideblogs

Arcee:

-> @thecrazyworldbuilder : : Worldbuilding and writing

-> @thecrazyneographist : : Neographic scripts

-> @cryptolangsguy : : Cryptolang content and community updates

-> @444names and @444namesplus : : Name stashes generated in a procedural way via Markov chains

-> @overstimcore : : Archive of my overstimcore collage creations

-> @conlangcrab : : Constructed languages and linguistics in general

-> @verical : : Calligraphic creations written in a neographic script I invented

#dailywalkhauls #daily walk #magpie energy #archive #pinned post

[thecrazyneographist]

Pinned post

Hi! My name is Arcee and I am a worldbuilder with a BIG interest in neography.

This blog is nothing more than a stash of ALL of my neographies that I have documented since I began doing neography by the beginning of 2022. You can view the scripts faster by using the archive.

Mainer blog is @thecrazyworldbuilder, visit it and also my other blogs, @444names, @cryptolangsguy, @schooloftieflings and @verical.

I will begin listing my neographies from the very beginning of the documented list, tagging each with the blog's tag, as well as couple more.

I have open commissions for artistic designs using my neographies, or I can create a neographic script for you!

If the project takes less than an hour to finish, you get the end result free of charge (accepting tips, you pay what you think the script is worth), longer than that depends on the amount of symbols and time spent designing the script; the standard English alphabet cipher with 26 symbols costs 30$.

On my pfp is Ahimiko, the mascot of this blog. She is an anthro canine of mixed heritage, and is a powerful symbolomancer (mage specializing in casting via projecting symbols of different kinds: the stronger the symbolism, the deeper the mysticism, and the more complex the symbol the more precise and specific is the spell she casts). Say hi! :D

Most of my scripts are purely ciphers for English. I do not care to make conlangs for every single one of them, for I enjoy the act of creation.

On creation: Some anon asked for the methods I use to create cohesive and constant-style scripts. A good post on my other blog might help, listing the methods.

NOTE THAT ALL OF MY CREATIONS ARE FREE TO USE, BUT YOU MUST CREDIT ME AS THE CREATOR/NOTIFY ME BEFORE USING THEM IN YOUR COMIC, ART, BOOK OR ANYTHING

As well - feel free to ask for assistance and guidance in usage of my scripts in DMs; Some of them lack explanation, and might be bit confusing.

ASK BOX RULES:

Refrain from using anonymous asks, since it cuts off the possibility of me responding more directly into your DMs if I deem them impossible to answer via post and won't be able to notify you about it, making me look rude.

You can send positive feedback - it will be stored in the bottom of this post (see below).

You can send requests for scripts, like "Futhark but more like Ogham", or "a Katakana chart inspired by Klingon". Those are free, unlike the commissions, hence I am not required to do adjustments, follow the idea 1:1, nor I am required to make them in the first place.

Don't ask for tips, guidance, or tutorials: This blog is purely an archive of my works. If you need help, go to @conlangcrab where I will answer your asks directly, just remember to address them to "Arcee", since the blog is run by two people there.

Updates on this post below:

I make neographic scripts for already existing writing systems (like Latin or Katakana) because I can't create a conlang for every single aesthetic I can come up with for a writing system.

By Ides of March, 2023, this blog has 350 distinct scripts documented, all created by me.

A pinterest user has been repeatedly stealing my works I've posted on Reddit without notifying or crediting me.

By 4/4/2023, there are over 400 scripts documented.

By 3rd of May, there are over 500 scripts documented.

By 27 of June, there are exactly 600 scripts documented.

By 7th of July, there are exactly 700 scripts documented.

By 25th of August, there are exactly 800 scripts documented.

Another pinterest user has been stealing my works from Reddit.

By 17th of October, there are exactly 900 scripts documented.

By 12th of November, there are exactly 1000 scripts documented.

By 23rd of December, there are exactly 1100 scripts documented.

By 2/10/2024, there are exactly 1200 scripts documented.

By 3/29/2024, there are exactly 1300 scripts documented.

Positive anon asks under the cut (you are encouraged to send more!)

<3

Sure thing! Thank you UwUb

Thanki ;w;b Well, I do have some WIP or UFO (never meant to be finished WIPs) conlangs, but I don't have scripts for them really. I do ciphers because they are A) Simple to make, B) Are a good display of just enough symbol styles for a demonstration of an idea, thus, a good "advertisement" for my product, which are neographies.

QoQb I will never stop indeed, as long as I can move my hands xD

In fact I answered this one, but didn't say thanks for the warm words Q~Qb

#neography #thecrazyneographist #ahimiko #thecrazyworldbuilder #cryptolangsguy #schooloftieflings #conscript #fantasy #writing system #neographist #neography key #conscripting #conscripts #constructed script

[conlangcrab]

Everyone who's participating in the Aba'abe project I'm kissing you on the mouth you are doing so good.

Me sitting with a stupid grin smiling from the thought of what this will end up as:

#Aba'abe #conlanging #conlangcrab #conlang #constructed language

[conlangcrab]

I love doing this stupid thing, so-

I generated a list of 2390 three-letter "words" for a theoretical engineered conlang.

This doc is in free access. You can come and give a dictionary definition to any word you want. The words are spelled following IPA pronunciation, thus <j> = /j/ for example.

Let project

Aba'abe

begin.

#conlangcrab #conlanging #constructed language #conlang idea #conlangcrab talks #conlang

[conlangcrab]

Believe it or not I'm back on the bullshit grind.

#conlangcrab #conlangcrab talks #neography #megascriot #megascript

[conlangcrab]

So I thought of script evolutions.

You know, first there was pictographic - you write pictures and basically charade your way through. Like writing in emojis by reading only the initial letter of what the emoji represents, 🦵🍦🦘👂 👅🔨🍦🎷.

Then the letters evolve and lose their attachment to the pictographic nature (like Proto-Sinaitic -> Phoenician -> Ancient Greek/Latin).

But what if it went elsewhere, like in hieroglyphic scripts?

Say they invented a way of writing, first pictographic, then alphabetic, and with alphabetic, they wrote-out words Hangeul style in one letterspace, STYLING them to look pictographic.

Or worse, a number system appearing earlier than a writing system, and someone using it to write down stuff by counting sounds in words and then specifying further what the thing is.

Banana -> 6 sounds sequence, 3 sounds general, idk, fruit similar to the number 7. 637.

#conlangcrab #conlanging #conlang #neography #conlangcrab talks

[conlangcrab]

# 48

a language with a disturbingly cacophonic and complex syllable structure that still manages to use a syllabary designed for exclusively open syllables

(some) romanizations and translations on @iridium-lizard ;) kay maybe some other time

#conlangcrab #conlanging #constructed language #linguistics #conlang idea #conlangcrab idea #neography #conlang #worldbuilding #shameless plugging

[conlangcrab]

-> Sees people being impressed about @bismuth-gieko 's vowel count in one of their conlangs. -> Remembers I had an idea about vowel rich conlangs and decides to one-up the stakes. -> Opens Google Docs

#conlang #conlangcrab talks #conlangcrab #conlanging #constructed language #linguistics

[conlangcrab]

to be damn honest

people will see this formation of dots in any neographic script and will instantly go "WOAWHH, SO TENGWAR-ESQUE".

tengwar brainrot is so fucking strong in these people on r/neography, gods

#neography #conlangcrab talks #conlangcrab

[conlangcrab]

ENGLISH PATCH NOTES

New feature: The Bnnuy Mutation

Any word that has a -uCCy formation at the end now can be mutated into -CCuy form.

Bunny -> Bnnuy

Funny -> Fnnuy

Furry -> Frruy

Hurry -> Hrruy

#conlangcrab #linguistics #conlangcrab talks

[conlangcrab]

#50

A polysynthetic language where a whole SVO phrase can be turned into a single word with adjective affixes mixed in.

#conlangcrab #conlanging #conlang #constructed language #conlangcrab idea #conlang idea

[conlangcrab]

#68

A conlang where words in a sentence are ordered by decreasing animacy.

The subject (if animate) comes first, then the object and then the inanimate object.

Man leads sheep with a staff.

#conlangcrab #conlanging #conlang #conlang idea #conlangcrab idea #constructed language

[conlangcrab]

There's something magical about asemic scripts being used as fillers in fiction. Carrying meaning in-story, but being gibberish in reality.

#conlangcrab #constructed language #conlangcrab talks #neography

[conlangcrab]

Has anyone ever given real names fictional etymology to give them some plausibility in a fantasy world? To give an example from something I did, the name Luke means light in the real world, but I gave it a different meaning: derived from the archaic words âleu (cheerful, joyous) and ękâuei (archaic form for kâui meaning spirit, soul).

So it means cheerful spirit in the fictional etymological context.

It evolved somewhat like this: Âleukę -> Âleuke -> Leuke -> Luke

I once knew a furry worldbuilder who had an idee-fix on making just that for like, normal-ass real-life names for his fictional world (in which he wanted to play seasoned and reflavored D&D in with friends).

He did some backwards etymology evolution like this for names like Christian, Jesus and stuff, giving them new meanings entirely based on soundalikes and homonyms combined with the power of wiktionary.org.

If I remember correctly "Chris" in his setting came from ancient word for "create", and the derivative names "Christian" and "Christopher" were something like "creating blue dye" and "creating glue", thus, "blue dyemaker" and "gluemaker".

But to be honest? I f'cking love that.

#conlang #conlangcrab #conlanging #conlangcrab talks #asks #ask