Now, this is just too cool. Marcin Przybys, a graphic designer, decided to take Tolkien’s Tengwar, an Elvish script he created for his novels, and update it for modern times. The results are gorgeous.
This project is a kind of playing with typography.
J.R.R. Tolkien created new race – Elves with their language, culture and stylish alphabet. But did you ever imagine that the Elves evolve to present time ? Would they have their own Helvetica ? How their „Hengwar” typeface would develop?
I made two modern elvish „Tengwar” typfaces (Tengwar New Light and Tengwar New Bold).
You can check out more example of the font, and a breakdown of all the characters, on Przybys’ blog.
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