{"id":4448,"date":"2010-08-30T19:29:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T03:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=4448"},"modified":"2010-08-30T19:29:46","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T03:29:46","slug":"an-aside-elvish-script-for-a-graphic-designers-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/news\/an-aside-elvish-script-for-a-graphic-designers-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | Elvish Script for a Graphic Design Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1066531249326766.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1066531249326766-500x272.jpg\" alt=\"Tengwar, by JRR Tolkien &amp; Marcin Przybys\" title=\"Tengwar, by JRR Tolkien &amp; Marcin Przybys\" width=\"500\" height=\"272\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Now, this is just too cool. Marcin Przybys, a graphic designer, decided to take Tolkien&#8217;s <em>Tengwar<\/em>, an Elvish script he created for his novels, and update it for modern times. The results are gorgeous.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1066531249326956.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1066531249326956-500x665.jpg\" alt=\"Tengwar, by JRR Tolkien &amp; Marcin Przybys\" title=\"Tengwar, by JRR Tolkien &amp; Marcin Przybys\" width=\"500\" height=\"665\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<div class=\"quote\">\n<p>This project is a kind of playing with typography. <\/p>\n<p>J.R.R. Tolkien created new race &#8211; 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 \u201eHengwar\u201d typeface would develop?<\/p>\n<p>I made two modern elvish \u201eTengwar\u201d typfaces (Tengwar New Light and Tengwar New Bold).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can check out more example of the font, and a breakdown of all the characters, on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.behance.net\/Gallery\/Tengwar-New\/278436\">Przybys&#8217; blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now, this is just too cool. Marcin Przybys, a graphic designer, decided to take Tolkien&#8217;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. 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