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by Quenya101 | 04/10/2013 · 11:24 PM

Tengwar Fonts Guide 3

Oh ho…..3 in a row, but yeah…I hope you’re enjoying the ride with our Tengwar Fonts collection! We have already had 12 tengwar fonts on the 2 previous posts (links below) and now more 6 to be added. Keep counting!

Tengwar Fonts Guides

Part I
(Annatar, Annatar Italics, Noldor, Gothika, Quenya & Sindarin)

Part II
(Beleriand, Eldamar, Galvorn, Mornedhel, Parmaite & Teleri)

Part IV – The Broken
(Cursive, Naive, Gandalf, Mazarbul, Typewriter & Morona)

Like before, here you’ll find the Fonts’ names, a pangram with of all tengwar, files to download and even a test to check if your internet browser is Middle-Earth ready!

OBS: If you don’t know how to type using Tengwar, please read THIS before downloading the fonts and typing like a regular keyboard. That’s not how it works!

(Click at the heading to download the font file)

Tengwar Elfica

Tengwar Elfica resembles a little bit Tengwar Beleriand but the tehtar as well as its tengwar are slight modified to give a different feel to the font. A good one.

Greifswalder Tengwar

Greifswalder Tengwar is different even in the name. It feels like a mixture of Armenian/Georgian alphabet to me. Its Tengwar are interestingly linked when written.

TengwarOptime

TengwarOptime (yes, altogether) is a block font, mechanic and it feels like a robot would write that way.

Elfic Caslin

Surprise, surprise! A Tengwar font that is not called Tengwar! I love this one! It’s like a typewrite version of what Tengwar should look like. Perfect for writing newspaper!

Tengwar Formal

Tengwar Formal is a very thin and elegant font. Its form is delicate and it reminds me a feminine calligraphy.

Tengwar Hereno

Tengwar Atari this one should be called! It’s definitely a font for old vintage computer games!

NOW,

The test!

Can you read them as they are? Check below and see if your computer shows you the correct Tengwar fonts? If not, don’t despair! Follow the instructions here and get your PC elvish friendly!

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by Quenya101 | 04/07/2013 · 11:39 PM

Tengwar Fonts Guide 2

Resuming the previous post, let’s check more Tengwar fonts and add them to our catalog! Yeah….they are not that few (although I always think there should be MORE) and here it comes new 6 ones! This is just part II of the series and the links to the other parts are (or will be) given below.

Tengwar Fonts Guides

Part I
(Annatar, Annatar Italics, Noldor, Gothika, Quenya & Sindarin)

Part III
(Elfica, Greifswalder, Optime, Caslin, Formal & Hereno)

Part IV – The Broken
(Cursive, Naive, Gandalf, Mazarbul, Typewriter & Morona)

Like part I, here you’ll find the Fonts’ names, a pangram with of all tengwar, files to download and even a test to check if your internet browser is Middle-Earth ready!

OBS: If you don’t know how to type using Tengwar, please read THIS before downloading the fonts and typing like a regular keyboard. That’s not how it works!

(Click at the heading to download the font file)

Tengwar Beleriand

Tengwar Beleriand has a nice standard visual with stylish curvy ends in some tengwar and tehtar. Well balanced and the favorite of most Avari!

Tengwar Eldamar

Tengwar Eldamar feels like a dagger. It’s a sharp font with pretty marked tehtar. To me, it’s the most “Arabic” of Tengwar fonts. I can’t explain, I just feel that about it!

Tengwar Galvorn

Tengwar Galvorn is a crystal, hollow and perhaps shiny font. It’s huge also. (It’s size 12 like the others, but can you see the difference?).

Tengwar Mornedhel

Tengwar Mornedhel is the twin sister of Galvorn. The only difference is the darkness. Mornedhel means Dark Elf in Sindarin, so it makes sense.

Tengwar Parmaite

Tengwar Parmaite is a formal, well styled and pretty tiny font. I didn’t mess with the size again, that’s its natural size 12 like all other fonts presented here.

Tengwar Teleri

Tengwar Teleri is not a proof that Elves have bad calligraphy. Take a close look: it’s swans you see! That’s right! A weird looking, original font from that Teleri people!

NOW,

The test!

Is your computer ready to read correctly those Tengwar fonts? Check the text below and if you see them with their proper Tengwar fonts you’re good to go! Yay! And if not, well….follow the instructions here and get elvish friendly!

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by Quenya101 | 04/04/2013 · 11:38 PM

Tengwar Fonts Guide

After the new promising feature of Quenya101 presented in the previous post, this guide is more than needed to help everyone with Tengwar Fonts. With this guide, you’ll have a complete catalog of all existing Tengwar fonts out there. Names, a pangram with of all tengwar, files to download and even a test to check if your internet browser is Middle-Earth ready!

Here you have only part I of this series. More is to come. When they do, links will be displayed here for easy navigation.

Tengwar Fonts Guide

Part II
(Beleriand, Eldamar, Galvorn, Mornedhel, Parmaite & Teleri)

Part III
(Elfica, Greifswalder, Optime, Caslin, Formal & Hereno)

Part IV – The Broken
(Cursive, Naive, Gandalf, Mazarbul, Typewriter & Morona)

So, let’s start! (Click at the heading to download the font file)

OBS: If you don’t know how to type using Tengwar, please read THIS before downloading the fonts and typing like a regular keyboard. That’s not how it works!

Tengwar Annatar

Tengwar Annatar as you see in the image above is a standard writing, balanced and with a neutral elvish style.

Tengwar Annatar Italics

Tengwar Annatar Italics is the #1 choice of Tolkien fans as it’s the One Ring inscription and it flows beautifully in a cursive and “liquid” way.

Tengwar Noldor

Tengwar Noldor is the most Dwarvish Tengwar can get! Full of straight lines, it’s perfect for chiseling stone and perhaps make amends with that stunted bearded people!

Tengwar Gothika

Elves in Middle-Ages? Unusual combination, but why not? Tengwar Gothika is one of my favorite ones! It adds an air of medieval taste to the already beautiful alphabet.

Tengwar Quenya

Tengwar Quenya is a serious font with stern face and balanced visual. It’s good for documents or history specially those related to…Alqualondë burning ships! (Trolling Thingol)

Tengwar Sindarin

Tengwar Sindarin may be called cousin to Tengwar Quenya. Both are alike but this one here is merrier, almost handwritten one might say, with a rounded quality stressed in it.

NOW,

The test!

Can you see the tengwar below as you see above? If you download the fonts you should be able to. If not, try using Windows 7 and Google Chrome 26. That’s what I got here and I can see pretty well all the Tengwar writing! If you have problems even after downloading the fonts, please tell me! We’re gonna try to solve this riddle and help you turning your computer elvish-friendly and Middle-Earth ready!

(PS: Mobiles? Forget it!!! No hope on the horizon yet!)

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by Quenya101 | 04/01/2013 · 7:47 PM

Nas……….Quenya!

SOooo, this is not a stupid April Fool’s prank. I hate those kind of things!

That might be the first thing you’re gonna think if you’re not seeing the text below correctly. If all you get is a weird code like: “5~CÁ 5#£ 1~V7E `C6 ” then you just need to get the font called Tengwar Annatar and you’ll do just fine! You’ll be able to enjoy this historical post! For the very first time, to change all the future for everyone who loves Quenya.

I present to you…….QUENYA, as it should be written! Just READ:

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What is relevant about his text? This is NOT an image! This is TEXT! That’s Quenya as it should be written, with its own alphabet. With this new Quenya101 feature, we give Quenya the status it deserves! Alongside other languages with different alphabets (Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Japanese and so on), now Quenya can be written using Tengwar. WRITTEN! Not just images pasted here and there!

W-r-i-t-t-e-n!

Or should I say….

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huh?

Well, for polite reasons, let’s share here the translation of the text as well as its Quenya equivalent written in that very ugly ugly alphabet we call Roman! Here it is:

Ná! Nas téra ar nas anwa. Sina i minyë quettar cendëal sinomë ya técinë ner tiessë mauya Quenyan ná técina: yo vanima tengwandarya Tengwar.

Nas quentalëa. Nas i nat ilyë Tolciendilli (ar Quenyandilli) merner, i tië tecien Tengwar natsessë. Lá emma, lá fintalë, er Quenya ampoica tieryassë…Tengwaressë!

And now English (at last!):

Yes! It’s right and it’s real. This is the first words you are reading here that were written the way Quenya should be written: with its beautiful alphabet Tengwar.

It’s historical. It’s the thing all lovers of Tolkien (and lovers of Quenya) desired, the way to write Tengwar in the Internet. No picture, no trick, only Quenya in its purest way…in Tengwar!

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by Quenya101 | 03/17/2013 · 11:17 PM

“Not all those who wander are lost” FULL analysis in Quenya!

Well, today is a celebration day. It’s the 2-year anniversary of the poetic translation made by Ondo Carniliono of the mot famous of all Tolkien poems! “Not all those who wander are lost” is simply the utmost poetic contribution for the human and elvishkind made by Father, the one who brought all that universe into existence. Not that Tolkien didn’t write other poems, far from that…but “Not all those who wander are lost” is the most cited, the most requested, the most looked for, it’s everywhere in the internet. It makes sense to all four corners of the world and constantly I’m asked about how it’s written in Quenya, in different Tengwar fonts, what certain term means, why that one is used there…phewww. Too many people! I really hope that with this commemorative post, they will be satisfied with all the answers right here in one place only! So behold…..Not all those who wander are lost in Quenya!

All that is gold does not glitter

Ilya i laurëa ná, mirilya lá,

Ilya = n. & pron. “all, whole, each, every”
i = def. art. “the”
laurëa = adj. gold, golden
ná = vb. to be
mirilya = vb. to glitter
lá = adv. no, not

Not all those who wander are lost

Queni ya ranya ullumë vanwë umir,

Queni = quén+[i] = n. person, one+[plural marker]
ya = rel. pron. “that, which, who”
ranya = vb. to wander
ullumë = adv. never
vanwë = vanwa+[ë] = adj. lost, gone, departed+[plural marker]
umir = umë+[r] = neg. vb. “not to be, not to do”+[plural marker]

The old that is strong does not wither

I yára ya tulca ná, hesta lá

I = def. art. “the”
yára = adj. old, ancient
ya = rel. pron. “that, which, who”
tulca = adj. strong, firm, steadfast
ná = vb. to be
hesta = vb. to wither
lá = adv. no, not

Deep roots are not reached by the frost

Tumnë talmar rahtainë nixenen umir

Tumnë = tumna+[ë] = adj. lowlying, deep, low+[plural marker]
talmar = talma+[r] = n. foundation, root, base+[plural marker]
rahtainë = rahta+{ina}+[ë] = vb. to reach+{passive participle suffix}+[plural marker]
nixenen = nixë+[nen] = n. frost+[instrumental case suffix]
umir = umë+[r] = neg. vb. “not to be, not to do”+[plural marker]

From the ashes a fire shall be woken

Yúlallo nárë nauva coivaina,

Yúlallo = yúla+[llo] = n. ember, smouldering wood, ashes+[ablative case suffix]
nárë = n. flame, fire
nauva = ná+[uva] = vb. to be+[future suffix]
coivaina = coiva+[ina] = vb. to wake+[passive participle suffix]

A light from the shadows shall spring

Cálë lómillon tuiuva,

Cálë = n. light
lómillon = lómë+{i}+[llon] = n. shadow+{plural marker}+[ablative case suffix]
tuiuva = tuia+[uva] = vb. to spring+[future suffix]

Renewed shall be blade that was broken

Ceura nauva hyanda ya né rácina,

Ceura = adj. renewed
nauva = ná+[uva] = vb. to be+[future suffix]
hyanda = n. blade, sword blade
ya = rel. pron. “that, which, who”
né = past tense of vb. to be
rácina = adj. broken

The crownless again shall be king

I ríelóra ata aran nauva.

I = def. art. “the”
ríelóra = ríë+[-lóra] = n. crown+[-less suffix]
ata = adv. “again”
aran = n. king
nauva = ná+[uva] = vb. to be+[future suffix]

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by Quenya101 | 03/05/2013 · 9:08 PM

The Children of Starchamber

Do you know Starchamber? If not, you’ll have the displeasure of getting to know it through this post!

As already shown here, Starchamber is a site where one can be misled to believe Tolkien is a jerk and dumb creator. Yes, I said it! Basically, what Starchamber does is: teach people wrongly how the Tengwar alphabet works under the wrong approach with the wrong symbols for it, combined with the wrong info of how the writing actually works. It’s like Depeche Mode’s song WRONG!

In essence, Starchamber mislead people and pretend they can learn how to write “Elvish” by simply substituting letters like a code. Ok…that’s not new around here, but here comes the thing:

Starchamber offspring! (a.k.a. Children of the Damned)

Yes, the damned thing is reproducing now! Not only that, the thing’s offspring is teaching others and “translating” names into Quenya AND Sindarin! How versatile huh? Shall we take a look?

For the ones who cannot read Quenya, it TRULY says: ëarrshwild (and that’s NOT a Quenya word)

The most painful thing to me, personally, frankly, is to know that the person who asked the question now believes it’s written “Earthschild” above. Next step is getting a tattoo, can you imagine that? I can!

With a single word as “ëarsshwild”, that child of Starchamber broke 5 orthographic rules! Let’s count:

Wrong tengwa for R
Wrong doubling of consonant R
Wrong usage of the tengwa for S (as there’s no tehta above it)
Wrong position for HW. It can only come initially.
Wrong consonant (D) ending a word. In Quenya, it can only be T, N, L, R, S

1 word, 0 meaning, 5 orthographic mistakes! Thank you very much Starchamber!!!!

BUT…

It’s not over! Let’s check a name now. Shall we? Are you prepared for what its coming? Be strong:

For the ones who cannot read Quenya, it TRULY says: “ahlyë”. It looks like a Quenya word, but IT IS NOT!

Now we face a deeper issue. Etymology. Names cannot be merely translated. In our current languages, a name means nothing, but in its origin, a name meant EVERYTHING! Through etymology one can compose a Quenya equivalent (instead of simply writing an English name using Tengwar Quenya Mode.) For the ones curious, HERE you can learn how Ashley is accurately composed into Quenya.