As you may or may not have noticed, I've renamed some of the fonts. The Dwemeri Chisel fonts are now called Dwemeri Chirographic, and the Dwemeri Cursive fonts are now called Dwemeri Engraved. I've also fixed a few minor font issues, so if you downloaded a previous version of these fonts, it's probably a good idea to update all of them. Enjoy!
I've finally finished the cursive and chisel fonts, and I've fixed some errors in the block and chisel fonts in the process. There are now a total of seven fonts:
Dwemeri Block Western and Dwemeri Block Eastern Dwemeri Chisel Western and Dwemeri Chisel Eastern Dwemeri Cursive Western, Dwemeri Cursive Eastern, and Dwemeri Cursive Southern
I added the Cursive Southern font when reviewing the differences between the Wormgod glyphs and the Ayleid glyphs and wanting to preserve those differences.
Unless any glaring bugs or errors are brought to my attention, these are probably the final version of these three fonts. I may create more styles in the future, but I'm taking a break for the moment. I hope everyone enjoys using these fonts as much as I enjoyed creating them.
I'm back and I bring the first set of my new Dwemeric fonts! The first fonts included here are Dwemeric Block Western and Dwemeric Block Eastern. (Yes, you read right, there are now regional variants of each font style; please read the README for the reason why.) I've also uploaded a PDF containing a keymap chart for these fonts. I'll update the PDF to include the other fonts (Dwemeric Chisel and Dwemeric Cursive) when I finish them and upload them as well. Finally, I've decided to upload the fonts in pairs, grouped by style, as separate archive files so that people can download the styles they want and skip the rest. I may combine everything into a single archive in the future, but I'll deal with that when I get some more fonts up here on the site. Enjoy!
I finally made successful contact with Dongle (Stephen Deffeyes), the original creator of the fonts I modified, after all these years. He has recommended that I start from scratch rather than build off of his work; in other words, I have NOT been given permission to reuse his work. Therefore, I have taken the current version of these fonts offline and plan to rebuild them from scratch over the next couple of days or so. It may take me into next week to completely reoutline all of the glyphs for both fonts, but I am hoping to have it all done by Monday. I'll update here on Monday even if the new fonts aren't done just just to let everyone know what the status is.
Okay, I'm a couple of weeks late with this update, but better late than never, right? I am happy to present to you version 1.2 of the Dwemeric fonts! I've split the original font into two separate fonts: Dwemeric Block and Dwemeric Cursive. Not only have I finally created numerals for the cursive script, I have also created height-shortened miniscule letters for each font as well (just in case someone wants that sort of thing). If you want to use the glyphs as they normally appear in TES games, simply type everything in all caps. I hope everyone likes them. If I haven't mentioned it before, my apologies for the quality of these fonts at small font sizes; I have not applied any hinting or gridfitting to them, though I am hoping to learn how to do so in the near future. As always, if you have any questions or feedback, please post it here, I'll be happy to answer.
In case anyone's curious, I do plan on posting these to the Skyrim Nexus as well in the near future... and I may be working on one or two other variations of the Dwemeric script as well to be released as fonts as well. Stay tuned!
After three years, I'm back and ready to get those cursive numerals added to the font! Before I get that done though, I'm finally making a much smaller change to the font, dropping the "Altmeric" part of the name and renaming it "Dwemeric". Someone (I forget who, it's been three years, and the old Bethsoft forums thread is long gone) made the argument that the Ayleidic script was simply borrowed from Dwemeric, that there was evidence the Dwemer used the cursive script as well, and that the true Altmeric script was much more complex and elaborate. Anyway, expect that update tomorrow (for anyone following this), and I'll see about tackling the cursive numerals later this week or next week. Stay tuned!
If you're not into TES lore, feel free to skip this comment.
For those to whom TES lore is a serious business, I have to make an admission here. While I call these scripts "Dwemeric" and "Aldmeric", there is no actual evidence in any of the TES works that Aldmeris was ever written with either of these scripts. All we know for certain is that Dwemeris has been found written in both scripts, and the Ayleids used the "Aldmeric" script for several inscriptions (the inscription in the ruins on Cloud Top, and the inscription in blood in the Anvil chapel at the start of the KOTN quest).
I chose to call the block script "Dwemeric" because the only places it has ever been found is within dwemer ruins and several dwemer books. On the other hand, I chose to call the cursive script "Aldmeric" because the only connection I could find between the Dwemer and the Ayleids are their common ancestors, the Aldmer. Thus, if they both use the same script, it might make sense they both got it from the same place. While it's possible the Dwemer and Ayleids actually had contact at some point in the past, I somehow doubt this contact would have led to the exchange of language... the two elven subraces seem way too different (at least with what little we know about them). But this is starting to stray into the realm of opinion and pure speculation... which leads back to the naming of this font.
It is my OPINION that the Aldmer likely invented and used the cursive form of this script as their alphabet, and that it was passed on to both the Dwemer and the Ayleids, and is probably the alphabet used in Valenwood and Summerset Isle as well. Only the folks at Bethesda know for certain, though...
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Dwemeri Block Western and Dwemeri Block Eastern
Dwemeri Chisel Western and Dwemeri Chisel Eastern
Dwemeri Cursive Western, Dwemeri Cursive Eastern, and Dwemeri Cursive Southern
I added the Cursive Southern font when reviewing the differences between the Wormgod glyphs and the Ayleid glyphs and wanting to preserve those differences.
Unless any glaring bugs or errors are brought to my attention, these are probably the final version of these three fonts. I may create more styles in the future, but I'm taking a break for the moment. I hope everyone enjoys using these fonts as much as I enjoyed creating them.
I finally made successful contact with Dongle (Stephen Deffeyes), the original creator of the fonts I modified, after all these years. He has recommended that I start from scratch rather than build off of his work; in other words, I have NOT been given permission to reuse his work. Therefore, I have taken the current version of these fonts offline and plan to rebuild them from scratch over the next couple of days or so. It may take me into next week to completely reoutline all of the glyphs for both fonts, but I am hoping to have it all done by Monday. I'll update here on Monday even if the new fonts aren't done just just to let everyone know what the status is.
In case anyone's curious, I do plan on posting these to the Skyrim Nexus as well in the near future... and I may be working on one or two other variations of the Dwemeric script as well to be released as fonts as well. Stay tuned!
Perhaps the differences in Script is cultural and environmental, stone is easier to carve than metal is.
For those to whom TES lore is a serious business, I have to make an admission here. While I call these scripts "Dwemeric" and "Aldmeric", there is no actual evidence in any of the TES works that Aldmeris was ever written with either of these scripts. All we know for certain is that Dwemeris has been found written in both scripts, and the Ayleids used the "Aldmeric" script for several inscriptions (the inscription in the ruins on Cloud Top, and the inscription in blood in the Anvil chapel at the start of the KOTN quest).
I chose to call the block script "Dwemeric" because the only places it has ever been found is within dwemer ruins and several dwemer books. On the other hand, I chose to call the cursive script "Aldmeric" because the only connection I could find between the Dwemer and the Ayleids are their common ancestors, the Aldmer. Thus, if they both use the same script, it might make sense they both got it from the same place. While it's possible the Dwemer and Ayleids actually had contact at some point in the past, I somehow doubt this contact would have led to the exchange of language... the two elven subraces seem way too different (at least with what little we know about them). But this is starting to stray into the realm of opinion and pure speculation... which leads back to the naming of this font.
It is my OPINION that the Aldmer likely invented and used the cursive form of this script as their alphabet, and that it was passed on to both the Dwemer and the Ayleids, and is probably the alphabet used in Valenwood and Summerset Isle as well. Only the folks at Bethesda know for certain, though...
The things I could do with my Ayleid meteoric weapons now... Couldn't bring myself to use Sindarin on 'em when no such thing existed in TES.