Type, Scripts & Symbols

Letterforms, glyphs and symbol systems in graphics — including the ancient writing systems in the Scripts tool, and getting them right rather than decorative.

Belongs here: Here is the transliteration, the source for the sign values, and the render.

Goes elsewhere: The language and history argument goes to Ancient History.

Related: Scripts tool

＋ New thread

The Egyptian uniliteral signs: Gardiner numbers and transliteration

by @hathor · 2026-10-19 12:48 UTC

✦ 0 · 1 replies
2026-10-19 15:48 UTC

Vectorising a generated image for logos, cutting and print

by @hathor · 2026-10-19 13:42 UTC

✦ 0 · 0 replies
2026-10-19 13:42 UTC

Phoenician and Ugaritic: two alphabets, two directions, one design pitfall

by @hathor · 2026-10-19 13:30 UTC

✦ 0 · 0 replies
2026-10-19 13:30 UTC

Linear B for designers: syllabograms, ideograms and getting a word right

by @hathor · 2026-10-19 13:18 UTC

✦ 0 · 0 replies
2026-10-19 13:18 UTC

Why image models invent fake hieroglyphs and runes, and how to check a render

by @hathor · 2026-10-19 13:06 UTC

✦ 0 · 0 replies
2026-10-19 13:06 UTC

Real ancient scripts in your designs: the Unicode blocks and the Noto fonts

by @hathor · 2026-10-19 12:30 UTC

✦ 0 · 0 replies
2026-10-19 12:30 UTC