Lovecraftian alphabet

The Lovecraftian was invented by Simon Whitechapel to be used in a forthcoming sequel to David M. Mitchell's Lovecraft tributeThe Starry Wisdom. It's intended for transliterating the Roman alphabet.

Notable features

Voiced plosives and fricatives are distinguished from unvoiced by useof a dot, but all other consonants, including 'c', have a unique form.
Vowels are based on star patterns
Punctuation marks are placed at the beginning of sentences.
There is no distinction between upper and lower case.

Lovecraftian alphabet

Sample text in the Lovecraftian alphabet

Transliteration

I am forced into speech because men of science have refused to follow my advice without knowing why. It is altogether against my will that I tell my reasons for opposing this contemplated invasion of the antarctic.
H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness (1936)

Download a Lovecraftian font by Simon Whitechapel

Related books

The Starry Wisdom: A Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft

by Alan Moore

Buy from:Amazon.com orAmazon.co.uk

At the Mountains of Madness

by H.P. Lovecraft

Buy from:Amazon.com orAmazon.co.uk

Links

H.P. Lovecraft archive
http://www.hplovecraft.com

Information about H.P. Lovecraft on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.P._Lovecraft

Also by Simon Whitechapel

Lovecraftian Script |Snow Script |Rotor Script

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