Tengwarc
Tengwarc
Tengwarc
Tengwar Cursive uses the same character mapping as Daniel Smith’s Tengwar Quenya, Tengwar Sindarin
and Tengwar Noldor (release 1.9d), available at http://www.geocities.com/fontmaster.geo/ or
http://www.gis.net/~dansmith/fonts/. There are several utilities designed for these fonts, and with
some reservations they can be used with Tengwar Cursive as well.
Keyboard mapping
Blue = a normal key, nothing special here.
Red = a key that doesn’t do anything. These keys should be mapped to some lesser used signs, but these
characters are not included in this font. Some of them might appear in later versions.
Green = a key added only for compatibility. It produces the same sign as some other key. For example, since
there are only three different versions of each tehta in this font (Daniel Smith’s fonts have four), D procudes the
same sign as E.
Grey = a Tengwar letter used to demonstrate what some tehta looks like.
` `12345671 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 8 9 30 - = \9 0 - = \
q q wertyui w e r t y u i o
o 6p 6 [ ]
p [ ]
as dfghjkl
a s d f g h j k l ;
6; 6' '
zxcvb n m,
z x c v b n m , .
. 1/ /
Upper case:
~ ! @ 2# 2$
~ ! @ # $ %
2% 2^ 2& * 5( ^ & * (
4) j_ 6+ z|
) _ + |
Q W 6E 6R 6T
Q W E R T
6Y 6U I 6O 5P
Y U I O P
5{
{ }
A S 6D 6F 6G
A S D F G H
6H 6J K 5: 5" J K L : "
Z X `C `V `B
Z X C V B N
`N `M `> M < > ?
X????
Other:
When not using any utility, you can produce these signs by holding down Alt and typing the four-digit code.
2Ô
Alt+0212 Alt+0213, Alt+0214 6Ö Alt+0215
`×
2Ø
Alt+0216 Alt+0217, Alt+0218 6Ú Alt+0219
`Û
2Ü 6Þ
Alt+0220 Alt+0221, Alt+0222 Alt+0223
`ß
2è 6é `ë
Alt+0232 Alt+0233, Alt+0234 Alt+0235
2È 6Ê `Ë
Alt+0200 Alt+0201, Alt+0202 Alt+0203
2Ì 6Î `Ï
Alt+0204 Alt+0205, Alt+0206 Alt+0207
À Á ½
Alt+0192
The following signs are not compatible with Tengwar Quenya/Sindarin/Noldor. In those fonts, these locations
are used by some less common signs (such as “Alternate letter for quesse” and “Alternate letter for 'schwa'”),
so the incompatibility should not cause problems in ordinary use.
Alt+0196 2Ä 6® `Ç
(In Tengwar Quenya: Ä ®Ç)
Alt+0174 Alt+0199
Thanks…
…to Matt Bauerfeind, Måns Björkman and Dan Smith, to anyone who has written to me to comment on the font
at one time or another, and to anyone who downloaded the font and read this friendly manual.