So, I found and downloaded a Vilani font...
And there are no numbers. Anyone ever create the Vilani equivalents?
And there are no numbers. Anyone ever create the Vilani equivalents?
Vilani Font
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Interestingly, on Imperial Credit notes, the number is in Anglic or spelled out:
https://rpggeek.com/image/2591617/imperial-credits
https://rpggeek.com/image/2591617/imperial-credits
Interestingly, the T5 Vilani Alphabet card makes changes to the meaning of a lot of the symbols compared to the font.
I've downloaded FontForge in hopes of dabbling in making a new more extensive Vilani Font, not that it's going to be a quick project.
PS: LOL did not mean to copy your intro, it just slipped in there
I've downloaded FontForge in hopes of dabbling in making a new more extensive Vilani Font, not that it's going to be a quick project.
PS: LOL did not mean to copy your intro, it just slipped in there
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Kind of a funny anecdote, paraphrased.
Essentially someone was touring to either Turkey or the Middle East.
And one of the things he thought would be novel is if he could pick up a clock with Arabic Numbers, clearly expecting to have a clock with different glyphs.
What he didn't realize is that we pretty much already use "Arabic Numbers".
Heh yeah, the Imperial culture could have absorbed the Anglic/Arabic numerals from the rule of man to the point of ubiquity Which would lead to fun on really old Vilani documents...
As an aside, I was looking at the Vilani Alphabet card again and I noted that the phonetic for M was Nee, and the phonetic for N was Muu. Just maybe errata there.
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As an aside, I was looking at the Vilani Alphabet card again and I noted that the phonetic for M was Nee, and the phonetic for N was Muu. Just maybe errata there.
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Xerxeskingofking
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oh, once every few years someone does a survey where a large number of people would support the banning of Arabic numerals. Also, the banning Dihydrogen Monoxide, or some other equally mundane but oddly phrased thing.
G. Kashkanun Anderson
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That may not actually be necessary. Some numbering systems simply rework the local culture's alphabet into their numeral system.
'Vilani' fonts aside, a true Vilani alphabet would fit perfectly into a system with 15 letters and two diacritics.* This, in turn, would allow for the Vilani to effortlessly adopt a base-16 number system directly from their own alphabet.
From a meta-Traveller perspective, I cannot think of anything more appropriate.
* A, B, D, E, G, I, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, U, Z -- with diacritics representing aspiration (h) and lengthening (doubling of consonants or vowels).
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Thanks for the input everyone!
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