Does building a full conlang (constructed language, if anyone reading doesn’t know, like the various forms of Elvish in Lord of the Rings) interest you guys at all, or will things probably stick with the substitution cyphers?
I love the storytelling present in the various forms of Kreska. If I can go off a bit, one of the coolest parts of Tolkien’s conlangs is that (because he was a linguist by profession) he built history into his languages. You can track the way his various Elvish languages evolved from a proto-Elvish, or how that split off into orkish, or the origin of Dwarvish. In fact, this goes into the very proper nouns of the series. The names of characters and places have (in Tolkien’s universe) been “translated” into English. In universe, Frodo Baggins would tell you his name was Maura Labingi. Frodo is the “translation” of that into English. This is all peak nerdery, I know, but I’m fascinated by the depth of thought put into Tolkien’s world.
Really great! These details really help to develop the concept universe. I am really looking forward to see how do you come up with more elements of the culture (one interestting thing would be to see little differences in the language between cycles just an idea ahahha)
These are beautiful! Sasha knocked these out of the park.
Does building a full conlang (constructed language, if anyone reading doesn’t know, like the various forms of Elvish in Lord of the Rings) interest you guys at all, or will things probably stick with the substitution cyphers?
I love the storytelling present in the various forms of Kreska. If I can go off a bit, one of the coolest parts of Tolkien’s conlangs is that (because he was a linguist by profession) he built history into his languages. You can track the way his various Elvish languages evolved from a proto-Elvish, or how that split off into orkish, or the origin of Dwarvish. In fact, this goes into the very proper nouns of the series. The names of characters and places have (in Tolkien’s universe) been “translated” into English. In universe, Frodo Baggins would tell you his name was Maura Labingi. Frodo is the “translation” of that into English. This is all peak nerdery, I know, but I’m fascinated by the depth of thought put into Tolkien’s world.
Amazing!
Being someone who makes fonts, I respect this level of construction and design commitment to infinity and beyond…
This rules.
Really great! These details really help to develop the concept universe. I am really looking forward to see how do you come up with more elements of the culture (one interestting thing would be to see little differences in the language between cycles just an idea ahahha)
This is so cool! And to have the fonts whaaat? It looks so beautiful.
Now to go type up a Holiday letter in Kreska..
I love these! I'm such a sucker for "new languages" like this and hope that Sasha gets to do more of it
Very late to the Party, but these fonts are really cool. SIDE QUESTION: What are some of your (and subscribers) favorite fonts to write or type?
So fun! It reminds me of Hebrew and Arabic with different stylized scripts and dialects. Love it!
This is cool as shit. Sasha has a really great brain.
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You can’t world build without language so right on! (Pun intended) The formal and informal are a great touch. Be well & Happy Holidays Everyone!