just wanted to say that this is pretty epic. I have ever been a fan of the culture books. this is a most excellent representation of Marain. props on using xenogears music :)
After looking at your page on this, I've removed my previous comments. Curious, though: there are 32 characters, yet there seem to be some sounds missing. Sounds that come from the same letter or letters, but that context dictates. (Of course, there are utterances that are almost like sound effects that written language has difficulty, at best, alluding to...)
@aculturemind You're right. Several phonemes' characters are missing and a handful are actually incorrectly mapped when compared to official Marain. I had different intents for this font than actually writing in Marain, but enough people have expressed interest in a proper calligraphic Marain that I'll give it a shot when I have time.
On the GSV Purity is Death, you comment is treated as a joke meme amongst the drones. They have started grafting living human tissue hands onto themselves so they can "write elegantly" with brushes.
just wanted to say that this is pretty epic. I have ever been a fan of the culture books. this is a most excellent representation of Marain. props on using xenogears music :)
SiliconSophont 3 weeks ago
There's an official Maraim? Where can I find this? Google searches aren't helping me at the moment.
RojOdio 3 weeks ago
@RojOdio It's not official by any means, but you can download the file from the link in the description. Just added.
DanielSolis81 3 weeks ago
what computer program is this done on??
raybernards 9 months ago
@raybernards Macromedia Freehand, a defunct program that hasn't been updated since Macromedia was bought out by Adobe.
DanielSolis81 9 months ago
What's the music?
gotlag 1 year ago
@gotlag The music is by Yasunori Mitsuda from Xenogears OST, titled "Bonds Of Sea And Fire."
DanielSolis81 1 year ago
@DanielSolis81 thanks
gotlag 1 year ago
After looking at your page on this, I've removed my previous comments. Curious, though: there are 32 characters, yet there seem to be some sounds missing. Sounds that come from the same letter or letters, but that context dictates. (Of course, there are utterances that are almost like sound effects that written language has difficulty, at best, alluding to...)
aculturemind 1 year ago
@aculturemind You're right. Several phonemes' characters are missing and a handful are actually incorrectly mapped when compared to official Marain. I had different intents for this font than actually writing in Marain, but enough people have expressed interest in a proper calligraphic Marain that I'll give it a shot when I have time.
DanielSolis81 1 year ago
Na Ru Ho Do.
I really should not watch things like this, adjusting brush weighting and strokes on a computer, the idea makes my brain itch.
maybe like a laser guided trebuchet,
staberind 1 year ago
@staberind Doing this on a computer is fun, but is no comparison with the elegance of real hand-drawn brushwork.
DanielSolis81 1 year ago
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aculturemind 1 year ago
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aculturemind 1 year ago
@DanielSolis81
On the GSV Purity is Death, you comment is treated as a joke meme amongst the drones. They have started grafting living human tissue hands onto themselves so they can "write elegantly" with brushes.
formless777 1 year ago