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hoskinmage
Acolyte
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 Posted - 14 Feb 2007 : 15:33:17
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i really apreciate the help. im not used to posting on line but i think this site maybe the exception. my boys are really enjoy the campains and they want me to show them how to dm so if you have any pointers i could relay to them so there first session would be a good one.i hope it is so i can play insted of dming.
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Jamallo Kreen
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 15 Feb 2007 : 02:55:09
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Originally posted by hoskinmage
im new at this ive been reading forgotten realms for a long time my first book was azura bonds. i may have missed it but if someone could tell me how to go about finding the forgotten realms fonts and may be a guide to it? ive been wondering if anyone could help me with it i would be greatful
Well met
We have a number of fonts here at Candlekeep available for download (including language fonts). These can be found at this location. Hope this is of help 
Alaundo, I continue to be amazed by the wealth of lore secreted in the nooks and crannies and extra-dimensional spaces of Candlekeep!
With over a thousand fonts on my itty-bitty computer, I have to pay attention to those which don't work or are just plain wrong. I therefore caution those who get their fonts from elsewhere to beware of a True Type Font called "Espruar" -- which ain't. The Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting has illustrations of Espruar, Dethek, and Thorass (?), and the font of which I speak most definitely isn't Espruar. Caveat calligrapher.
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Gray Richardson
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 15 Feb 2007 : 06:20:11
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The font you are refering to I believe is actually the original Espruar font. In the 1e & 2e Realms, there was a completely different Espruar alphabet. You can find it in the old FR box set. It was kind of clunky and didn't really have an elven flair, so for 3E they had an artist redesign the Espruar script to look more elven.
The new one is very pretty and I think a great success. When you see it, you certainly think "elvish". However, the old one has it's charms.
My solution is to consider the older Espruar to be the Hamarfae alphabet used to write the ancient elven language of Seldruin used in high magic rituals.
Or, alternatively, you could consider the older font to be a collection of magical symbols, runes, ligatures and special characters used in magic, elven heraldry or for other specialized purposes.
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3catcircus
Acolyte
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Posted - 17 Feb 2007 : 04:20:50
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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3catcircus
Acolyte
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Posted - 18 Feb 2007 : 23:50:55
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Have you tried the sites we've already mentioned above 3cat?
Yup - I've already got all of those fonts. The 3rd edition Thorass font was mentioned by someone, somewhere as being a work in progress. However, as with much of the internet, their home page is a dead link... |
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LordXenophon
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 23 Jul 2010 : 09:38:24
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Well, I know of no such website that holds any 'official' interpretation on the appearance and meaning of the Illusionists' Ruathlek language. Ruathlek, by it's very nature is a 'secret language', and therefore rarely found outside of Illusionist circles, and/or guilds.
I'm pretty sure one of the very early FR books had an "official" Ruathlek alphabet.
However, to represent Ruathlek as a simple, written alphabet should be impossible. According to many books in which Ruathlek is mentioned, it is also mentioned that Illusion magic is a major component of the language. This is why it takes an Illusionist to read Illusionist scrolls and spellbooks.
This is perhaps not so important these days, but back when Illusionist was a distinct class, completely apart from the Mage class and having only seven spell levels, this was a critical point. |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 23 Jul 2010 : 23:36:59
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Yes, Ruathlek has "three-dimensional" characters that "rise up" (as minor illusions) from the surface they're written on, coded meanings and modifiers "written into" the individual letters (that illusionists can interpret), and an entire layer of meanings/additional messages revealed only to those able to use illusionist magic ["Read Illusionist Magic" is how Gary Gygax originally entitled the relevant spell; I forget if it made it into print under that name, though].
Ah, the joys of being old and remembering the root lore...
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 24 Jul 2010 : 04:30:50
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Yes, Ruathlek has "three-dimensional" characters that "rise up" (as minor illusions) from the surface they're written on, coded meanings and modifiers "written into" the individual letters (that illusionists can interpret), and an entire layer of meanings/additional messages revealed only to those able to use illusionist magic ["Read Illusionist Magic" is how Gary Gygax originally entitled the relevant spell; I forget if it made it into print under that name, though].
Ah, the joys of being old and remembering the root lore...
love,
THO
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 24 Jul 2010 : 04:49:12
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
Yes, Ruathlek has "three-dimensional" characters that "rise up" (as minor illusions) from the surface they're written on, coded meanings and modifiers "written into" the individual letters (that illusionists can interpret), and an entire layer of meanings/additional messages revealed only to those able to use illusionist magic ["Read Illusionist Magic" is how Gary Gygax originally entitled the relevant spell; I forget if it made it into print under that name, though].
Ah, the joys of being old and remembering the root lore...
love,
THO
I've heard it said that with age comes experience. But, at the same time, you shouldn't let labels, like "being old," define what you are and how you feel at this moment. That's how others may see and define you. Ultimately, what's important, is how you see yourself.
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Oh, and if I can only remember half as much Realmslore as you do now, when I also approach the stage of what some regarded as "old," I'll consider it a life well-lived.
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