Alethi Script

[Wisdom he/him]

I don't know whether this is possible but I was wondering if the website could be formatted to support the Alethi script? Not necessarily typing it in but copying it. I have no idea if this is an utterly impossible idea or not though.

[firstRainbowRose she/her]

It's a website standard that is something typed in a font would show up for those who also have the font installed, but in a regular one for anyone who doesn't. However, I'm not sure how that would work on the forums.

Usually, if you're working with custom fonts it's best to just take a picture of it.

[Kurkistan he/him]

It's a website standard that is something typed in a font would show up for those who also have the font installed, but in a regular one for anyone who doesn't. However, I'm not sure how that would work on the forums.

Usually, if you're working with custom fonts it's best to just take a picture of it.

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"It works although the size the forum goes up to is a bit underwhelming."

EDIT: And now the size has been fixed in the new version. And now they overlap vertically.

Edited January 16, 2012 by Kurkistan

[Chaos he/him]

I may be able to make some voodoo to make it work on all devices, but I have to do some research.

[firstRainbowRose she/her]

It can be done, but it's not worth the time and effort it would take to make it an option.

Josh says we won't do it as a font for the site because there is not an official font, and any fan fonts are going to be an incorrect character map. (Josh and I discussed the fan translation that is out with Isaac, and he said that while it is pretty good (and workable enough to read with) it isn't 100% accurate)

[Turos he/him]

Oo! If you have a list of what makes it more accurate, I would love to fix it up. I know it ain't pretty, but I think of it as a 'typed' version.

Never thought of one used on the forums, though. I know in CSS you can make exceptions for what default font is used depending on the browser. No clue if this exists for custom fonts defaulting to a universal one like serif, but would be cool.

Ah well.

[Shuyinsan he/him]

This could prove very difficult.

You could create something like google does with their translate api.

after spacebar is pressed typing a word in english, the api translates it to the chosen language.

The problem with this is that you would need to make a very good font (can be done and create it in .otf/.ttf) and very good reference for translation.

It is definitely an idea I might look into in my spare time. (creating a base for the translating process not the actual font and translation)

EDIT:

Here is a quick test, this does not use any javascript (except for the interactive demo)

Basically it uses the @font-face capability in css3 to add the custom font to a h1 tag (or any other if you wish)

as long as you use <h1 class="alethi"> for the h1 class then it will work it isn't very accurate though.

here is the git:

https://github.com/RPSource/Alethi

EDIT 2:

Finally check it on github:

http://rpsource.github.com/Alethi/

Edited October 2, 2012 by Shuyinsan