Tolkien's Runes, an actual rune of earth?
Posted: September 26th, 2009, 3:19 pm
My friend just uncovered something very interesting, He found . Interestingly enough, it isn't about a Tolkien rune, but a Germanic rune. But when my friend downloaded the font necessary to view the website correctly, the font was called "The One Ring". Did Tolkien use an actual earthly rune for the language of Morder? Was it this Germanic rune? If you do not have the font, and want to view the site without installing the font, for a screenshot.
I am amazed that Tolkien would not create his own rune for this. I know that both Sindarin and Quenya, along with their respective runes, are derivatives of earthly languages and runes, but not exact to any earthly languages runes. I find it unusual that he would use an actual earthly rune, unmodified, for any of his middle-earth languages.
Can anyone enlighten me about this?
I am amazed that Tolkien would not create his own rune for this. I know that both Sindarin and Quenya, along with their respective runes, are derivatives of earthly languages and runes, but not exact to any earthly languages runes. I find it unusual that he would use an actual earthly rune, unmodified, for any of his middle-earth languages.
Can anyone enlighten me about this?