Falandril

The Falandril alphabet (Avalandril Dgiribatu) was invented by Adam Trotter (adam[at]astrotter[dot]com) in 1987, since when the shapes of the letters have evolved considerably. Adam use his alphabet as a secret shorthand for taking sensitive notes or for transcribing poetry, mainly in Standard American English. He has found it flexible enough to record most European languages, includling French, Spanish, German, and Russian, and also uses it to write his invented language, Falandril.

Notable features

Written in horizontal lines running from left to right and top to bottom.
In hand-written Falandril letters are connected as much as possible and there are certain common abbreviations and combinations of letters.

Falandril alphabet

Falandril numerals

Sample text in the Falandril language and alphabet

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Links

Adam Trotter's website about Falandril
http://www.physics.unc.edu/~atrotter/personal/falandril.htm

Download font for Falandril (TrueType format, 34K)

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