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Published: 2004-10-02 00:26:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 16490; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 5019
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Description This is a font for the Ancient alphabet from Stargate. It isn't entirely complete, but it should have enough characters to be useful in most GUIs running in English if you should decide to use it this way.

I didn't create this alphabet. I only created the font. The alphabet is not mine, but the font is, so please don't steal it. But feel free to use it in your deviations or whatever personal uses you'd like. If you intend to use it commercially, you could contact me, and you probably need to contact MGM and whoever else who might be involved with Stargate and would need to know. Otherwise, I don't really care.

Edit: This is an updated version that includes the newly discovered letter Z and two other letters which are assumed to be Q and X. Note that these two letters may be incorrect. This font also has all of the punctuation and extra symbols you'll probably need to run in English. Other languages may not be supported because of the lack of diacritics in Ancient.

Edit 2: It has been brought to my attention by sgeurika [link] that the Ancient equivalent of K is more narrow than I had made it in my font. This mistake has been fixed. So, the font is no longer monospaced, if that makes a difference.

Edit 3: I've fixed the position of the Q and Z, which were previously reversed, as well as the size of the numbers. So, until we find out the new F or U (whichever it is that changes), this should be the final update that you've all been waiting for. Let me know if I missed anything.

Edit 4: Some people have experienced problems with the font file becoming corrupted when downloaded, so the .ttf file has been compressed and reuploaded as a .zip archive. Please comment to let me know whether this solved your problem or if it created new ones.
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Comments: 37

strawberrybunny4341 [2013-03-10 17:08:34 +0000 UTC]

FINALLY!!
I've been looking for this font!

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casiopeja [2010-06-17 17:30:49 +0000 UTC]

I have one question, isn't the Ancients writing orientation top-bottom ?

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WurdBendur In reply to casiopeja [2010-07-25 17:28:11 +0000 UTC]

It usually runs in horizontal rows, from left to right and top to bottom, just like ours. However, there are cases where the orientation is different, with lines going from the bottom up, or letters running vertically instead of horizontally, but those are exceptions.

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Slayer-of-Blood [2009-12-25 00:53:34 +0000 UTC]

I'm a big fan of Stargate, and I adapted a home-made Stargate and used your font in my Journal. Hope you approve!

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ReyvinVinnex [2009-08-10 16:03:32 +0000 UTC]

Ya' know, the character used for the letter "F" is the same as the one for "U". I always found that odd.

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ReyvinVinnex In reply to ReyvinVinnex [2009-08-10 16:05:22 +0000 UTC]

sorry, old topic. do ignore please!

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theflib [2009-07-09 11:42:09 +0000 UTC]

Great work on this thing and thanks!

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blue-dragoon [2009-06-09 03:19:03 +0000 UTC]

id love to be able to use this file, but for some reason Vista isnt recognizing it
sadens me cuz thats an awsome job u did

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WurdBendur In reply to blue-dragoon [2009-06-20 05:40:07 +0000 UTC]

That's weird. I don't know anything about installing fonts on Vista, but other people have reported problems with my fonts as well. I think they're getting corrupted when they're downloaded by browsers that are doing something wrong. I've updated with a .zip file now, which should fix that problem, so maybe now you can get it to work.

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slifer2534 [2008-10-27 18:50:38 +0000 UTC]

how do i dl it?

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WurdBendur In reply to slifer2534 [2008-11-01 20:48:26 +0000 UTC]

Actually, the download seems to be working fine now. The download button on the left should give you the file.

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WurdBendur In reply to slifer2534 [2008-10-27 20:19:12 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, the download seems to be broken again. I'll reupload it later and see if that works.

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Merrik [2008-08-24 22:22:17 +0000 UTC]

oh yes you may contact me at merrik86@hotmail.com

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Merrik [2008-08-24 22:21:43 +0000 UTC]

hello Wurdbender, I like this font, and guess what? I want to share with you the final update for U and F, as I have the new letters for each. The only one you have to change is F, once I find your email address, I will send you the updated font as a JPEG and let you do the rest.

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MoonGazerCat [2008-04-03 23:17:03 +0000 UTC]

just fond this and id thout id comment on it and also if youd like to see the full alphabet [link] i put it up a bit ago hope you like it

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liam81 [2008-02-06 03:54:10 +0000 UTC]

Awesome

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Gilfinder [2007-12-29 18:57:29 +0000 UTC]

Hi! I think I used your font [link]

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WurdBendur In reply to Gilfinder [2008-01-02 01:53:01 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! It might be mine, but it's hard to tell. What's the last letter that's cut off at the bottom?

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SGAlteran [2007-12-28 08:19:53 +0000 UTC]

nice! I made my own Alteran font a long time ago.

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vanilla-dreamer [2007-02-18 06:03:16 +0000 UTC]

i saw this and instantly thought "thats the ancient script from stargate!"

i was excited

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Meirelle [2007-01-11 06:28:39 +0000 UTC]

OMG! I love you. Do you know how long I've been waiting for an Alteran font to come up?

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AMCDeathKnight [2006-10-17 23:53:52 +0000 UTC]

Nice. This has been around the net like 500 times.

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WurdBendur In reply to AMCDeathKnight [2006-10-29 04:54:38 +0000 UTC]

I know! I'm actually surprised at how popular it is.

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ApolloNik [2006-08-28 17:22:20 +0000 UTC]

did you know that it translates to:
tripudire
estirritus
nuanilunatas

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WurdBendur In reply to ApolloNik [2006-08-28 17:49:13 +0000 UTC]

Yes, that's what I wrote. With the spaces and punctiation put back in it looks like this:

Tripudire
est irritus.
Nu ani Lunatas.

It's a mix of Ancient and Latin and translates thus:

Jumping
is useless.
We are the Mooninites .

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ApolloNik In reply to WurdBendur [2006-08-31 01:53:43 +0000 UTC]

where did you find ancient language?

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WurdBendur In reply to ApolloNik [2006-08-31 06:29:40 +0000 UTC]

Well, I just took some that was used in one of the episodes and adapted it. They haven't used much, and a lot of it hasn't really been deciphered, but you can find a lot of examples here .

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SandyFortune [2006-01-27 18:30:06 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I so totally forgot to comment when I saw this so long ago...

Well now that I'm back (a bit late) for the latest version, I have to say this is one of the coolest things I've found on dA. I've always wanted to learn how to at least read Ancient script and I've come to print these off onto little flashcards and go through them every once in a while.

This is just amazing. Great work!

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valkyrja [2005-12-16 05:14:05 +0000 UTC]

Congradulations..
I was just getting started on figuring out the alphabet when I thought to check on gateworld.. and you already have.. I'm both glad, proud, and jealous.. let me know if you need any help

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Mysty-Phantom [2005-06-12 15:51:06 +0000 UTC]

Hey, cheers for maknig this font.
(found this link via Gateworld)

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WurdBendur In reply to Mysty-Phantom [2005-06-13 04:03:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the favorite. I hope you find it useful. There are some corrections I need to make, so watch for that soon.

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Mysty-Phantom In reply to WurdBendur [2005-06-13 23:56:26 +0000 UTC]

No probs... I'm sure I'll find it useful.
'Kay, will do!

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Tsukaia [2005-03-17 02:15:35 +0000 UTC]

I love stargate, and to have made my own language that is at about 1,000 words right now, and I'm working on it more, I love Stargete and am a language freak, I've been looking for an anquietas font ever since I saw the alphabet on stargate, yours is supurb ^ ^ very cool,

Best regardes,

Tsukaia

(je suis tres amusant!)

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SGAlteran In reply to Tsukaia [2007-12-28 08:18:09 +0000 UTC]

I have my own ancient language aswell! maybe we have the same words in a few places, I also created my own font. both are on my site [link] . I hope we could collaborate soon

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WurdBendur In reply to Tsukaia [2005-03-22 00:09:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I started this intent on creating the best, most proportionate Ancient font available. It's also the most complete with all the numbers, and hopefully soon more letters and even punctuation (not used in StarGate). I'm going to keep working on it, and I really hope you enjoy it!

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smiddy [2005-03-07 13:07:34 +0000 UTC]

I cant believe you didnt get more comments for this. Well done man! I love stargate.

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WurdBendur In reply to smiddy [2005-03-22 00:22:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I guess most people don't care to write in Ancient, but I'm a g33k like that.

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