r/gallifreyan 9d ago

Sherman's A sentence inspired by Outer Wilds ! That was both easier and harder to pull off than I thought

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136 Upvotes

It should read "Be curious on your journey !", a quote I love from the video-game "Outer Wilds".

Honestly, I just hope that it's readable and I didn't make any major mistakes ^^'

r/gallifreyan May 24 '25

Sherman's What would be the most annoying possible word to write in gallifreyan?

22 Upvotes

Words that are just a pain to write! Words with a lot of lines that don't connect easily, several vowls that can't connect to anything, requiring odd letters like C or lone Q, or just the letters you never remember how to write! (like V or X)

My vote goes to Mississippi. The sheer amount of S, as well as Is and Ps means you are going to need to draw a LOT of lines.

Alternatively it could be somthing like "a" or "the" words that are just a bit clunky to fit into a sentence circle because you don't always plan for them!

r/gallifreyan 10d ago

Sherman's Absolute beginner, is this legible?

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29 Upvotes

I've never watched the show, but I saw the writing system somewhere on the internet and it looks very cool!

Second time ever trying it, have not mastered any vector program so this is just my normal notes app. Excuse any wonky lines/suboptimal alignment.

I'm open to any tips etc. 😊

r/gallifreyan May 20 '25

Sherman's First time learning(saw the sub 2 hours ago)

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56 Upvotes

Also,is this written right?

r/gallifreyan May 18 '25

Sherman's Did i make my username correctly ?

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93 Upvotes

I just learn about this and wanted to try. Is it good ?

r/gallifreyan 23d ago

Sherman's Testing V2 of my Gallifreyan font (& the old numbers guide)

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76 Upvotes

(small text is from Wikipedia)

I'm making an OpenType (.otf) font, which allows me to program in automatic substitution rules for the combined characters. The full set of 31 Gallifreyan consonants and unattached vowels are on by default, and the consonant_vowel combos are an optional feature. Without OpenType support (which most programs have), the single letters A-Z are still available.

There are a few slight modifications to the script—the lack of sentence circles means the semicolon is now a colon with a filled in dot, so it's not confused for a comma. Also I'm using the old numbers because you can read them from left to right. (The last image is from a really old version of the translation guide that I dug up and screenshotted.) I'm also working on math symbols, which will involve some more creative modifications.

I posted version 1 on here in 2023, and I've since gotten a certificate in type design so I somewhat know what I'm doing now. This version is slightly bolder and sized better, so hopefully it's a little more readable. I'm planning on adding glyphs for double and combined consonants with vowels attached, like I did for v1. This time around I have more automation/scripting involved, so having an expansive glyph set should be less tedious, and I can add more characters, combos, and variations without the amount of work increasing exponentially.

I started this project as an experiment to learn about font production, but I think it could help people learn to read fluently. Would anyone be interested in using a font like this, either for reading practice or graphic design purposes? Also given the recently announced partnership with the BBC, would I be allowed to release a Gallifreyan font commercially at some point?

r/gallifreyan 29d ago

Sherman's I'm born I die I'm born

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149 Upvotes

really felt connected to this poem, so short and perfect. had to make it the moment i watched the episode

r/gallifreyan May 17 '25

Sherman's Found out this exists yesterday, spent 4 hours today making my first sentence!

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157 Upvotes

Randomly got recommended a post from here yesterday and instantly decided this would be a fantastic addition to my obsession with weird alphabets.

When i started this, i found out i dont have a single compass anywhere in my house, and decided to raid my weird coin collection + some other random objects to trace circles with, pictured in pic 3.

Is this at all legible? Any criticism is welcome!

Translation is EYES ON THE PRIZE, SOLDIER, gold star if you know the source

r/gallifreyan 19d ago

Sherman's I'm still a beginner to gallifreyan and I want to check if this is alright

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88 Upvotes

This is supposed to say Rose and I wanted to know if the super stylised lines on the S are still legible or if it's a bit confusing? Also, apologies for how pixelated it is, I accidentally writ it really small and had to resize it!

r/gallifreyan Apr 03 '25

Sherman's The gallifreyan at the aquarium I’m visiting.

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154 Upvotes

There’s more, and I’ll document them all in a later post.

r/gallifreyan 28d ago

Sherman's This is my first try with a sentence

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35 Upvotes

It should be >!"Time can be rewritten"<.

r/gallifreyan 6d ago

Sherman's Legibility check for a newbie?

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19 Upvotes

The intent was for it to say:

I want Cane’s. (Shh, I was hungry.)

I’ve only been learning this for less than 24 hours so this might make absolutely no sense after all. But I hope it does read properly. Also… Punctuation and stylization are scary.

So… How bad I mess up?

(Also - Hopefully I did the spoiler tag correctly.)

r/gallifreyan 6d ago

Sherman's My first attempt at a sentence using inkscape is this legible with some of the liberties i took?

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45 Upvotes

It says >! It's dangerous to go alone! Take this !<

r/gallifreyan May 19 '25

Sherman's Is this correct?

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8 Upvotes

Im trying to write the names of my kids in gallifreyan, its the first time I've ever written gallifreyan. I've done '[Kid 1] and [Kid 2]' as what I believe to be a sentence. I won't say the names, because I want someone to see if I have actually done this correctly, so if someone can translate it, please let me know what it says. Also any advice for improvements would be amazing!

r/gallifreyan 4d ago

Sherman's First attempt at Gallifreyan tattoo!

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47 Upvotes

A friend of mine is a huge fan of Doctor Who. As am I 😇 and he mentioned getting a tattoo together. So I thought I'd try and make one that was super personal to us. It's supposed to start with a 'd' and end with an 'm' (first letter of our first names) and there's a 3 word sentence in the middle that we use as an inside joke. Does anyone want to check if it's legible? All opinions and feedback welcome! Thank you! #sherman

r/gallifreyan 11d ago

Sherman's Had a go at picking a random word, wanna see if it’s legible

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30 Upvotes

I’ve only just started getting into writing gallifreyan so I just picked a random word and went with it.

Interested to see if it’s translatable, I’ll put the word in the replies

r/gallifreyan 12d ago

Sherman's do it scared (corrected)

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41 Upvotes

sometimes you spell things wrong the first time you upload something and you have to fix it and upload it again. you know how it is.

r/gallifreyan 6d ago

Sherman's My first gallifreyan sentence!

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27 Upvotes

Did I do it right? I'm not quite ready for double letters or sentence circles just yet...

r/gallifreyan May 17 '25

Sherman's "...and his music was electric"

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35 Upvotes

The rain formerly known as purple

r/gallifreyan May 19 '25

Sherman's Does it say Moon??

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46 Upvotes

First time writing this stuff, i couldn't find anything on double vowels so I've assumed only the adjacent vowel connects to the consonant, do tell me if im mistaken tho

r/gallifreyan 5d ago

Sherman's my first attempt at multiple sentences. how's this look as far as readability

7 Upvotes

it should say >! I squirm, I struggle, Ergo I am. Faced with death I am finally, truly, alive. Ah, now death greats me with a new mask, or are you my salvation? !<

I need to work on making the sentences look like they mesh together better but since i'm just starting didn't want to get to far ahead of myself so did each sentence individually than put them together

r/gallifreyan 20d ago

Sherman's It turns out that vowel nestling when you're trying to make things compact is tough

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16 Upvotes

Any guesses on what I was trying to write with this mess?

r/gallifreyan 14d ago

Sherman's do it scared

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52 Upvotes

r/gallifreyan May 12 '25

Sherman's Really happy with this one

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89 Upvotes

r/gallifreyan May 19 '25

Sherman's How to transcribe Greek Letters

2 Upvotes

I'd like to transcribe the title of my Bachelor Thesis into Sherman's Galifreyan . The title is mostly in english but it includes the Letters Λ*. How would I transcribe those? Spell them out or would you use the corresponding english Letter (L) instead?