Etruscan
Before the Romans there were the Etruscans, who wrote a still-unknown language in an alphabet that was the ancestor of our own. Many of the things we think of as disctincively Roman originated with the Etruscans. In a game context, the Etruscan alphabet is perfect for any sorts of old writing or inscriptions in ruins that the players should almost, but not quite, be able to read. The Etruscan alphabet is composed almost entirely of straight lines, in a very runic style, so it would be perfect for any civilization that might otherwise use the more common runes.
The Etruscan package contains two fonts:
Etruscan, an authentic ancient Etruscan script, including the signs to produce the Roman-numeral-like Etruscan numbers. It includes a normal form, a heavy form, an outlined form, and a weathered form, suitable for all your ancient inscription needs. As Etruscan was originally written right to left, as were many of the ancient scripts in the Mediterranean area, you can use TextJiggler to reverse a line of text for greater authenticity.
Zichner, like similar fonts in some of Wintertree's other packages, is the familiar Roman alphabet using Etruscan letters, plus additional letters and symbols produced in the same style.It is excellent for handouts for the players whose characters can read the language the others are baffled at -- give those others something in Etruscan and those in the know the same thing in Zichner. It includes the same forms as Etrruscan, and a full alphabet with all numbers and punctuation besides.
The package also includes documentation with the history of the Etruscan alphabet, suggested game uses, and a character map.
For those who have wondered what the "weathered" versions look like, here is an example of the weathred (bold italic) face in Zichner:
"Zichner", by the way, is intended to mean something like "letters" in Etruscan. The root is right, but the exact meaning is a bit questionable and the plural ending may require a different vowel.
FONT LICENSE INFORMATION: Wintertree fonts are licensed as ordinary commerical fonts. This means you can install the font on your computer to use with programs such as word processors, design tools and similar applications, and use it for creation of print or PDF documents, images (JPEG, TIFF, PNG, etc.) and logos. In other words, you can use the Wintertree fonts to make things with and sell the things you make, but you can't sell the font itself in any way, or use it as a web font (@font-face). Credit is gratefully appreciated but not required.
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