# Abjoid Blocky One

This is a proof-of-concept font, just to model a script that I created. It can be used to type with, but it isn't beautiful and it isn't perfected. It is literally just a model font file to contain the basic glyph shapes and their relationships, via shared glyph elements, anchorings, etc. This font is blocky and angular, just to contain the structure; the conscript is designed so that it can be written in a cursive flow, much like Arabic. I'll upload some images of my handwriting in it some time soon.

You can learn about my conscript _Abjoid_ on my conscripts gitbook website:  <a href="https://lang.gitbook.io/conlangs/creations/abjoid-conscript" class="button primary">Abjoid conscript</a>&#x20;

<div data-full-width="false"><figure><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2FD8trwRdgtZwcxRm3yRcU%2FAbjoid%20Blocky%20One%20-%20Font%20Cover%20landscape.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=b8dcb827-eb23-4f61-b1b3-0e6f0c20eed1" alt=""><figcaption><p><em>Sample text: Latin alphabet approximations; all consonant diacritics; all English vowels.</em></p></figcaption></figure></div>

<figure><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2FG1n7UkSPsJPJdkTQz9hy%2FAbjad%20Blocky%20One%20shrek%20quote.png?alt=media&#x26;token=aadf9ef8-7388-4510-9842-667927195a40" alt=""><figcaption><p align="center"><em>This is a famous movie quote. Can you read it?</em></p></figcaption></figure>

## About Abjoid Latinate conscript

* Letters: five base consonants, consonant diacritic modifiers to construct many phonetic sounds.
* Vowels are based on a vowel system attuned to [my personal vowel model hypotheses](https://lang.gitbook.io/en/pronunciation-mastery/sound-system/vowel-series/vowel-model-v3).
* Indirectly supports Latin alphabet and NewEng script orthography with equivalent abjoid letters.
* Can probably support a range of other scripts, but is not tailored for them.
* Can be used to type English, but it's only functional as a cypher, because the Abjoid glyphs represent mouth positions and relative phonemes, whereas Latinate glyphs in English represent a complex (and oft broken) array of sounds and phonetic mutations.

### Letters

For Abjoid Latinate conscript, the five base phone letters are mapped as such:

<table><thead><tr><th width="199">Position</th><th width="140">Abjoid glyph</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><em>lip</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2Fd5VayFXBLxw88mqdkgjB%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Lip%20base.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=95c740a7-eedf-4d1c-8d96-6ea7f4f747ac" alt="" data-size="line"></td></tr><tr><td><em>behind upper teeth</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2FSG4U8Z9D0CRtFh7EwFeh%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Upper%20teeth%20base.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=a0e545bc-0db9-40a5-8306-06c710fecaf7" alt="" data-size="line"></td></tr><tr><td><em>behind lower teeth</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2F4aP8Vo8YWh1EmsnOvyvk%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Lower%20teeth%20base.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=97c36ea3-b6fe-43b6-8394-a0e0a98135a1" alt="" data-size="line"></td></tr><tr><td><em>palate</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2FKZZ4IDnk5Zd7wdcZBGgM%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Palate%20base.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=912b29a3-a733-4a1f-9d4b-17b7e726cfbc" alt="" data-size="line"></td></tr><tr><td><em>velum</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2FefaLZm4fHsOlvLz8ubuH%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Velum%20base.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=0eeb79ee-4262-4437-9a16-790e852b2e2f" alt="" data-size="line"></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Diacritics

The diacritic modifiers follow the basic shapes of the modifiers in the Abjoid foundation conscript, but have been drawn in such a way as to be writable within one pen stroke with the letter if possible, and to provide a visually distinctive shape so that the reader can discern the letter and word more quickly:

<table><thead><tr><th width="192">Quality</th><th width="111">Diacritic glyph</th><th width="241">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><em>Unaspirated, unvoiced</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2Fd5VayFXBLxw88mqdkgjB%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Lip%20base.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=95c740a7-eedf-4d1c-8d96-6ea7f4f747ac" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td><em>Aspirated</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2FO0wKILm3DR7E9DRJvJ0N%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Dia%20Lip%20overdot.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=7b98f6b8-0b91-460f-9818-97668d57a2d7" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>Dot above</td></tr><tr><td><em>Voiced</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2FqubxXNbdpZRG5G4CFznt%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Dia%20Lip%20underdot.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=40b8372c-5216-4216-a2be-ae5ef79eceed" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>Dot below</td></tr><tr><td><em>Aspirated &#x26; voiced</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2FQBUWVMbb5e8XWLRRj0mq%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Dia%20Lip%20overdot%20underdot.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=9ba9eaef-18d7-4b94-850f-9a34b538a8e1" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>Dots above and below</td></tr><tr><td><em>Fricative, unvoiced</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2F1cZsyO8u2COcLPdLNWl0%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Dia%20Lip%20circumflex%20above.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=40732e43-0cb0-4259-a246-1c956cfc43c1" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>Circumflex above</td></tr><tr><td><em>Fricative, voiced</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2Fwf99qpZScqlg2HgS8fbE%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Dia%20Lip%20caron%20below.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=22734c55-8781-4bda-9706-84909b8f1d1e" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>Caron below</td></tr><tr><td><em>Nasal</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2FVLEHCDGE2vQBGoegGRP9%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Dia%20Lip%20ring%20above.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=252dff82-f9c9-49d3-a9e5-adaf85116188" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>Ring above</td></tr><tr><td><em>Breath</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2Fdy7Rdycg6Sx5RJGGqOpD%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Dia%20Lip%20ring%20below.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=73bb91de-72a8-4400-bc08-b283225c8d2c" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>Ring below</td></tr><tr><td><em>Glide</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2FpxaIMzvBflPtbnMUru3y%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Dia%20Lip%203%20dots%20above.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=851679e0-4945-4a1a-bbc3-dc80a08112f7" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>Three dots above</td></tr><tr><td><em>Breathed glide</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2Fg5SjeCtAaldeDbw28oeG%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Dia%20Lip%203%20dots%20above%20ring%20below.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=14d7c361-f8b5-41bf-8e90-3e116c5bf81b" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>Three dots above, ring below</td></tr><tr><td><em>Silenced letter</em></td><td><img src="https://3543613291-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJz3BfoxqzUCPONNAxkIl%2Fuploads%2FMHdGB0W9p21SQ99VF9P0%2FAbjoid%20Foundation%20-%20Dia%20Lip%20silent.svg?alt=media&#x26;token=d007e1cd-aa2c-4130-b278-08480f636622" alt="" data-size="line"></td><td>Grave above</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Info table

<table><thead><tr><th width="162" valign="top">Name</th><th width="440">Abjoid Blocky One</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Version</td><td><code>1.11</code></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Availability</td><td>Free, <a href="https://github.com/fazzaan/font-abjad-blocky-one">GitHub</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Latest release</td><td>3 August 2025</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Inception</td><td>23 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Supported scripts</td><td><p>Abjoid conscript</p><p>Indirectly: Latin, <a href="https://app.gitbook.com/o/bhv2aXe6eExkCxRzuAVK/s/nQuhfcBU5w4vA1rwurTv/">NewEng</a> </p><p><em>This is a script itself.</em> </p></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Other glyphs</td><td><p>Abjoid conscript glyphs are based in the <a data-footnote-ref href="#user-content-fn-1">PUA</a> of Unicode. You need a <a href="https://github.com/fazzaan/keyboard-layouts/tree/main/Layout%20-%20EN-UK%20-%20AbjAng%20(Abjoid)">custom keyboard layout</a> to type it.</p><p>However, I have also mapped Latin letters to approximately equivalent Abjoid glyphs, so you can type in it with your regular keyboard albeit incorrectly. </p></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Issues</td><td></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">GitHub</td><td><p>Link to the github page to download.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/fazzaan/font-abjad-blocky-one">https://github.com/fazzaan/font-abjad-blocky-one</a> </p></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Behance</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Font sites</td><td>-</td></tr></tbody></table>



## Letters

* Abjoid conscript letters: five base consonants, consonant diacritic modifiers to construct a broad array of phonetic sounds.
* Vowels are based on a vowel system attuned to my personal vowel model hypotheses.
* Indirectly supports Latin alphabet and NewEng script orthography with equivalent abjoid letters.
* Can probably support a range of other scripts, but is not tailored for them.
* Can be used to type English, but it's only functional as a cypher, because the Abjoid glyphs represent mouth positions and relative phonemes, whereas Latinate glyphs in English represent a complex (and oft broken) array of sounds and phonetic mutations.
* _include: Vector image of all glyphs_

### Diacritics

* _include: Vector image of all glyphs with respective diacritics_



## Numerals

* include:&#x20;
  * Vector image of numerals
  * Vector image of dot-derived numerals



## Sample words

* _include: Vector images of a range of words, specifically ones containing NewEng letters_



## Resources for using Abjoid

* [Keyboard layout](https://github.com/fazzaan/keyboard-layouts/tree/main/Layout%20-%20EN-UK%20-%20AbjAng%20\(Abjoid\)) (Windows only, for now)
* [Abjoid keyboard layout map](https://www.figma.com/design/t26r6bYPmL9WDgnkc4fXG0/Keyboard-Layout---Abjoid-AbjAng-M1v6?node-id=0-1\&p=f\&t=rDm1IfPKmrmFfOEH-11)&#x20;
* [Abjoid conscript usage guide](https://www.figma.com/design/iXFpBlWzIrsZbQ7ACTvVII/Abjoid-Script-Info-Sheet?node-id=0-1\&p=f\&t=Be2Jm5vVkjisindl-11) (how to convert IPA to Abjoid, and how to type Abjoid)&#x20;
* Font: Abjoid Blocky One (this page)&#x20;
* Font: [abjoid-latinate-one](abjoid-latinate-one "mention")&#x20;

***

To Do


### Further development

* _incomplete aspects of the font_
* _diacritics, etc_
* _maye feature initial and final glyph forms, akin to the Arabic abjad script style._

### Fixes

* _include: bugs — glyphic, kerning, diacritics_

### Variants

* Abjoid Latinate One&#x20;
  * My first foray into adapting the Abjoid conscript into Latin-based glyphs, attempting to produce a hybrid script that blends Latin letter shapes and consonant diacritics, enabling NewEng orthographic spelling.&#x20;
  * Abjoid Latinate One also contains a few letter adaptations to respect the letter variants in the English alphabet, such as C-K-Q and the vowel-consonant Y.
* _ideas for typeface variations -- stylistic exploration_
* _ideas for font variations -- weighting methods, serifs, italicization, etc_

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