> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://grphc.gitbook.io/phlowyd-design/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://grphc.gitbook.io/phlowyd-design/portfolio/font-design/abjoid-latinate-one.md). # Abjoid Latinate 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 script is a hybrid script that uses the script construction of Abjoid and the Latinate letter shapes for the five base consonants. Its fundament is identical to Abjoid, but the appearance is so dramatically different that it is almost another script in itself. You can learn about my conscript *Abjoid* on my conscripts gitbook website: Abjoid conscript

*Sample text: Latin alphabet approximations; all consonant diacritics; all English vowels.*

*This is a famous movie quote. Can you read it?*

## Info table

Name	Abjoid Latinate One
Version	`1.011`
Availability	Free, GitHub
Latest release	9 August 2025
Inception
Supported scripts	Abjoid conscript Indirectly: Latin, NewEng This is a script itself.
Other glyphs	Abjoid conscript glyphs are based in the PUA of Unicode. You need a custom keyboard layout to type it. However, I have also mapped Latin letters to approximately equivalent Abjoid glyphs, so you can type in it with your regular keyboard, albeit incorrectly.
Issues
GitHub	Link to the github page to download. https://github.com/fazzaan/font-abjoid-latinate-one
Behance	-
Font sites	-

## Alphabet * *to include:* * *Vectors of all base glyphs* * *vectors of all diacritics* * *vectors of all vowels* * *vectors of Abjoid NewEng glyphset* ### Letters ### Numerals *Numerals are not yet designed.* * include: * 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* ## 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:

Position	Abjoid glyph	Latinate glyph
lip		— P
behind upper teeth		— T
behind lower teeth		— S
palate		— C
velum		— K

### 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:

Quality	Diacritic	Abjoid foundation diacritic
Unaspirated, unvoiced	None	None
Aspirated	Line above, joined	Dot above
Voiced	Loop below, joined	Dot below
Aspirated & voiced	Loops above and below, joined	Dots above and below
Fricative, unvoiced	Circumflex above, joined	Circumflex above
Fricative, voiced	Caron below, joined	Caron below
Nasal	Ring above, joined	Ring above
Breath	Ring below, joined	Ring below
Glide	Dome above	Three dots above
Breathed glide	Dome above, ring below	Three dots above, ring below
Silenced letter	Grave above	Grave above

### English Alphabet glyphs To write the English and NewEng alphabet orthographies, customised letters have been created, not dissimilar to how some hanzi/kanji are created. The base glyph is the phonetic glyph from Abjoid, and upon it is marked some kind of shape reminiscent of the English letter that it represents. This is for prreservation of spellings for etymology and phonemic mutation. Main examples are C, Ç, K, Ʞ and Q:

Letter		Abjoid modification
K is always /k/, and is sometimes silenced, K̀.		The Latinate base glyph is actually K-shaped. K is also the only phonetically-stable glyph, so this base glyph is unmodified for English.
Ʞ is primarily /k/, but may be smudged into /ʃ/ in words entering via French, spelled as Ʞ̇.		Ʞ in the NewEng glyph block is a rotated K. A diacritiqued version for /ʃ/ is being drafted.
Q is always /k/, but goes with ⟨U⟩ because of vowel positioning (it descends from Ancient Greek's letter qoppa, Ϙ, ϙ).		Q in the English glyph block is a K glyph with a Q-like hook tail, visually akin to Q and q.
C is /k/ as ⟨ca⟩, ⟨co⟩, ⟨cu⟩; but C is /s/ as ⟨ce⟩, ⟨ci⟩, ⟨cy⟩, and often undergoes assimilation when the e, i or y is proceeded by another vowel. These sound mutations are at least as old as Latin.		C in the English glyph block is a K glyph with a small C-shaped hook at the start of the line to indicate its difference. This allows readers to understand that the spelling is a C but the pronunciation may become a /s/ (or similar) if standard English orthographic spelling applies.
Ç is always /s/, and Ç̇ is /ʃ/		This letter has not yet been designed in Abjoid. Most likely, it will be a /s/ sounding glyph with a C-shaped hook modifier, akin to the modified K.

Another good example is Y, which functions as a glide consonant in onset position, a vowel in medial positions, a closing diphthong in codas and some medial positions, and both a closing diphthong and glide consonant in vowel-medial positions. It is one of the craziest letters, actually. Despite all these variations, we can reduce it to two basic functions: 1. Y as a consonant, /j/ — you, yes, yellow, young 2. Y as a vowel, 1. /ɪj/ — happy, funny, easy 2. /ɑj/ — by, my, fly, cry, dry, hyper[^3] Y as a consonant is the default value of the Y glyph in the English glyphset of Abjoid Latinate, a palatal base glyph marked with a glide diacritic modifier: ***Y consonant glyph vector here*** Y as a vowel is the secondary value of Y and is marked with an /ɪj/ vowel inside the base Y glyph. ***Y vowel glyph vector here*** {% hint style="info" %} *Other letters may need consideration as I develop this conscript further.* {% endhint %} ## 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) * [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) * Font: [Abjoid Blocky One](/phlowyd-design/portfolio/font-design/abjoid-blocky-one.md) * Font: Abjoid Latinate One (you are here) *** To Do ### Further development * Vowels are currently identical to those in Abjoid base script, which is not a problem but isn't in keeping with the Abjoid Latinate conscript concept. This font was made in a rush just as a proof of concept so that I didn't lose the idea while working on another client's project. * *incomplete aspects of the font* * *diacritics, etc* * *maybe feature initial and final glyph forms, akin to the Arabic abjad script style.* ### Fixes * *include: bugs — glyphic, kerning, diacritics* * bug: the nasal marker and one of the other under-markers look too similar. Consider reforming the one that isn't the nasal marker. ### Variants * Abjoid Latinate One * 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. * 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* *** ## Reviews Read reviews of my work in graphic design and other fields: {% content-ref url="/spaces/4g2MHu9J8li31PmfpbWI/pages/JzkOwJqgcQrSkibFNuhS" %} [Work Reviews](https://farran.gitbook.io/personal/work-reviews/sectors) {% endcontent-ref %} [^1]: Private Use Area [^2]: Arguably this might be better on a J glyph base, considering that C is burned into most people's brains as a /k/ and /s/. [^3]: Technically /hɑjpɚ/ is a (lol) hypercorrectionism, as the ⟨y⟩ is representative of Greek's ypsilon, pronounced /y/, close to the sound /i/. Thus, hyper should be pronounced /hɪjpɚ/. But it's not so never mind --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://grphc.gitbook.io/phlowyd-design/portfolio/font-design/abjoid-latinate-one.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.