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M.A. Linguistics, B.Sc. Computer Science. Also interested in art and music theory. Tumbling through life. Navigating the universe. Laying on the floor. Profile Picture by ikimaru on Tumblr; Header courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.



lorenziniforce
@lorenziniforce

The aesthetics of Aksarapulan are very obviously inspired by south and central Indian scripts and various Southeast Asian scripts (which are almost entirely of Southern Indian linage anyway). Has a lot of similarities to other writing systems I've made, I think my stuff just has a particular vibe like that cuz of the way I draw and write (very... rounded? Like the way I draw and write involves a lot of... curved and circular motions. An idiosyncratic trait of this particular dragon.)

This script is the modern descendant of some very old scripts that were spread to many different places across the Archipelago by the ancient dragontrade, influencing the scripts used to write languages there. Aksarapula is poetically known as the "isles of letters" for a reason - it's thought to be a major source of the written word and arts of scholarship and formal magical study across a good part of the setting. It's traditionally written on palmleaf manuscripts, but this is the modern Archipelago so it's far more frequently seen printed, painted, displayed on lexiotech device screens, in ink, and more.


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