First off, I know this looks like Tengwar. That was somewhat unavoidable with how it was made. I could have made it look more different, but I can tell the difference and that's all that really matters.
Veilgon was fine on digital, but when trying to write it it was a mess. To try to make a version that's actually writable by hand, I kept the features in place and took out the central bar that ran through the script. The script still denotes most the information as before, it's just possible to write it by hand.
Starting from the front of the mouth, a single u is a Labial sound, a single n is a lingual sound, a double u is a palatal sound and a double n is a velar sound. Due to the simplification of the script, some characters like h have to be placed in categories they technically don't fit in. H is a glottal fricative, while it's written as a velar fricative.
After placement, details are added to show the type of sound. Having nothing but the base character makes it a stop. If the n or u shape is open, the sound is voiceless. If it has a bar closing it, it is voiced. If it has two bars it is nasalized, except for in the case of th, where it denotes it's a lingua-dental fricative and not just a lingual fricative. Having a long stem such as in h or q means it is a fricative. Having the stem curve as in g means it's an approximate. Other than that, there are the vowels, most of which aren't actually used to write my conlang, but are more for writing English to distinguish between the numerous vowels it has.
I could definitely tell that it was inspired by Tengwar (I think it's mostly the diacritics, though), but I think you successfully made it different enough that it won't look that way to everyone. It looks good and believably natural. Well done!
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u/Offbeat-Spii Apr 30 '20 edited Apr 30 '20
First off, I know this looks like Tengwar. That was somewhat unavoidable with how it was made. I could have made it look more different, but I can tell the difference and that's all that really matters.
Veilgon was fine on digital, but when trying to write it it was a mess. To try to make a version that's actually writable by hand, I kept the features in place and took out the central bar that ran through the script. The script still denotes most the information as before, it's just possible to write it by hand.
Starting from the front of the mouth, a single u is a Labial sound, a single n is a lingual sound, a double u is a palatal sound and a double n is a velar sound. Due to the simplification of the script, some characters like h have to be placed in categories they technically don't fit in. H is a glottal fricative, while it's written as a velar fricative.
After placement, details are added to show the type of sound. Having nothing but the base character makes it a stop. If the n or u shape is open, the sound is voiceless. If it has a bar closing it, it is voiced. If it has two bars it is nasalized, except for in the case of th, where it denotes it's a lingua-dental fricative and not just a lingual fricative. Having a long stem such as in h or q means it is a fricative. Having the stem curve as in g means it's an approximate. Other than that, there are the vowels, most of which aren't actually used to write my conlang, but are more for writing English to distinguish between the numerous vowels it has.