Another area of research I chose for typography and different fonts was from fantasy and fictional places. Although only fictional, a lot of research has taken place for fonts to hold true in terms of their design and how “real” they are, in films and TV. A lot of consultation is had to verify even fictional languages and how they look and whether the language is believable or not.
One TV program in particular which interests me is Game of thrones, the medieval and fantasy setting is something I love and wanted to explore more in depth.
A language used in Game of Thrones is called ‘High Valyrian’. Valyrian takes it’s roots from real fonts and scripts from a bygone human age, primarily Latin and Celtic Script, knowing this helps my own research towards creating a new font.
Other notable examples of fantasy writing are the obvious, Elvish, and Tolkin inspired typographies, these fonts are useful as a basis for designing your own fantasy font, looking at the forms and how similar they are despite being from completely different fantasy realms. The general consensus is that during the time setting of most fantasy films, most writing is similar.
