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How to write using the old script?

Corum · 2011-06-18 05:10:18

Is there any guide online to writing Irish in the old-fashioned manner? I've been looking, but so far I haven't found much.

18-06-2011 5:10am

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Corum

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Is there any guide online to writing Irish in the old-fashioned manner?
I've been looking, but so far I haven't found much.

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#2 18-06-2011 8:30am

Enkidu

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Corum wrote: »

Is there any guide online to writing Irish in the old-fashioned manner?
I've been looking, but so far I haven't found much.

Do you mean in the Seanchló? If so it isn't really that difficult, the biggest differences are:
1. G, D and S drawn quite differently and A, T and R a bit differently.
2. Instead of writing h from lenition just put a dot on the letter before it.
3. Write 7 instead of agus.

After that the rest of the letters just get a bit of a gothic look.

See an example of the letters here:
http://www.calligraphylearn.com/images/gaelic-alphabet-celtic-alphabet.gif

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#3 18-06-2011 2:30pm

Dun

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There's a font out there if it helps:
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/~oduibhin/mearchlar/fonts.htm

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#4 21-06-2011 5:22pm

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Seo duit, a chara!

http://www.scribhinn.org/ais.html

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