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The Tengwar of Feanor a table of letterforms resembling the beautiful Celtic half-uncial hand of the "Book of Kells". Invented and described by J.R.R. Tolkien in "The Lord of The Rings" as an orthography for his fictional elvish languages this system (which is both visually and phonetically {elegant}) has long fascinated hackers (who tend to be intrigued by artificial languages in general). It is traditional for graphics printers plotters window systems and the like to support a Feanorian typeface as one of their demo items. By extension the term might be used for any odd or unreadable typeface produced by a graphics device. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kissyou.gif" alt="" />


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