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[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There's no way this can be a dream. I'm using a computer

The keyboard:

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Sick. Is this an acutal language on the keys, or just lord of the rings jibberish?

[–] Spuddaccino@reddthat.com 44 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Both.

Tolkien constructed an actual language for use in his works, and the gibberish you see on the keyboard is that language.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago

Other way around, actually: he started out making constructed languages for fun, realized that doing that properly required inventing the cultural and historical context in which it developed, and then, later, started writing fiction set in that world.

[–] sylveon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Technically it’s an alphabet, not a language (excluding the keys with actual words on them and not just letters). The letters are called Tengwar and in the lore they’re Elvish letters, but you can use them to write in other languages like English. Even in universe they’re used for other languages like on the inscription of the One Ring, which is in Black Speech.

[–] Gawanoh@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you found an official alphabet to use with the Latin alphabet for comparison?

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Gawanoh@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OK thank you, I need to look deeper info that because not every letter is included.

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I don't know much about it but I think the vowels are included as diacritics over the consonants.

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 years ago

It's Tengwar (I think)

[–] OmegaMouse@feddit.uk 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's actually really cool. Why is there a little screen on the top right??

[–] MisterChief@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

For the dog.

[–] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

It's definitely some kind of elvish

[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago

I see that tiny latin alphabet for cheaters!

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's accurate in that it matches the popular LOTR fonts, but you can't just type normally and have the correct words appear without first running it through a program.

Edit: Fun fact: currently you need to use special fonts to type these. But in the near future, they will be probably be officially added to Unicode, in the U+16080 to U+160FF range. This is because Computer Scientists are all nerds.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What bindings does it have though?

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Sizousho@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago

It's the Drop LotR keycap set. I think they have some 60% pre-fab. The one above is a custom.

.... I may have built a keyboard for each language...

[–] CannedTuna@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Love this. What key cap set is this? Also what’s the keyboard? Looks like you’ve got a flip cover on the top right two switches

[–] Mechanize@feddit.it 6 points 2 years ago

I'm unsure about the keyboard but the caps are from the Drop + The Lord of the Rings MT3 Elvish Keycap Set

[–] Iceluigi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The keyboard is a Zoom75. I got mine recently and love it!