[aldo_14]

Got any?

[FireCrack]

I belive on of the tech room animations has some

[Liberator]

Look in the background of the HOL entry.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Liberator
Look in the background of the HOL entry.

The techroom HOL entry?  That's just the bog-standard black-green background.

[Taristin]

Nope... the closest you could come would be the collosus cutscene, and even then, it'd be hard to find...  More likely random corporations' insignias...

[freespace2pilot]

vasudans have no writing. they only know three words : vasudans wuv fishes. lol

[Liberator]

Based on the HOL symbol in the Techroom, I would have to assume that the devs intended it to look vaguely arabic.

[Swamp_Thing]

I would sugest using the klingon writing scheme, from Trek. It sure looks good.

[Setekh]

One word: "Akheton". And yeah, the Colossus cutscene. Guess that was more than one word...

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Swamp_Thing
I would sugest using the klingon writing scheme, from Trek. It sure looks good.

I'd rather set fire to my gonads.

Seriously, I'm trying to work out some symbolic stuff equivalent to warning labels (symmetric) rather than words, anyways.  But examples of Vasudan typeface / general design would be neat, especially as IIRC the only other example is very low res script on the Sekhmet.

[Col. Fishguts]

What about the FS1 CB where the Vasudan archaeologists ask for help ? Wasn't there vasudan stuff somewhere ?

[phreak]

Galemp has a vasudan font he's using in command brief anis for Scroll of Atankharzim.  perhaps you can talk to him about which font it is.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by PhReAk
Galemp has a vasudan font he's using in command brief anis for Scroll of Atankharzim.  perhaps you can talk to him about which font it is.

I've had a PM from Sesq about it, IIRC. So hopefully - albeit the only minor worry is that if you are derivative of a derivative, you might get a bit too...derived.

[Deepstar]

I'm not sure, but for me, the writing looks Old Egypt.. like the Names

[Swamp_Thing]

Originally posted by aldo_14

I'd rather set fire to my gonads.

Seriously, I'm trying to work out some symbolic stuff equivalent to warning labels (symmetric) rather than words, anyways.  But examples of Vasudan typeface / general design would be neat, especially as IIRC the only other example is very low res script on the Sekhmet.

I´ve never seen any examples, but i figure the vasudans to use a cuneiform type of writing, like the sumerian writings. The klingon language is derived from there.

[aldo_14]

My thought was Arabic; basically as it's a sort of 'desert' language.  I think cuneiform - and indeed hieroglyphics - is a bit too symbolical and hence not alien enough (especially egyptian hyroglyphics).   (cueniform is a bit too geometric IMO, as well.  And klingon.... I wouldn't touch any other 'sci-fi' language with a 10 foot bargepolel)

[Taristin]

Maybe Egyptian Shorthand?  You know, the character base they used that wasn't the hieroglyphics?

[Liberator]

I don't think the Egyptian had any other written language than the heiroglyphs.  That is until they became subservient to a greater nation/city

[aldo_14]

http://www.usu.edu/anthro/museum/collections/collections_rosetta_stone.htm

The Rosetta Stone contains three written scripts of the same message. These three scripts are Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian shorthand or demotic script, and the third script is Greek. The top third of the stone contains the Egyptian hieroglyphs, the script used by the pharaoh’s and for all religious writings. The middle third of the Rosetta Stone contains an Egyptian shorthand or demotic script. This demotic script was the script of the common people. The demotic script was used for everyday situations. The lower third of the stone was written in Greek because the Greeks where rulers over Egypt at the time this monument was produced.

(I learned something new today, then)

[karajorma]

Seriously Lib. Spend 10-20 seconds in google before saying stuff like that

I'm not certain whether Raa was refering to Hieratic or Demotic as both are pretty good contenders.

This page  has examples of both.