Guild Wars 2

I installed New Krytan Cursive on my Windows 7 and changed Skype font to New Krytan. It’s a great way to learn it – everything I type and receive is in New Krytan. Will work with anything else that supports font changes.

So for anyone who wants to learn the language, I think this is a pretty neat way:

1. Install New Krytan Cursive font: (can also get Classic Krytan)
http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/new-krytan-font-t10510370.html

- download the files (click the lower smaller download button, first big one is an ad I think) ; the file should be called New Krytan Caligraphy.7z
– extract the .ttf file and double click it (eg I extracted with 7-zip)
– if you are in Windows 7 you should get a window with ‘Install Now’ – install it

Note: No viruses in the zip, you can double check by scanning on VirusTotal.com

This adds a font to your list of fonts. You can now use it anywhere – text editor, instant messager, etc. It just means what you type will look like new krytan, but if you send the text to anyone or paste it here, it will appear as normal to other people.

2. Change Skype font to New Krytan:
– Go to Tools -> Options -> IM&SMS -> IM Appearance – Change Font
– Pick New Crytan from list of fonts

Everything you send and receive will appear (only to you) in New Krytan

Enjoy!

An example of notepad using New Krytan font:

[img]http://i.imgur.com/tr6SzA5.png[/img]

Also – random little note here – there’s another thing to help learn if you have an android phone (likely iphone too but I don’t have one so I don’t know). There’s a free app in the Google Play store that’s a New Krytan Translator. Handy little thing to have on the go to play with if you’re looking to learn it or just bored.

Good idea.

I once taught myself a runic alphabet (basically Elder Futhark with few variations), originally so I could read the map that came with my copy of Ultima Online (all the place names were written in runes, very pretty but not very practical) and I found the key to learning and remembering it basically came down to practice.

I’d write out the alphabet in both English (Latin technically) and runic letters in the borders of my notes during boring classes, write notes to myself in runes, randomly challenge myself to remember the rune for a particular letter occasionally etc. In a kind of sad way it was fun.

And sometimes knowing another alphabet, especially a relatively obscure one comes in useful. I sometimes use it (combined with a fairly basic code) to write down passwords for example. Plus I can show off by reading the text on the front of most copies of The Hobbit.