𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 | Shavian

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The Shavian alphabet or Shaw alphabet. You’ve either never heard of it, love it, or smugly dismiss it. Guess which category I fit in. Brought to you by the guy (he/him) behind Shavian.info

A cathode ray tube television screen showing Ronald McDonald in the original 1960s TV ad. He has a soft drink cup for a nose, fries for hair and a white cardboard box of food on his head. The bottom half of his face is smeared with tomato sauce...or is it blood?

A pag from Tarpé Mills ‘Black Fury’, aka ‘Miss Fury’, transliterated into the Shavian alphabet.

Tilda Swinton as Orlando in a rather fetching black Jacobean outfit. Ageless, regenerating in a new gender, seemingly a bit out of place in any time—Orlando was Doctor Who before Doctor Who existed.

A black and white photo of Kingsley Read, the designer of the Shavian alphabet, taken in 1947. He has grey hair and looks down pensively. The lighting is dramatic with a black background.

Photo of early Australian Shavian alphabet proponent, Pearl Smith, in 1964 sitting at her Imperial Good Companion Shavian alphabet typewriter.

A freshly made Christmas pudding still in the pudding basin, looking down from the top. It is full of caramelised raisins, sultanas, currants and candied citrus peel.