Alphabet Synthesis Machine - The Alphabet Synthesis Machine is a Java applet that generates plausible pseudo-random glyph alphabets. You start by drawing an initial letter, then change evolution parameters to create a new character set from this initial letter. The application even makes a TrueType font of the resulting alphabet.
alt.language.artificial - The busiest USENET newsgroup devoted to the general topic of model languages.
AncientScripts.com - A site with information on many ancient scripts of the world from a variety of language families.
Apologia pro Imaginatione - Boudewijn Rempt writes, "My true argument is that in creating worlds, cultures and languages..., I am following my nature, doing what God intended me to do. I am created in the image of God the creator... one of the primary characteristics of God is that God creates. Being created in that image, means that I must create, too - even if it is, as Tolkien said, sub-creation."
ArtLangs.com :: The ArtLangs Community - ArtLangs.com :: The ArtLangs Community is a site geared towards artlangs and conworlding. Included is a forum for speaking in, learning, and teaching artlangs, creating artlangs, and also discussion. ArtLangs.com also has a section for reviews of artlangs, conworlds, and conlang sites, links, and articles by staff members. It includes a gallery as well where you may submit maps of conworlds, inscriptions and alphabets of artlangs, and miscellaneous images related to the art of artlanging.
ASCII-to-LaTeX interlinear tool - The Interlinear-to-LaTeX conversion script (make-interlinear.pl) is a little Perl script that helps you create nicely-formatted interlinears. As we all know, interlinears are one of the best ways of showing off your conlang (especially on the CONLANG mailing list). The only trouble is, they are quite complex to create in LaTeX. Well, this need not be so any longer! With this handy utility, all you need is to enter an ASCII visually-formatted interlinear, and the script will turn it into LaTeX commands that will produce a beautiful interlinear for you.
Audience, Uglossia, and CONLANG: Inventing Languages on the Internet - Sarah L. Higley writes, "Tolkien speaks of the 'shyness' and 'shame' attached to this pursuit, where 'higher developments are locked in secret places'. It can win no prizes, he says, nor make birthday presents for aunts. His choice of title ("A Secret Vice") echoes a Victorian phrase for the closet."
AUXLANG - An offshoot of the CONLANG mailing list devoted to auxlangs (International Auxiliary Languages).
Azgen - I developed Azgen (short for Aukanian Generator), a word generator that takes the number of words you want to generate and the consonants and vowels you want to use. It then generates the required number of words.
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