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--- bssscribe [2023/06/05 22:51] – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== BSSScribe documentation page ======
-**//BSSScribe//**, aka "Black Speech School's (trans)scriber", is the official transcriber of [[Nûrlâm]] dialect into [[Tengwar]] or [[Cirth]] available at http://blackspeech.ru/transcriber.
+**//BSSScribe//**, aka "Black Speech School's (trans)scriber", is the official transcriber of [[Nûrlâm]] dialect into [[Tengwar]] or [[Cirth]] available at http://blackspeech.de/transcriber.
 ===== Why? =====
-There are already many transcribers available, but none of them correspond to description of Black Speech mode at [[http://at.mansbjorkman.net/teng_general_black_speech.htm|Amanye Tenceli]] or do not have it at all. [[https://glaemscrafu.jrrvf.com/english/glaemscribe.html|Glǽmscribe]] is close to perfection, but for some reason it uses Quenya mode for diphtongs in Black Speech.
+There are already many transcribers available, but none of them correspond to description of Black Speech mode at [[http://at.mansbjorkman.net/teng_general_black_speech.htm|Amanye Tenceli]] or do not have it at all. [[https://glaemscrafu.jrrvf.com/english/glaemscribe.html|Glǽmscribe]] is close to perfection, but for some reason it uses Quenya mode for diphthongs in Black Speech.
 ===== Unicode support =====
-Currently, BSSScribe supports only legacy Daniel Smith's encoding for these reasons:
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+//Limited// support for Unicode CSUR encoding was added on 2022-09-30.
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+While the default font for now is Tengwar Artano, the author of BSSScribe still prefers legacy Daniel Smith's encoding for these reasons:
   * There are more fonts available for it;
   * There are two concurring Unicode proposals, both not approved for 15+ years;
   * [[wp>Tengwar#ConScript_Unicode_Registry|Wikipedia articles]] provides older and obsolete one character map, not supported by currently popular fonts; e.g. articles say character U+E018 is used for "rómen" (1993 proposal) but it's mapped to "extended tinco" (2001 proposal) in majority of fonts;
-  * Unicode proposals have limited number of characters and their variants (e.g. no s-hooks), compared to Daniel Smith's version. Existing fonts have them, but their encoding is not standartized;
+  * Unicode proposals have limited number of characters and their variants (e.g. no s-hooks), compared to Daniel Smith's version. Some existing fonts have these additional symbols, but their encoding is not standartized;
   * Some Unicode fonts require additional third-party library to work as intended, as the result export as text will be useless;
-  * Lack of free time
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-//Limited// support for Unicode CSUR encoding was added on 2022-09-30, currently with only 3 fonts.
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 ===== How to use =====
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   * Only decimal numbers are accepted (no automatic re-basing to duodecimal system);
   * Symbol "**\**" may be used in any tengwar mode to "escape" the following character -- it will remain the same in Dan Smith's encoding -- use to insert additional tengwar unknown to BSSScribe;
-  * BSSScribe supports (experimentally) "raw-tengwar" syntax compatible with Glǽmscribe, Tecendil but with some extensions (full list will be published later after proper testing);
+  * BSSScribe supports (experimentally) "raw-tengwar" syntax compatible with Glǽmscribe and Tecendil but with some extensions ([[http://blackspeech.de/transcriber/BSSScribe_raw_syntax.pdf|Download chart in PDF]]);
-  * Symbols **"|"** and **"_"** may be used in English mode to imitate J.R.R. Tolkien's writing, e.g. "here|in", "of_the", "and|e" to render as in DTS 5 (<wrap tengware>97RË5%</wrap>, <wrap tengware>W:</wrap>, <wrap tengware>2P#È</wrap> accordingly).
+  * Symbols **"|"** and **"_"** may be used in English mode to imitate J.R.R. Tolkien's writing, e.g. "here|in", "of_the", "and|e" to render as in DTS 5 (<wrap tengware>97RË5%</wrap>, <wrap tengware>W:</wrap>, <wrap tengware>2P#È</wrap> accordingly);
-  * Symbols "*", "**%**", "**[**", "**]**", "**{**", "**}**", "**=**", "**`**", "**~**", "**/**", "**|**", "**\**" are used for pseudo-graphics with Cirth Erebor fonts 1 and 2;
+  * Vowels with diaresis may be used to alternate the spelling in English Orthographic mode (as with classical example of "naïve"); also Greek "χ" may be used for "ch" which chould be read as [k] or [x] as in "Mi**ch**ael".
-  * Cyrillic mode of Tengwar is based on Benct Philip Jonsson proposal ({{ :tngcyrillic.pdf |Download PDF}}). Except "щ" in Russian is encoded with alternate tehtar "aha" <wrap tengwar_entry2 tengware>A</wrap> instead of "aha" with palatalization diacritics <wrap tengwar_entry2 tengware>dÍ</wrap>; rare reversed tehtar for nasalized vowels are encoded with combination of nasalization mark and regular tehtar with fonts that don't support reversed tehtar.
+  * Symbols "*****", "**%**", "**[**", "**]**", "**=**", "**`**", "**~**", "**/**", "**|**" are used for pseudo-graphics with Cirth Erebor fonts 1 and 2; therefore use double braces for "raw" codes in Cirth mode;
+  * Cyrillic mode of Tengwar is based on Benct Philip Jonsson proposal ({{ :tngcyrillic.pdf |Download PDF}}). Except "щ" in Russian is encoded with alternate tehtar "aha" <wrap tengware>A</wrap> instead of "aha" with palatalization diacritics <wrap tengware>dÍ</wrap>; rare reversed tehtar for nasalized vowels are encoded with combination of nasalization mark and regular tehtar with fonts that don't support reversed tehtar;
+  * English phonemic modes of Tengwar and Cirth use pronunciation dictionaries (General American dialect), therefore it's not possible to override just one character -- the whole word should be transcripted with "raw" syntax or IPA.
+A [[bssscribe_min|minimalistic version]] of BSSScribe exists (mainly for embedding purposes).
 ===== Scheduled improvements =====
   * Better Unicode support
   * Better interface
-  * More fonts
   * More modes (General Mode for Sindarin, more English modes)
 ===== Fonts Credits =====
   * [[https://github.com/Tosche/Alcarin-Tengwar/|Alcarin Tengwar]] font by Toshi Omagari (aka "Tosche")
+  * Catrinity font by Alexander Lange
   * Cirth Erebor font series by Daniel Steven Smith
   * Elfic Caslin and Tengwar Optime fonts by Peter Wiegel under SIL Open Font License
   * Free Mono Tengwar font by J. "Mach" Wust and Johan Winge
-  * Tengwar Annatar font series by Johan Winge
+  * Tengwar Annatar font series and Tengwar Telcontar font by Johan Winge
-  * [[https://github.com/shankarsivarajan/TengwarArtano/|Tengwar Artano]] and [[https://github.com/shankarsivarajan/TengwarRacina|Tengwar Rácina]] fonts by Shankar Sivarajan (based on Johan Winge's Tengwar Annatar Italic and Enrique Mombello's Tengwar Gothika fonts respectively)
+  * [[https://github.com/shankarsivarajan/TengwarArtano/|Tengwar Artano]], [[https://github.com/shankarsivarajan/TengwarMiriel/|Tengwar Míriel]] and [[https://github.com/shankarsivarajan/TengwarRacina|Tengwar Rácina]] fonts by Shankar Sivarajan (based on Johan Winge's Tengwar Annatar Italic, Bas van Hoorn's Tengwar Tellepsalinnacontar and Enrique Mombello's Tengwar Gothika fonts respectively)
-  * Tengwar Beleriand, Tengwar Elfica and Tengwar Gothika fonts by Enrique Mombello
+  * Tengwar Beleriand and Tengwar Elfica fonts by Enrique Mombello
   * Tengwar Cursive by Harri Perälä (disabled for compatibility issues)
   * Tengwar Eldamar and Tengwar Parmaite fonts by Måns Bjorkman
   * Tengwar Formal font by Michał Nowakowski; CSUR encoding version by Johan Winge & J. "Mach" Wust
-  * [[https://github.com/shankarsivarajan/TengwarHanno|Tengwar Hanno]] font by Shankar Sivarajan
+  * Tengwar Gothika font by Enrique Mombello based on Lothenon's calligraphy
+  * [[https://github.com/shankarsivarajan/TengwarHanno|Tengwar Hanno]] and [[https://github.com/shankarsivarajan/TengwarNenya|Tengwar Nenya]] fonts by Shankar Sivarajan
   * Tengwar Hereno font by Paulo Otto and Ronald Kyrmse
   * Tengwar Noldor, Tengwar Quenya and Tengwar Sindarin fonts by Daniel Steven Smith, free for non-commercial private use
+===== Other Credits =====
+  * [[https://github.com/1904labs/dom-to-image-more|Dom-to-image-more]] JavaScript library by 1904labs, based on Dom-to-image.js by Anatolii Saienko
+  * [[https://github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js/|FileSaver]] JavaScript library by EliGrey

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