Question about comic for May 25, 2019 (Lesson One)

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Question about comic for May 25, 2019 (Lesson One)

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Does anyone know what font is used on the slave collar in panel two, and is it used anywhere else in the comic?
(It doesn't appear to match the one used on her old/broken cuff, or the cuff forced on Kathrin.)

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Re: Question about comic for May 25, 2019 (Lesson One)

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I'll claim "Creative License" and just say they're Mekkan's form of 'ancient scripture' or magic runes or something. Remember Natani's quote Here, referencing "runes". I think that might be related.
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#3 Post by AmigaDragon »

To me those runes in your first link look a bit oriental but they could be totally made up by Tom. Natani recognized that the shackle had runes but remember she's illiterate (which I say includes magic runes, not just current spoken languages of Mekkan).
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#4 Post by Technic[Bot] »

.Well I am pretty sure they were made up by Tom. Would have been a nice details if runes had kept consistent in the comic but you can't have everything.

That being said The first one you mention was enchanted by Trace himself while Raine shackle was enchanted by Mary to keep her from morphing and the last one seems like a generic model. So it makes some sense the runes vary so much.
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Re: Question about comic for May 25, 2019 (Lesson One)

#5 Post by Tornir »

I figured out what the script on theTrace-enchanted collar broken by Raine said, but I couldn't find any previous mention of it.
The forum mentions the "Wizardspeak" font being used in places, but it definitely isn't that on the collar.
So, I was hoping you guys might remember if it'd been used elsewhere so I can see if I can work out what it says there too.

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