/lit/ - Literature

>it's a "monolingual angloids circlejerk for hours about their mutt orc tongue" episode

Yeah def not english. I'm so glad I don't have to read my shit in some pidgin tongue

>>15938536
Arabic.

>>15938536
Maya script

>>15938536
Greek is the best out of these three but I would say arabic is more beautiful

>>15938536
You mean latin script?
Anyway the answer is obviously arabic, although Greek and Sanskrit get honorable mentions.

>>15938536
Obviously Sanskrit.

>>15938673
different languages written in the same script look different (they have a different "color" on the page as typographers would say)

>>15938536
I'd say japanese. They have the whole caligraphy art going on and my camera manual looks best in japanese. Also latin looks pretty cool, even catching a glimpse of a word or two in latin text somehow makes it appear more important than it may actually be.

>>15938686
If you're talking about different languages written in the same script that's another issue, and a harder one to solve.

>>15938536
Greek is just like a prettier Latin alphabet

>>15938618
Arabic Calligraphy is a different animal entirely than Arabic script.

Having said that, I've often wondered how to take the art of "writing pictures" using Arabic Calligraphy and apply it to English. The obvious answer is that it can be done, but I'm not quite sure how.

>>15938536
japanese and greek. korean and chinese are ugly-looking languages and mardarin chinese is ugly-sounding

>>15938536
Greek miniscule

Aesthetically, Greek, then maybe English. I'm a pretty big fan of Japanese as well. Latin, French, Italian, and Spanish is shit tier, aesthetically.

>>15938536
I'd go with Japanese (Kana, not Kanji as Kanji is a bug language).

Georgian is nice

>>15938536
Latin written by amanuensis monks

>>15938536
Helvetica

>>15938536
that greek has no super/sub script

i like how georgian looks best

Glagolitic
ⰰⰸⱏ–––––ⱌⰰⱄⰻⱀⰰ––ⱅⰰⰳⱁⰴⱆⱈⰰⰰⰸⱏ
ⱁⱂⰰⱅ–ⰴⱃⱏⰶⰻⱈⱝⱂⰻⱄⰰⱈⱏⱄⰵⱁⰾⰵⰴⰻⱑⱓⰶⰵ
ⰴⰰⰸⱏⰲⱏⱀⰻⰿⱃⱏⰽⱃⰰⰾⱏⱈⱃⱏⱝⱅⱏⱄⰽⱏ–––
ⰴⱀⰻⱄⰲⱁⱗⰲⱏⱄⰲⰵⱅⱆⱓⰾⱆⱌⰻⱓⰻⱄⰲⰵ––
ⰿⰻⰶⱆⱂⱝⱀⱏⰴⰵⱄⰻ–ⱃⱝⰽⱃⱏⰱⱝⰲⱑⰿⱃⱝ–––ⱏⰲ––
ⱌⱑⱂⱃⰱⱏⱀⰵⰱⰳⰰ–ⱏⱂⱁⱄⰾ–ⰲⰻⱀⱁⰴⰾⱑ––ⰲⰰⰲⱁ
ⱅⱁⱌⱑⰴⰰⰻⰶⰵⱅⱉⱀⱁⱃⱒⰵⰽⰾⱏⱀⰻⰻⰱⱁⰻⰱ–ⰰⱀⰾⰰⰻⰳⰵ
ⰲⰰⰼⰾⰻⱄⱅ҃ⰻⰻⱄⱅ҃ⰰⱑⰾⱆⱌⰻⱑⰰⱞⱀⱏⰴⰰⰻⰾⰵⱄⰴⱑⰶⰻⰲⰵ
ⱅⱏⱞⱉⰾⰻⰸⱝⱀⰵⰱ҃ⱁⰳⰰⰰⰸⱏⱁⱀⱝⱅⱏⰴⰱⱃⱉⰲⱜⱅⱏⰸⱏ
ⰴⱝⱈⱏⱌⱃ꙯ⱑⰽⱏⰲⱏⱄⰻⱅⰻⱄⰲⱉⰵⱓⰱⱃⱝⰰⱜⱓⱄⱏⰴⰵⰲ
ⰵⱅⰻⱓⰲⱏⰴⱀⰻⰽⱏⱀⰵⰸⰰⰽⱉⱄⱏⱞⱏⱅⱝⱉⰱⰾⰰⰾ
ⰰⱓⱋⱝⰳⱉⰲⱏⱄⱆⰽⱏⱃⱝⰻⱀⱆⰻⰱⱑⱎⰵⰲⱏⱅⱏⰾNⱜⱞ
ⱜⰽⱆⰾⱝⰲⱏⱉтⱉⱒⱍ–––ⰲⰵт꙯ⱆⱓⰾⱆⱌ꙯ⱜⱓⰲⱏⰵⰾⰻNⱉ

>>15939611

>>15938856

oh fuck thats tasty

Deva-Nagari, literally "from the city of gods"

>>15938536
Anything Cyrillic.

The international Phonetic Alphabet

>>15940848

>>15938856
Beauty.

If we're just talking about how the letters all look next to each other and not the shape of the words, then I'm having Polish

>>15938536
As a lithuanian, I agree that english looks the best. The diacritics and umlauts are just plain ugly, no matter what language and english is one of the languages with the least of those. Thai looks like complete trash for this exact reason. Cyrillic is not much better because of characters like ё.
Japanese sucks because of the inconsistency in the complexity of the characters due to both hiragana and kanji being used. If a text used only hiragana and without the diacritics it would probably be at the top.
Chinese has the same problem (some of the characters are way too simple and others way too complex).
Korean and Greek are in the top 3 with English.

>>15938536
Latin definitely

>>15938536
Traditional Chinese. Plebs begone.

>>15938536
Depends on context, I think. Chinese doesn't look all that spectacular in the OP, but in other cases...

>>15938536
French and Greek

>>15942413
that clusterfuck is considered beautiful?

>>15939234
shit, I had no idea that georgian could look good.

For me it's Old Church Slavonic / Cyrillic

>>15939234
>>15942724
I just keep seeing dicks all over the place tbhon

French looks cute

>mogs every scriptlet

how could anyone possibly remember all those different symbols to draw. i imagine messy handwriting would just be no chance of understanding.

>>15938789
What the fuck are you even talking about.

Arabic first. Japanese, Chinese and >>15942782 together in the second place.

>>15938536

Greek is very nice. The characters look blocky / sturdy in the same vein as English characters, but they also look ornate and stylish perhaps like Arabic.

>>15938681
This.

>>15939611
looks like made up DND language

>>15938536
Georgian script is the best but Arabic is a close second

Arabic. Writing it feels like I'm making art.

The best one is japanese, but >>15942782 is a close follow up and after that stand arabic and chinese

>>15943228

Very aesthetic

>>15938856
hot

>>15938536
korean look kind of ugly imo

>>15942744
It's one of my native scripts (or alphabets, I guess), but I much rather use latin. Ж still is one of the most beautiful letters.

>>15938686
this is really interesting and something i’d like to know more about. i’ve noticed that modern books (novels) printed in english have beautiful type choices, generous line spacing and more overall room to breathe, while europeans seem to go for a different approach, filling the pages with as many letters as possible and squeezing them tight, using ugly utilitarian digital-age typefaces. this is also reflected in the cover art, which in the u.s. is an entire industry to itself while euro covers are more of an afterthought (if thought about at all)

Slightly off-topic but - script aside - does anyone else thinks that french looks prettier than it sounds?

>>15938536
>english
Amerifats at it again

English for sure

>>15946572
Yeah. When you spell the words out by how they actually sound it looks terrible. Would be the same for English I guess

>>15938536
It's absolutely Portuguese.

>>15946667
go away
I cringe every time I hear it

>>15946657
>Would be the same for English I guess
Easy to figure out:
>https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
>Walcome tae Wikipaedia
>the free encyclopaedia that awbody can eedit.

>>15938536
I tend to agree with many answers itt but I also feel like Armenian is underrated.