2021-3-20: Created with FontForge (http://fontforge.org)
Fontname: Steel Alphabet - Inquisition
Family: Steel Alphabet
Version: 001.100

Changelog:
001.000 - first draft
001.100 - rescaled to better mimic Ben McSweeney's Inquisitor artwork

Glyphs are Copyright (c) 2021 of Brandon Sanderson, Isaac Stewart, and Dragonsteel Entertainment.

This font was created by 17thShard user TheKingofCrimsonesia. It is a fan-created version of the
Steel Alphabet script as it appears in the Inquisitor artwork by Ben McSweeney (Inkthinker) on
page 264 of the Mistborn Adventure Game book. The Steel Alphabet symbols were created by Isaac
Stewart. The SVGs used to make this font were created by Coppermind Wiki user Paleo. Neither the
individual glyphs nor the font may be used for commercial purposes, as per Brandon Sanderson's
fanart guidelines.

In the process of transliterating the text of McSweeney's Inquisitor artwork, I noticed the
following spelling rules, which are automatically applied by the font:
-O and U are undifferentiated; both are Pewter
-E and I are undifferentiated; both are Tin
-Doubled letters are reduced to a single glyph (both consonants and vowels)
-EI and IE are replaced by one Tin glyph (counts as double letter)
-OU and OUGH (silent GH) are replaced by one Pewter glyph (counts as double letter)
-The name of a metal is replaced by its glyph (preferably an illustrated drop-capital, but I
	don't have the artistic skill to create these, sadly)
-Hard C is replaced by K
-Soft C is replaced by S (the one instance of C/CH for soft C is probably a typo)
-Hard CH is replaced by K, but soft CH is a distinct glyph
-SH is a usually a distinct glyph (the one instance of SH as two glyphs is probably a typo)
-PH is replaced by F

This font contains four lookup tables:
calt (1) - substitutes S for soft C
liga - four subtables to:
            (1) - substitute THO for THOUGH
            (2) - substitute the name of a metal or a direction for its corresponding symbol
		(must be spelled in allcaps: IRON, STEEL, TIN, PEWTER, ZINC, BRASS, COPPER,
		BRONZE, CADMIUM, BENDALLOY, GOLD, ELECTRUM, CHROMIUM, NICROSIL, ALUMINUM,
		ALUMINIUM, DURALUMIN, DURALUMINIUM, ATIUM, MALATIUM, LERASIUM, ETTMETAL,
		HARMONIUM, WEST, NORTHWEST, NORTH, NORTHEAST, EAST, SOUTHEAST, SOUTH, SOUTHWEST)
            (3) - display any double letters as a single letter (I and E are the same, O and U
		are the same, CK becomes K, PH becomes F, CH becomes Tesh, SH becomes Esh)
            (4) - display the numbers 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 256, and 4096 as the
		corresponding symbol.
calt (2) - substitutes K for hard CH
kern - pairwise class-based kerning values

The mapping of the Steel Alphabet symbols to Latin was decoded by 17thShard user Valkynphyre.
The 24 basic symbols were downloaded from the Coppermind wiki in SVG format - these SVGs were
created by user Paleo. In Ben McSweeney's Inquisitor artwork, a period and a comma appear.
These were recreated by me, and used as inspiration for the rest of the punctuation included in
this font. Additionally, the Kredik Shaw symbol was recreated by me from its appearance in
McSweeney's Inquisitor piece. The kerning values in the font are designed to mimic those in that
same artwork.

The standard Allomantic symbols are assigned to the standard Latin alphabet
(abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz). Harmony's symbol is assigned to &, while the Kredik Shaw symbol is
assigned to #. Two additional letters are present in the Steel Alphabet that do not exist in the
Latin alphabet: SH and CH. SH has been assigned to the Unicode "Esh" U+0283, and CH to "Tesh"
U+02A7, which are both part of the International Phonetic Alphabet Unicode range.

Note than in McSweeney's artwork, the line spacing is deliberately extra narrow, such that the
descenders of one line overlap with the ascenders of the line below it. This font is set up so
that the glyphs extend slightly above and below the defined max and min height, in order to
replicate this behavior. However, in MS Word, line spacing of "single" will automatically adjust
to avoid this overlap. Setting line spacing to "exact" instead will replicate the overlap
behavior - BUT Word will NOT display it! The overlap will show up when saved as a PDF or printed,
but the onscreen display cuts off the overlapping portion of the letters. Other programs, such
as LibreOffice Writer, should display the overlap correctly onscreen using the default single
line spacing.

Internally, my font is named "SteelAlphabet" with the "Inquisition" font style sublabel.
17thShard user Claincy's "Steel Alphabet - Aligned" font shares the same name but has the
"Aligned" font style sublabel. When both fonts are installed, they will be categorized as
different styles of the same font (the same way bold or italics work). In a document editor like
MS Word or LibreOffice Writer, only one entry for "SteelAlphabet" shows up in the list of fonts,
and "Inquisition" or "Aligned" can then be selected for the font style. The font style selection
is normally accessed in a popout window. In Word, this is the advanced font options menu
available at the bottom right of the "Font" section of the top toolbar (or with the hotkey
Ctrl+D). In Writer, this is accessed by opening the "Format" drop-down menu from the top toolbar,
then selecting "Character."

If using MS Word, once you create a new document, type some text, and set the font
to "SteelAlphabet," you must also highlight the text, expand Word's "Font" section at the
top (or press Ctrl+D), and navigate to the "Advanced" tab. Here you must select the
checkbox "Kerning for fonts" under the "Character Spacing" section. Under the
"OpenType Features" section select "all" from the drop-down menu labeled "Ligatures," and
select the checkbox "Use Contextual Alternates."
I wish Word didn't make this so convoluted.

If you use a different text editor, search for information on "enabling advanced
typography features" or "enabling ligatures and kerning" for your program of
preference. My experience is limited to Windows & Microsoft; sorry I can't be of
more help :(