Hello, would you like to destroy some evil today? (Warbreaker font)
(Edit 4/16/21: spotted and fixed an error; these are the updated files)
This image is simply the phrase "Hello, would you like to destroy some evil today?" rendered in the font above. I created this font using FontForge after being inspired by the fabulous discussion in this post, which transliterates the inscription on the cover of the leatherbound edition of Warbreaker. This script is not the Artisan's Script of Hallandren, since it does not use color (see this post from Isaac Stewart). I have simply called it "Nalthis" internally.
If you compare this image to the leatherbound cover, you will notice a discrepancy in the word "destroy" - it appears to be spelled "deiroy" on the book, but I have spelled it normally here. See the transliteration post linked above for more details.
All letters besides F, G, J, P, Q, X, and Z appear on the cover or on internal art. These missing letters were assigned by me based on trends in the IPA designations of similar glyphs and are in no way canon. I posted an image of a table showing the IPA designation of each letter in this thread.
Additional unused glyphs created following the existing patterns are assigned to Unicode values:
"Aacute" U+00C1 - same base stroke as A, Y
"aacute" U+00E1 - same base stroke as A, Y
"Eth" U+00D0 - same base stroke as D, T
"eth" U+00F0 - same base stroke as D, T
"Uacute" U+00DA - same base stroke as U, O
"Esh" U+0283 - same base stroke as C
"Tesh" U+02A7 - same base stroke as C
The unused glyphs are also assigned based on IPA trends, but no automatic substitutions have been included in the font. It is possible that "th" is substituted by the "eth" character, "sh" by the "esh" character, and "ch" by the "tesh" character, but these letter combinations do not appear in the text samples mentioned above.
To use this font, install your preference of the OpenType (.otf) or TrueType (.ttf) font file.
If using MS Word, once you create a new document, type some text, and set the font to "Nalthis," 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, and under the "OpenType Features" section select "all" from the drop-down menu labeled "Ligatures." Blame Microsoft for the convoluted method of enabling these features; I have heard that other programs do a better job.
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
If you're familiar with FontForge and want to mess around with this font, here's the SFD file:
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