Badlit Script / Suwat Bisaya / Sulat Bisaya / Baybayin Bisaya - an ancient pre-Filipino writing system developed in the Central Visayas area of the Philippines.
For more information on Badlit Script / Suwat Bisaya, please go to http://akopito.weebly.com/suwat-bisaya.html It has additional information on the basics of writing Suwat Bisaya.
The font is based on Tagalog Doctrina 1593 Font (c) Paul Morrow, which is also based on the typeface used in the Doctrina Christiana of 1593, a religious text from the Philippines.
First, download the TTF file and install it in your computer. Once it is installed, you can select the BadlitScript font to start writing in Suwat Bisaya.
There are 5 vowels (Pantingog). To use them, use the upper case characters of A U O I E.
For the 15 primary consonants (Sinugdanan nga katingog). Consonant - Letter in Keyboard
- Ha - H / h
- Pa - P / p
- Ka - K / k
- Sa - S / s
- La - L / l
- Ta - T / t
- Na - N / n
- Ba - B / b
- Ma - M / m
- Ga - G / g
- Da - D / d
- Ra - R / r
- Ya - Y / y
- Nga - X / x
- Wa - W / w
Diacritical Marks (Kudlit)
To modify the consonants default pronunciation, use the lower case vowel after the consonant.
For example, the word ako is going to be typed as Ako
where the consonant Ka is followed by lower case o to form Ko.
For consonants without vowels on the end, use / to mark as such.
For example, the word tabon is going to be typed as tbon/
This font is still a work in progress. Some diacritical marks will overlap on some characters.