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How to write the Tibetan script
Tibetan Calligraphy
Introduction
T i betan bl ock-l etter scri pt (gzab ma), general l y known as the headed, dbu-can [pron: "u-chen"] scri pt, i s tradi ti onal l ywritten using a hand-made bamboo or reed pen cut at an angl e. A broad steel ni bbed i tal i c cal l i graphy pen may beused i nstead. Steel ni bbed cal l i graphi c pens desi gned for l eft-ha nded wri ters of Roman i tal i c scri pt are sl anted at asuitable angle for a right-handed pers on to use when wri ti ng the T i betan dbu-chan s c r i p t .
T o produce the proper thi ckness of h ori zontal strokes, the wi dth of the pen ni b shoul d be about 1/12th the hei ght of l etter ka.
T he pen i s hel d between the thumb and i ndex fi ngers so that, as you wri te, the pen may be rotated to obtai n the proptansi ti on between thi ck and thi n strokes. T he other fi ngers are drawn up i nto a fi st, though some peopl e extend thel i ttl e fi nger to form a surface for the hand to rest on and provi de greater stabi l i ty. Hori zontal strokes are wri tten from l
to ri ght and verti cal strokes from the top down.
T he top ("head") strokes of T i betan l etters shoul d al i gn wi th each other. T hi s top or head (mgo) stroke i s al ways drafi rst. It shoul d ei ther resembl e a rope that has been cut di agonal l y at each end as i n the exampl es bel ow or be di ago
at one end and bow-shaped at the other.
Other strokes are executed proceedi ng from top to bottom and l eft to ri ght.
Shoulder (dpung) strokes shoul d descend at an angl e, curvi ng from l eft to ri ght, starti ng thi n and i ncreasi ng i nt h i c k n e s s .
Abdomi nal (sbo) cross strokes shoul d resembl e the bl ade of a curved kni fe or a crescent moon, thi ck i n themi ddl e and thi n at both ends.
In compl ex "stacks" al l el ements of the stack are usual l y adj usted i n si ze and shape. T he shape and angl e of subscri bed zhabs kyu (vowel si gn "u") di ffers dependent on the l etter or combi nati on i t occurs wi th.
T here are several styl es of dbu-can scri pt whi ch vary sl i ghtl y - the desi gn of the exampl es I've made for thi s page ar
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based on one styl e used for wri ti ng rel i gi ous texts. F or combi ned l etters onl y a few i l l ustrati ve exampl es are gi ven.
(See "El ements of the T i betan Wri ti ng System " - for tabl es of al l standard l etter combi nati ons.)
Illustrations
The Thirty Consonants or "Tibetan Alphabet"
KA
KHA
GA
NGA
CA
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CHA
JA
NYA
TA
THA
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DA
NA
PA
PHA
BA
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MA
x
TSA
TSHA
DZA
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WA
ZHA
ZA
'A
YA
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RA
LA
SHA
SA
HA
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A
The four Vowel signs:
GI-GU
ZHABS KYU
'GRENG BU
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NA RO
Sub-scribed letters ('dogs can)
Sub-scribed YA (ya btags)
Sub-scribed RA (ra btags)
Sub-scribed LA (la btags)
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Sub-scribed WA (wa zur)
Super-scribed letters (mgo can)
Super-scribed RA (ra mgo)
Super-scribed LA (la mgo)
Super-scribed SA (sa mgo)
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Punctuation
Additional Tibetan letters for writing Sanskrit
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A F ree T i betan Scri pt F ont: JomolhariEl ements of the T i betan Wri ti ng SystemDungkar s Great Encycl opaedi a: T he T i betan Scri pt - transl ated by by Sam van Schai k.
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