List of constructed scripts

This list of constructed scripts is in alphabetical order. ISO 15924 codes beginning with "Qa" are unofficial codes that have been taken from the Proposed script codes for the ConScript Unicode Registry by Doug Ewell. This list does not include any shorthand systems.

Script name	ISO 15924	Year created	Creator	Comments
Afaka	Afak	1910	Afáka Atumisi	Used to write the Ndyuka language
Aiha	Qaba	1985	Ursula K. Le Guin	Writing system of the fictional Kesh language
Alphabet 26		1950	Bradbury Thompson
Alzetjan	Qaaa	mid-1980s	Herman Miller
Amman-Iar	Qabn		David Bell
Armenian	Armn	405–406	Saint Mesrob
aUI	Qabi	early 1960s	John W. Weilgart
Aurebesh		1993	Stephen Crane (West End Games) [1]
Blissymbol	Blis	1949	Charles K. Bliss
Braille	Brai	1821	Louis Braille	Dozens of derived scripts and alphabets
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics	Cans	1840s	James Evans
Cherokee	Cher	1819	Sequoyah
Chinook	Dupl	1891	Father Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune	Adaptation of Duployé Shorthand
Cirth	Cirt		J. R. R. Tolkien
Clear Script		1648	Zaya Pandit
Coorgi-Cox alphabet		2005	Gregg M. Cox
Cyrillic	Cyrl / Cyrs	ca. 940	Saint Cyril or his students
DanceWriting		1972	Valerie Sutton	part of the IMWA
Deseret	Dsrt	mid-19th century	University of Deseret
Engsvanyáli	Qaae	1940s	M. A. R. Barker
Eskayan		ca. 1900–1950	Mariano Datahan	Attributed to the ancestor of the Eskaya clan
Ewellic	Qabe	1980	Doug Ewell
Ferengi	Qabf		Timothy Miller
Fraser		1915	James O. Fraser
Gargoyle	Qaag	1990	Herman Miller
Glagolitic	Glag	862–863	Saints Cyril and Methodius
HamNoSys		1985	University of Hamburg
Hangul	Hang	1443	King Sejong
Hymmnos			Akira Tsuchiya	Created for the Ar Tonelico game series
Ilianore	Qaal		Jeff Smith
International Phonetic Alphabet	Latn	1888	International Phonetic Association	Regarded as being an extension of the Latin script
Kazat ?Akkorou	Qabk		Herman Miller
Kazvarad	Qabv		Herman Miller
Kelwathi	Qabw		Herman Miller
Kēlen		1980	Sylvia Sotomayor	The Kēlen Writing System [2]
Kinya (galme xornaf variant)	Qaan		Maurizio M. Gavoli
Kinya (soþne xornaf variant)	Qaao		Maurizio M. Gavoli
Kinya (tolle xornaf variant)	Qaat		Maurizio M. Gavoli
Klingon (KLI pIqaD)	Qaak		Astra Image Corporation
Klingon (Skybox pIqaD)			Skybox
Klingon (Mandel script)		1980	Matt Jeffries
Mando'a		2005	Karen Traviss
Mizarian	Qaam		Herman Miller
Monofon	Qabm	∼1996	Steve T. Bett
Night writing		1819	Charles Barbier
Nísklôz	Qabb		Herman Miller
N'Ko	Nkoo	1949	Solomana Kante
Olaetyan	Qabc		Herman Miller
Ophidian	Qabo	1993	Unknown
Phags-pa	Phag	1269	Drogön Chögyal Phagpa
Phaistos	Qaap	2nd millennium BC	Unknown
Pikto	Qabp	1959	John E. Williams
Pollard	Plrd	1936	Sam Pollard
Quikscript		1966	Ronald Kingsley Read
Røzhxh	Qaar		Herman Miller
Rynnan	Qabr		Herman Miller
Saklor	Qabg		Herman Miller
Sarati	Sara	1910s	J. R. R. Tolkien
Sarkai	Qabj		Herman Miller
Serivelna	Qabq		Herman Miller
Seussian Latin Extensions	Qaas	1955	Theodor Geisel
Shavian	Shaw	∼1960	Ronald Kingsley Read
SignWriting	Sgnw	1974	Valerie Sutton	Part of the IMWA
Solresol	Qabs	1866	Jean-François Sudre
Soyombo		1686	Bogdo Zanabazar
Ssûraki	Qaau		Herman Miller
Stokoe notation		1960	William Stokoe
Streich	Qabh		Tommaso Donnarumma
Syai	Qaay		Brian Lilburn
Telarasso	Qabt		Herman Miller
Tengwar	Teng	1930s	J. R. R. Tolkien
Thelwik	Qabl		Herman Miller
Traumae	Cyrl / Cyrs	1996	Devine Lu Linvega
Unifon	Qabu	mid-1950s	John R. Malone
Verdurian	Qaav		Mark Rosenfelder
Visible Speech	Visp	1867	Alexander Melville Bell
Xaîni	Qabx		Paul Blake
Zarkhánd	Qabd		Herman Miller
Zírí:nka	Qaaz		Herman Miller

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Proposed script codes for the ConScript Unicode Registry

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List of constructed scripts