Handwritten Witch Characters

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The purpose for this is to document the evolution of a possible handwriting based on the Witch Characters that have appeared in Madoka.

Variants

The Piparkaq Variant

So far, two variants have emerged from a discussion on the Madoka IRC channel. Please refer to the Talk:Handwritten Witch Characters page.

The Piparkaq Variant

• Features on optimizing shapes for block writing
• Borrows features from both archaic and modern Witch Characters sets for optimal handwriting
• Does not yet have numerals

The Prima Variant

The Prima Variant

• Cursive style
• Best C-character for handwriting ♥

2ch Variant

2ch Variant writing sample:
KARAAGE OISHIKU TSUKURUNARA? KARAAGE OISHIKU TSUKURUNARA?

2ch begun experimenting with handwritten Witch Characters after The Rebellion Story premiere. Despite the late start, their script quickly become quite polished in their own right.

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  Archaic

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  Modern

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  Numeric

Advantages:

• Clean
• Easy to learn
• Closely approximates the official font

Other variants

deviantART user JapanYoshi likened archaic Witch Characters to blackletter/fraktur writing and modern Witch Character to serif, and attempted to make a "Sans Serif" variant. He only supplies a pixel art sample, but by far the most simplified variant for better or for worse.

Charts

The Piparkaq Variant

Alphabet	Stroke guide	Witch Character	Based on	Notes
A
B				Based on Modern B, rather than the Archaic version, when concentrating on speed. This may clash with E and M.
C				Borrowed from Prima's variant.
D
E				Based on the Archaic version of E. The crossing stroke is more distinct than with the modern version.
F
G				Tentative. The modern G Witch Character feels more natural for handwriting, when compared to the inverse curl required in the archaic version.
H
I				Shape taken from modern I. Both modern and archaic share same features, modern is more fit for handwriting in this one.
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q				Tentative — one stroke drawing possible