The Duodecimal Bulletin, Vol. 55, No. 1, Year 1209 [pdf]

https://dozenal.org/drupal/sites_bck/default/files/DuodecimalBulletinIssue551.pdf

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This is from the Font "Tengwar Grotesk" that I am developing and designing.

This is Tolkien's Elvish (tengwar) numeral system.

I find the use of many dots rather ugly. I do not see any easy solution.
The dots of the duodecimal system are set on different line making the eye go up and down.

Using the dots is best left to only when absolutely necessary and instead add the lines over or under the number looks better, in my view.

What do you think? Any advice?

#tolkien #tengwar #duodecimal

An important lesson for all you tentoes who don't know how bases work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nC8J6YXqdo
#mathematics #schoolhouseRock #duodecimal

It would be nice if I could get 100 followers before arriving in Amsterdam by mid-July. 😎 👍

Duodecimal Elvish Math Numbers.
They look way cooler than the actual:

U+218A ↊
U+218B ↋

don't you agree?

#tolkien #duodecimal

I reworked the glyph for 11 in duodecimal trying to make it looking less like a Tengwa (letter) and more like a 'number' (abstract).

Comments welcome. I am still learning! 🤓

#tolkien #tengwar #elvishtypography #duodecimal

My work on the typography of the Tengwar.

Not only did Tolkien imagine the Elvish letters, punctuation, and various symbols, abbreviations, but also all the numbers and even more, since he decided that the Elves (and Dwarves) used also the duodecimal system.

In the center, the number 12 (10) in duodecimal. And below, Tolkien's text explaining it.
This is my first attempt; I'm not entirely satisfied.

#tolkien #tengwar #duodecimal

look, I would actually want to learn more about the duodecimal system if there would be youtube/peertube videos about basic math (+, -, ×, ÷) about it.

#dozenal #duodecimal

Just as another reason metric and base ten are inferior.

If deserts are divided into 12 than you can share easily for a family of 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, or 12.

#duodecimal #dozenal

When you design UI, you tend to lean toward the “base 12 is superior in every way!” camp. Yes, even better than base 16.

Why? Because: ½ ⅓ ¼! How often do you need a one-fifth of an icon to do something? But half? A third? Exactly!

(“Dozenal” sounds terrible, though.)

#duodecimal #base12 #dozenal