The Aurebesh script

Aurebesh is the alphabet commonly used to represent the English ("Galactic Basic") language in the Star Wars universe. The name comes from a combination of the first two letters, Aurek and Besh (similar to the Greek Alphabet, the first two letters being Alpha and Beta). ( ) File links The following pages link to this file: Aurebesh Categories: GFDL images ... A Specimen of typeset fonts and languages, by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The fictional universe of Star Wars is a multilingual one, in which it is common to have either a passive or active understanding of many multiple languages from numerous alien races and cultures. ... The cover of the 2004 DVD widescreen release of the modified original Star Wars Trilogy. ... Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...

Aurebesh is occasionally used in the movies, and in electronic and board games such as Star Wars Monopoly. This text, however, maps very poorly to the written language in the films (based on the conjectural Aurebesh script seen in extra-filmic sources, most words seen in the movies consist solely of consonants). The script often is displayed with a cuneiform-like font. Monopoly is one of the best-selling commercial board games in the world. ... The cuneiform script is one of the earliest known forms of written expression. ... A Specimen of typeset fonts and languages, by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ...

There are at least two instances in the films where Aurebesh writing actually means something.

• In Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, when Anakin Skywalker is flying a starfighter in the Battle of Naboo, the screen in front of him reads "Anakin turn the ship around and go back home right away." (it is a message sent to him from R2D2, who is flying with him) Anakin instantly shoots back to R2D2, "Go back? Qui-Gon told me to stay in this cockpit, so that's what I'm going to do."

• In the DVD release of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope on September 21, 2004, the words displaying information as Obi-Wan Kenobi deactivates the tractor beam, which were written using the Latin alphabet in previous releases, are now in the Aurebesh alphabet.

The Aurebesh Alphabet (Anti-Aliased & Large view)

See also: Languages in Star Wars






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External links

• Aurebesh on Wookieepedia: The Star Wars Wiki
• "Aurebesh Soup: Recipe for a Star Wars Font Phenomenon" An article on Aurebesh history by its original creator, Stephen Crane.
• "What Does That Screen Say?" Essay on Galactic Basic

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Font downloads

• Aurebesh Font Mike Webb designed a Truetype font for this alphabet
• New (fixed) Aurebesh Font Peter Schuster's fixed version of Aurebesh, with all letters correct and (controversially) no capitals.
• Galactic Basic Font Alternate font designed by Erik Schroeder, generally more screen-accurate than Aurebesh