The Wrong Alphabet
NOTE: This app is designed to be used in conjunction with False Grammar: https://letsglitchit.itch.io/false-grammar
Compatibility note: Fonts exported from this app can be installed on iPhone using iFont, but they haven’t been tested extensively on other platforms yet. Please try the free in-browser version before purchasing the downloadable HTML file (which is usable on iPhone via Microsoft Edge).
The Wrong Alphabet
an asemic writing playground
The Wrong Alphabet is a tool for making letters that don’t exist.
At a glance it looks like a stamping and image tool. You type something in, mutate it, stamp it onto a canvas, export a PNG. That part is simple and intentional.
The real draw is what’s underneath.
The Wrong Alphabet can export full TTF font files generated on the fly from its glyph engine. Those fonts work in other software, word processors, layout tools, and drawing apps. Once exported, they behave like any other font, just deeply wrong.
What it actually does
• Generate glyphs using multiple procedural writing systems
• Control coherence, mutation, spread, drift, jitter, and quantization
• Stamp text freely onto a canvas for quick compositions
• Export high-resolution PNGs
• Export complete experimental TTF fonts
• Fonts work in standard word processors and design tools
• Designed for desktop, tablet, and touch devices
Each generation mode has a different character. Some are flowing and calligraphic. Others are jagged, mechanical, or fractured. Mixed Chaos blends several systems together and lets things get unpredictable.
Why the TTF export matters
The stamping and PNG export are useful for quick pieces, covers, and textures.
The TTF export is where this becomes something else.
You can take a generated alphabet and use it anywhere fonts are accepted. Typesetting, layout, writing, drawing apps, or other generative tools. These fonts are also designed to work directly with False Grammar, an upcoming asemic drawing and writing system that treats text more like a material than a sentence.
The Wrong Alphabet is meant to be part of a larger ecosystem, not a one-off toy.
Who this is for
• Glitch and generative artists
• Experimental typographers
• Zine, poster, and album designers
• Worldbuilders and conlang-adjacent weirdos
• Anyone interested in writing without legibility
If you like tools that give you structure and then let it fall apart, this should feel right.
Price and access
The Wrong Alphabet is free to use in your browser.
You can optionally pay $10 to download a local copy. Same features, runs offline, and helps support continued development.
Notes
Intended for personal and artistic use.
Anything you generate is yours.
Redistribution of the software itself isn’t allowed.
This is definitely a work in progress, please let me know about any bugs—your platform/browser info will be most helpful!
On iPhone, the downloaded HTML file should work perfectly in Microsoft Edge.
Built by Dawnia Darkstone
Letsglitchit
Use the alphabet wrong.
Purchase
In order to download this tool you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $10 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- v1.0 – The Wrong Alphabet49 days ago
Comments
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Does not work in any useful way only part constructed still trying to get money paid back through PayPal not recommended rather sad to get ripped off like this
Hello! Can I ask what doesn’t work for you? Is it something that worked in the free browser version but not the downloaded version?
I’d love to do some debugging and will give you a free key for future versions for your help. It’s possible it may be a platform issue so browser/system info would also be helpful!
downloaded the offline version same as the browser version it wants a key but no key or access to get a key, states browser fault but both offline and online versions do. tried all browsers to no avail. using win 11 opera.
The software shouldn’t require a key at all , I didn’t put in any such gating 🤔 Is this error something on itchio or does it happen when you try to open the downloaded HTML file?
This sounds like something being glitchy on itchio’s end, thank you for bringing it to my attention I’ll contact them and see what the problem could be
This is an excellent idea! However I can't play around with this fully, as any attempt to change the font results in: Generation Failed A network error occurred. Also my computer can't read the exported TTF files.
Hey sorry just now seeing this comment! I will troubleshoot; what browser/computer are you using?
Windows 10, and Firefox.
Thank you! This should hopefully be partially fixed now. The generator no longer makes network calls, and font stability is much better. On Windows, some highly complex glyphs can still fail to install depending on parameters, but it should hopefully no longer hard-fail immediately. I’ve also just released False Grammar, which should readily take your font files to play with!