<p>As far as I can tell, no such rules are mentioned anywhere.</p>
<p>However, <a href="https://www.terjemar.net/kelen/phono.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the general orthography page</a> only seems to mention one form for each letter, and those forms are also the only ones I can find in any <a href="http://kelen.conlang.org/archives/category/dict" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Kelen word of the day</a> entry I've looked at - granted, I haven't looked at all that many of them, so I may have missed some that use the alternate forms. It does, however, seem to me like those forms are the only ones in use.</p>

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<p>The Kēlen alphabet as given on <a href="https://www.terjemar.net/kelen/writing.php" rel="noreferrer">https://www.terjemar.net/kelen/writing.php</a> shows variants for some letters. Here is an example:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/dAje0.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/dAje0.png" alt="Sample" /></a></p>
<p>Are there rules on when to pick which form?</p>

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What glyph to pick from alternatives in Kēlen script?
# What glyph to pick from alternatives in Kēlen script?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-06-21)

The Kēlen alphabet as given on <https://www.terjemar.net/kelen/writing.php> shows variants for some letters. Here is an example:

[![Sample](https://i.sstatic.net/dAje0.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/dAje0.png)

Are there rules on when to pick which form?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-06-22. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

As far as I can tell, no such rules are mentioned anywhere.

However, [the general orthography page](https://www.terjemar.net/kelen/phono.php) only seems to mention one form for each letter, and those forms are also the only ones I can find in any [Kelen word of the day](http://kelen.conlang.org/archives/category/dict) entry I've looked at - granted, I haven't looked at all that many of them, so I may have missed some that use the alternate forms. It does, however, seem to me like those forms are the only ones in use.


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