Had some free time off the grid, so I decided to decipher the Tengwar alphabet just from the Ring inscription in FotR.
Hello all! I am a person with little to no prior knowledge in calligraphy or language-learning, as well as a person who only got into the LotR about a month ago. Anyway!
I recently found myself offline for a while (got electrocuted in the shower and the ER didn't have public wifi) so with my scant supplies I decided to decode the Tengwar alphabet based purely off of the Ring inscription included in the FotR book. I haven't cross-checked this with anything, so I decided to come to the experts! From a quick Google I think this is the Beleriand mode.
First picture is the actual sheet where I deciphered it; second is the reference sheet I made. Third is a fun bonus watercolor I did a couple of days before (that's why the As are stars, the font is disgustingly small in the books.) I know the L is fucked, that was the last one I figured out and it stumped me. Just cemented in my mind that Tolkien was a linguistic genius.
Feel free to yell at me/give constructive criticism/cower at my evident natural linguistic prowess, whichever one my horrible Tengwar inspires in you.