If it didn't say 'Graflex', what would it say?

darth_myeek said:
I was thinking maybe not a name, but possibly a design or an order of the Jedi symbol. Something with a cryptic meaning for Jedi. Is there a Jedi pattern of significance or a cryptic symbol that could be used, something akin to a Knights Templar pictograph?
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DM, Thanks for the kind words! I'm not aware of anything that fits your description but that's why I started the thread. ;)

I'm still leaning more towards the 'brand-name' idea. Aurabesh seems to say 'Imperial' to a lot of people, but according to some histories I've read online it was around for quite a while before that. There is also a 'Jedi alphabet' which is very abstract, built up mostly of circles, but I don't know where it came from and am not sure it would work well for this.
 
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FB
 
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Re: If it didn't say 'Graflex', what would it say?
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An excellent question.

I know it sounds crazy but I think GRAFLEX sounds like the name of a company in the SW Universe.

Either way if clamps are to be made I'll take a blank one.:thumbsup
 
The idea which still appeals to me most is to use similar looking letters in Aurabesh, rather than try to spell 'Graflex' phonetically in Aurabesh, i.e.:

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What if you made the real graflex letters more abstract and didn't use the Aurabesh letters at all.

The bottom shows the letters spelled out with the correct orientation, the top has them rotated.

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FB
 
Hecubus114 said:
But what does that translate to?
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Nothing good: 'GMXD;HA' :lol

I guess I could argue that it's a part number if anyone called me on it. ;)

This is a direct translation of the letters 'GRAFLEX' into Aurabesh:

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FB--Another cool idea. I like the idea of staying fairly close to the style of the original font though. One might argue that such 'deco' styling has little place on a lightsaber though. Hmmm.
 
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I am liking both Graflex in Aurabesh, or the Graflex abstraction. :thumbsup

Hi FB,
if you have time, would you mind converting the Graflex abstraction text to gray please? It would help me compare with the Aurabesh version.


Thanks,
-DM
 
darth_myeek said:
FB,
Thank you. I like your top version, and Serafino's direct translation version.

-DM
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I think i prefer the direct translation. We all know it says graflex, but it would look really cool in an alien font. And Aurabesh is a SW font, so its all good...Now, who makes clamps? >.>
 
Here's a rough of the phonetic (rather than visual) translation to Aurabesh (FB already posted one version of this, the one in the 'brushtroke' style):

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And here again is the visual translation to Aurabesh at top, and FB's neo-aurabesh version of the English letters:

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