Baybayin on the Market

Natasha launched the Robinhood Makabayan Series of colognes and Robin Padilla is the main endorser. The three colognes to choose from with baybayin script are Maginoo (ᜋᜄᜒᜈᜓᜂ), Makisig (ᜋᜃᜒᜐᜒᜄ᜔) and Matipuno (ᜋᜆᜒᜉᜓᜈᜓ).

For more details go to Natasha's Robinhood Fragrance catalogue

Baybayin on the New PDA Seal

The new Philippine Dental Association (PDA) seal include the baybayin "DA" (ᜇ) although the article on the PDA site describes it as a Tagalog letter not generalizing it as the same in all Philippine Abugida scripts. Stating further the term "Alibata" and "Baybayin" to be the same which is a common error.

Read more about the PDA Seal below.

The PDA Seal

Going To The Classic: Kur-itan Regular Font

Kur-itan Regular Font

Kur-itan Regular Font based on Lopez typeface for the Ilocan script now with special character ‘Ra’ adopted from Bicol Mintz to supplement the distinct Ilocan language which uses R entirely in its words. Together with non-circular C-shape ‘kur-it’ (kudlit), and ‘X’ virama for vowel cancellation.

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Baybayin Mayat Font

Baybayin Mayat Font

Baybayin Mayat Font, 'mayat' means 'nice' in Ilocan language. With special 'Ra' character based on Bicol Mintz.

©2011 by rapcom creations

Baybayin Evolutionary Modifications

The growing number of practitioners and enthusiasts of baybayin which now expanded its uses and transcend the boundaries of its tradition to blend with the outside world leads to the proposed modification and expansion of baybayin characters. Some had created their own new baybayin glyphs to match the Latin letters C, F, J, Q, X, V, Z and even the Ñ. The ‘Ra’ character has variations, the Bicol Mintz and the recent one developed by Norman Delos Santos for his fonts. As of this time, there are no settled standard new baybayin characters yet. On the other hand, this prompted me to do my own little experiment. Using the Baybayin Lopez truetype font (by Paul Morrow), I merged the two baybayin characters and created a new one based on the fuse of two glyphs. The ‘Ja’ character was already proposed by Kendrick Salting a year ago which seems that it agreed well with the two glyphs.

I do not recommend this as a proposal but just to show how the two characters look like when combined and evolved to a new one. My experiment did not include the letter C, V and Z since they can be transliterate either ‘Ka’/’Sa’, ‘Ba’ and ‘Sa’ depending in pronunciation. Only the letter J, F, X and Q are my focal point.

New Baybayin Fonts Now Available

A New Series of Baybayin Fonts Now Available

 

Baybayin Marikit Font 

Baybayin Marikit font with special character 'Ra' adapted from Bikol Mintz model. Also with bigger kudlits/virama for reader friendly.

Baybayin Pintas Font

Baybayin Pintas Font, 'pintas' (Ilocano word for 'beautiful') with special character for 'Ra' adapted from Bikol Mintz baybayin variant.

by rapcom creations ©2011
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An Old Municipal Landmark

A municipal landmark bearing the baybayin "ᜃᜊ" (kaba), the logo of Kabataang Barangay (Marcos youth movement headed by daughter Imee Marcos -- who represented KB in Marcos' cabinet) the ancestor of todays SK -- Sangguniang Kabataan (Youth Council) -- also known as 'Sanggulangang Kabataan' (Youth Con Games) (courtesy of Renante Tomas)

Kabataang Barangay logo

Location: Villasis-Urdaneta City border