There is a wealth of wonderful resources for Shavanists of all proficiency levels.  This document lists some of the great starting points out there.

**Learning**  
[Shavian School](https://shavian.school/) by u/ProvincialPromenade is a well-paced, didactic course for learning the letters of the Shavian alphabet.

[Hello Shavian](https://www.orcachuckle.com/helloshavian/) by u/ansunian introduces the alphabet in a series of Youtube videos, and offers interactive practice and a comprehensive worksheet you can print out for practicing offline.

**Translating**  
u/Dechifro (Dave Coffin) has published [a sophisticated python script](https://dechifro.org/shavian/) for transliterating English to a multitude of phonetic scripts, including Shavian.  Its also available as a Firefox plugin so you can browse the web in Shavian.

[Shave](https://shave.joro.io/) by u/cozmic72 (Joro) is a sophisticated interactive transliterator built on top of the ideas in Dechifro’s tool.  It can also be used as a reverse transliterator, a Shavian web browser and an ebook reader.

**Practicing and playing**  
[Shaw-Type](https://shaw-type.joro.io/) by u/cozmic72 (Joro) is a typing practice tool, with built in support for most popular keyboard layouts for Shavian (you can even define your own layouts.)  A global leaderboard allows you to show off your typing prowess to all.

[Shingo](https://haitouch.ga/me/shingo/index) by Haley Wakamatsu is probably the most popular Shavian word game out there - think Wordle, but using the Shavian alphabet.

**Reading**  
A right of passage for every budding Shavanist is to read the Shaw’s Alphabet edition of Bernard Shaw’s Androcles and the Lion.  If you can find a physical copy, great, otherwise there is a [scan available on the Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/AndroclesAndTheLion_ShawAlphabetEdition/mode/2up). (The side-by-side typography of the original edition is fantastic, but should you prefer to read a digital copy, Dechifro has made a copy available [here](https://www.dechifro.org/shavian/androcles.html)).

u/LillyPip (Lilly Piper) published her debut novel, Blue Are The Hills, in Shavian!  Available [on Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1B7LRWB).

The amazing [Michael Everson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Everson) typeset and published a [Shavian version of Alice in Wonderland](https://evertype.com/books/alice-en-Shaw.html) by Lewis Carroll.  Transliterated by John Tenniel.

A library of high-quality transliterations of public domain books is available at [Shave Books](https://shave.joro.io/books).  Click on words in the text to see the original, and there’s even a mode where you can read books in both scripts side-by side.  The tool can also be used to convert any e-book of your own choosing.

Shavian.info has published a couple of titles in print, including Jane Austen’s [Pride and Prejudice](https://www.lulu.com/shop/jane-austen/pride-and-prejudice-shavian-alphabet-edition/hardcover/product-24129899.html) and Arthur Conan Doyle’s [a Study In Scarlet](https://www.lulu.com/shop/arthur-conan-doyle/a-study-in-scarlet-shavian-alphabet-edition/paperback/product-24335722.html), and also provides [a number of digital titles](https://shavian.info/books).

**Reference**  
[Readlex](https://readlex.pythonanywhere.com/), by u/Ormins\_Ghost, is the most widely-used Shavian spelling dictionary, rooted in the original spelling principles laid out in Androcles and the Lion by its transliterator, Peter MacCarthy.

[Shaw-spell](https://shaw-spell.joro.io/) is built upon an extended version of Readlex, and it adds word definitions, taken from the Open English Wordnet.  It is available as a [web UI](https://shaw-spell.joro.io/) or a [native macOs spellchecker and dictionary](https://joro.io/downloads/).

The original [Guide to Shavaian Spelling](https://www.shavian.info/downloads/guide_to_shavian_spelling_1963.pdf) is a must-read, along with the Shavian.info's [updated Spelling Guide](https://www.shavian.info/spelling/).

**Keyboards**  
The easiest way to get set up with typing in Shavian on your computing device of choice, is to use one of the [Keyman layouts provided on Shavian.info](https://www.shavian.info/keyboards/).

**Fonts**  
[Shavian.info](https://www.shavian.info/shavian_fonts/) is also home to some of the most commonly used Fonts, including Evan Gallager’s own Inter Alia, Doolittle Garamond and Cafe Majestic.

Haley Wakamatsu’s fonts vary from whimsical to beautiful, from lo-fi to ornate. Chances are you’ll find one you like on [her font page](https://2gd4.me/tidbit/shavian-fonts.html).

**General resources**  
[Shavian.info](https://shavian.info/) by u/Ormins\_Ghost is a great source of information about the script and its history, and is the best place to go to find information about [keyboards](https://shavian.info/keyboards) and [fonts](https://shavian.info/fonts).

Haley Wakamatsu, best known for her incredible fonts, also has a great landing page on Shavian at [shavian.neocities.org](https://shavian.neocities.org/)

Leo Philp wrote a fantastic three-part series of blog posts documenting the development of the alphabet, available [here (part 1)](https://medium.com/http-c-a-s-t-com/towards-an-ideal-alphabet-the-origins-and-the-typographic-interpretation-of-shavian-22bb5455c11c), [here (part 2)](https://medium.com/http-c-a-s-t-com/shavian-2-3-the-development-9cba31f9bc5a) and [here (part 3)](https://medium.com/http-c-a-s-t-com/shavian-3-3-typographic-implementation-3a43d3bbb8b8).

A lot of valuable information about Shavian can be learned from the introduction to and the appendices of the [Shaw’s Alphabet edition of Androcles and the Lion](https://archive.org/details/AndroclesAndTheLion_ShawAlphabetEdition).

Discord user Weirdboi has provided a far more comprehensive resource guide than the current one! [Available on Google docs](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b0hsBZputH7dtDt1FxBhVABbRbf2LyrORUUCIbtlFtQ/).

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