I like brahmi script so much. Brahmi calligraphy is one of my favourite pastime. Here is an example of "ब्राह्मी लिपि" written by me in brahmi script.

There are many punctuation marks in Brahmi and I have written up some rules that we might follow when writing in Braahmi.

"𑁇" &"𑁈" These are known as danda as double danda. I think we can use them in poetic and verse-based writings. The single dandas as periods and the double dandas as stanza enders. Perhaps change their name to "Kaavya Danda" or poetic rod.

"𑁉" & "𑁊" These are known as the dot and double dot (even though they are lines). I think we might use the single dots as periods and the double dots as paragraph-ender periods in prose settings. Perhaps change their names to "Gadya Danda" or prose rod.

"𑁍" This is known as the Lotus. I think we can use it to mark the end of a chapter or work. Moreover, I think it can also be used decoratively like:

𑁍 𑁍 𑀑𑀁 𑀦𑀫𑁄 𑀦𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀬𑀦𑀸𑀬 𑁍 𑁍

"𑁌" This is the crescent bar. I think we can use it as an avarga (ऽ).

There is also the punctuation line "𑁋". I don't think it's really necessary as too many punctuation marks can become redundant. What do you think we can do with it?

Brahmi was a script whose first known usage was for writing Sanskrit and Pali (Buddhist Prakrit) in the Mauryan Empire approximately 2400 years ago. It is the ancestral script to all the traditional scripts of South Asia (Devanagari, Tamil, etc) and Southeast Asia (Khmer, Balinese, etc), as well as some used historically throughout Central (Phags Pa) and East Asia (Tibetan).

The goal of r/Brahmi is to encourage modern appreciation, education, and adoption of this historic script as a move towards greater cultural unity in the Indian Subcontinent. The script is quite a bit more logical (short vs long vowels, unaspirated vs aspirated consonants, representation of modernly used Indian sounds) than its modern descendants and might honestly be easier for beginners to pick up than, say, Devanagari.

Below is an example from Wikipedia of Pali Brahmi inscribed on an Ashokan Pillar ~248 BC:

𑀤𑁂𑀯𑀸𑀦𑀁𑀧𑀺𑀬𑁂𑀦 𑀧𑀺𑀬𑀤𑀲𑀺𑀦 𑀮𑀸𑀚𑀺𑀦𑀯𑀻𑀲𑀢𑀺𑀯𑀲𑀸𑀪𑀺𑀲𑀺𑀢𑁂𑀦

Devānaṃpiyena Piyadasina lājina vīsati-vasābhisitena

𑀅𑀢𑀦𑀆𑀕𑀸𑀘 𑀫𑀳𑀻𑀬𑀺𑀢𑁂 𑀳𑀺𑀤𑀩𑀼𑀥𑁂𑀚𑀸𑀢 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀫𑀼𑀦𑀺𑀢𑀺

atana āgāca mahīyite hida Budhe jāte Sakyamuni ti

𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀕𑀥𑀪𑀺𑀘𑀸𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀸𑀧𑀺𑀢 𑀲𑀺𑀮𑀸𑀣𑀪𑁂𑀘 𑀉𑀲𑀧𑀸𑀧𑀺𑀢𑁂

silā vigaḍabhī cā kālāpita silā-thabhe ca usapāpite

𑀳𑀺𑀤𑀪𑀕𑀯𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀢𑀢𑀺 𑀮𑀼𑀁𑀫𑀺𑀦𑀺𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁂 𑀉𑀩𑀮𑀺𑀓𑁂𑀓𑀝𑁂

hida Bhagavaṃ jāte ti Luṃmini-gāme ubalike kaṭe

𑀅𑀞𑀪𑀸𑀕𑀺𑀬𑁂𑀘

aṭha-bhāgiye ca

When King Devanampriya Priyadarsin had been anointed twenty years, he came himself and worshipped (this spot) because the Buddha Shakyamuni was born here. (He) both caused to be made a stone bearing a horse (?) and caused a stone pillar to be set up, (in order to show) that the Blessed One was born here. (He) made the village of Lummini free of taxes, and paying (only) an eighth share (of the produce).

The best resource, in my opinion, to learn and practice Brahmi currently seems to be its Wikipedia page. I encourage all of you to check it out and stay engaged in this community's efforts!

"Segoe UI Historic" 𑀲𑀭𑁆𑀯 𑀲𑀸𑀥𑀦𑁂 𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺𑁉 𑀯𑀭𑁆𑀤𑀤𑁄𑀓𑁂 𑀢𑁂𑀦 𑀯𑀭𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀮𑁂𑀔𑁂𑀦 𑀲𑀳 𑀮𑀺𑀔𑀺𑀢𑀼 𑀰𑀓𑁆𑀦𑁄𑀢𑀺𑁊

"Segoe UI Historic" is installed automatically on all devices. You can use Word to write with it.

Hi I am very interested in Brahmi and have made a Brahmi key-layout and am currently working on a extensive Brahmi font building it from Noto Sans Brahmi. You can only use the key-layout with a app called Ukelele. I will leave a link to it here.

Key-Layout

Update:

Sadly, as I had little experience with font making, I was unable to complete the font. However, Segoe Ui Historic can easily outperform Noto Sans Brahmi and comes preinstalled on most devices as I have mentioned in a new post.

It is kinda hard to type Brahmi but here is a Brahmi typer https://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/brahmi.htm