Modern alphabet

The modern alphabet is the most widespread writing system in the Northern Realms.

In The Witcher game series
Developers CD Projekt RED use the Slavic Glagolitsa alphabet as the basic human alphabet though Andrzej Sapkowski's novels do not suggest that the Nordling alphabet resembles it.

Games use two styles of Glagolitic script - round and angular (Croatian ).

It is also worth noting that the Glagolitic alphabet is also used for entirely different cultures, like the Nilfgaardians or elves. Though for some ancient elven writings, games use Old Permic alphabet.

Round and angular Glagolitic
These are used on posters, road signs, notice boards and etc.

Old Permic


Old Permic script is used on ancient elven tombstones.

Decoding in-game texts
Texts in the games use Glagolitic alphabet with transliteration of English or Polish. It's usually phonetic, but there are cases that resemble visual transliteration, where letters are matched by their visual similarity. It's not entirely consistent and can be mixed up in the same text at times.

Quite often texts also don't match shown captions. This can vary from simply different meaning to hidden out of character jokes.