Lydian may refer to:
Lydian script was used to write the Lydian language. That the language preceded the script is indicated by names in Lydian, which must have existed before they were written. Like other scripts of Anatolia in the Iron Age, the Lydian alphabet is a modification of the East Greek alphabet, but it has unique features. The same Greek letters may not represent the same sounds in both languages or in any other Anatolian language (in some cases it may). Moreover, the Lydian script is alphabetic.
Early Lydian texts are written both from left to right and from right to left. Later texts are exclusively written from right to left. One text is boustrophedon. Spaces separate words except that one text uses dots. Lydian uniquely features a quotation mark in the shape of a right triangle.
The first codification was made by Roberto Gusmani in 1964 in a combined lexicon (vocabulary), grammar, and text collection.
The Lydian alphabet is closely related to the other alphabets of Asia Minor as well as to the Greek alphabet. It contains letters for 26 sounds. Some are represented by more than one symbol, which is considered one "letter." Unlike the Carian alphabet, which had an f derived from Φ, the Lydian f has the peculiar 8 shape also found in the Etruscan alphabet.
Lydian is a typeface designed by Warren Chappell for American Type Founders in 1938. While the stressed letter designs (most notably in the rounded capitals C, G, O, and Q) suggest a calligraphic style, this is considered a sans-serif font. It is available in bold, italic, and condensed, as well as a Cursive variant. The original foundry font was commissioned and cast by American Type Founders and included an alternate capital A with a cross bar and the original italic used old-style figures for numerals. The various members of the family were introduced over the course of eight years:
Me estoy portando mal
No debo obrar así
Yo sé que no es feliz
Pero tiene su hogar
Porque la conocí y la llegué a querer
Si hoy puedo enloquecer si no la veo más
Ella empezó a notar lo que siente mi amor
Se aleja más y más como a la tarde el sol
Soy joven ya lo sé, ella un poco mayor
Pero mi corazón no quiere comprender
Y gritaré tu nombre, mujer, tu nombre
Mi amor no sabes que a mi edad
También se puede amar
Me estoy portando mal
No debo obrar así
Yo se que no es feliz
Pero tiene su hogar
Porque la conocí y la llegué a querer
Si hoy puedo enloquecer si no la veo más
Y gritaré tu nombre, mujer, tu nombre
Mi amor no sabes que a mi edad