Lántas is natively written with an abugida, meaning that consonants are full letters, while vowels (including syllabic consonants) are written as modifiers to the previous consonant.

As an example of how it looks, here is the first sentence of The North Wind and the Sun:

Independent vowels

These are used when a word begins with a vowel (or syllabic consonant).

Vowel diacritics

These are attached to a consonant symbol to indicate the following vowel.

Base consonants

These letters are the base shapes for single consonants. The glyphs below do not actually mean anything (except the one for j); the final stem is given a descender for an /a/, and an underline indicates no vowel. (See above.)

Consonant clusters are written with a ligature called a conjunct derived from the two base letters.

Conjunct consonants

While many conjuncts are not exactly the two consonants mashed together, the form is usually predictable.

Conjuncts with t

Conjuncts with ð

Conjuncts with s / š

The conjuncts starting with š, other than šp, are the same as with s except with the overline added. (In šš the overlines merge, as shown below.)

Conjuncts with l

Conjuncts with m

Conjuncts with n

Conjuncts with r

Others

Punctuation

The end of phrase and end of sentence marks, transcribed as commas and full stops/question marks/exclamation marks , have the same amount space either side of them, more for the latter. When they are on a line break, they stay with the previous word, like in the example at the top of this page (and like in most scripts).

Numbers

Numbers are written in base 10 using modified letters. Numbers in running text are surrounded by double vertical bars, and digits are grouped into fours.