A 'dot' over the tengwar 'd' in the picture of the Doors of Durin

[Flammifer]

Corey's slide seemed to show a possible 'dot' over the tengwar 'd' near the bottom of the picture. This was briefly discussed as possibly representing an 'i'.

In the printed early editions there is no sign of such a 'dot'. I consider that the 'dot' does not exist (should not exist), and is likely an artifact of the slide copying process, or the printing or reproduction of whatever edition Corey is using to produce the slide.

I do not think it is there in the original plate.

 

[MithLuin]

Here's the image from Tolkien Gateway:

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Doors_of_Durin#/media/File:J.R.R._Tolkien_-_Doors_of_Durin.jpg

So it's not just Corey Olsen's slides....

 

[No One in Particular]

My older copy is a reprint of the 1965 edition, and the dot is not there.

 

[Flammifer]

I would guess that the dot is an extraneous artifact of 'Tolkien Gateway's' scanning process.

 

[Jim Deutch]

Zooming in on the Tolkien Gateway image is . . . um: ambiguous. If the dot truly exists, it is small, smaller than the width of the strokes.

The dots above the ä in Feänorian are darker, but not larger; however, these letters are also slightly smaller:

 

[No One in Particular]

 

[No One in Particular]

Taken with my tablet directly from the page.

 

[MithLuin]

The Wikipedia version, which is white on black instead of black on white, also has the dot:

So I think it still an open question of when the dot arose, though apparently post-1965.