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This is a typeface/language cipher, that I designed for a futuristic setting I’m developing. The thinking behind the development of this design was that people would not physically “write” anymore, they would use computers. The text therefore, would only appear in signage and on computer screens and would need to be readily understandable by both humans and computers, to facilitate this the design features only straight lines and dots, no curves or negative space and each symbol is unique meaning that they can be identified even if flipped or rotated. Each symbol consists of between two and three elements from a total pool of eight, the key on the lower right of the image indicates how efficiently small a keyboard of these elements could be, an orientation sensitive stylus could be used to position these elements on a grid to create the characters and because most combinations of elements are unique a predictive text like function could make this process very efficient.
The forms of the letters themselves are derivatives of the Latin alphabet which have evolved over time to become more computer friendly.
The number forms are generated on a smaller grid using only the compatible elements to immediately distinguish them from the letters, I have also created a secondary set using the same forms on a 5x5 grid which are not confined to the standard element palette for use on low resolution displays (lower number set).

Description
This is a typeface/language cipher, that I designed for a futuristic setting I’m developing. The thinking behind the development of this design was that people would not physically “write” anymore, they would use computers. The text therefore, would only appear in signage and on computer screens and would need to be readily understandable by both humans and computers, to facilitate this the design features only straight lines and dots, no curves or negative space and each symbol is unique meaning that they can be identified even if flipped or rotated. Each symbol consists of between two and three elements from a total pool of eight, the key on the lower right of the image indicates how efficiently small a keyboard of these elements could be, an orientation sensitive stylus could be used to position these elements on a grid to create the characters and because most combinations of elements are unique a predictive text like function could make this process very efficient.
The forms of the letters themselves are derivatives of the Latin alphabet which have evolved over time to become more computer friendly.
The number forms are generated on a smaller grid using only the compatible elements to immediately distinguish them from the letters, I have also created a secondary set using the same forms on a 5x5 grid which are not confined to the standard element palette for use on low resolution displays (lower number set).