New project for #typography & #calligraphy fans: we just launched the ARETE visualisation – a visual and interactive history of the Latin alphabet!

https://uclab.fh-potsdam.de/arete/en

The visualisation reveals the diversity and variance of the Latin alphabet in the last 2000 years.

The project is not complete. Rather, it is a first attempt to bring the history of the alphabet into an interconnected structure and to present the major historical developments in a clear, evocative way. We welcome feedback!

ARETE — Visual History of the Latin Alphabet

Interactive visualization of the history of the latin alphabet, showing the temporal and formal relationships of the different scripts and typefaces to each other

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I've done the first two pages of the #calligraphy (sort of) project I've started yesterday: the estimate is around 10 pages, a bit more than I expected, but still doable, so I will go on until the end, rather than stopping at the first page and calling it done.

Peek preview of the first page:

If you recognise what this is and want to comment please use the spoiler CW, so that other people can hazard a guess.

I expect bigger hints to appear on page 3 (should I say folio 2 r? :D ), but that hasn't been copied yet. (and this was also one reason why I decided not to stop at the first page: I wanted that hint and another later one to be there :) ).

I will post a link to the text I'm copying when the project is done (don't hold your breath, I'm slow, maybe a page per day?).