Alternative graphemics. Aztec writing system as a case study towards an integrated, digitalised model of non-typographic graphemics
Aztec pictographic writing conveys semantic (and linguistic) contents through conventional patterns of units. We argue that relevant visual values are ordered in subsets (topological, spatial and logical). Each unit is a "character" (in the Unicode vocabulary), either as a positive unit (a...
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| description | Aztec pictographic writing conveys semantic (and linguistic) contents through conventional patterns of units. We argue that relevant visual values are ordered in subsets (topological, spatial and logical). Each unit is a "character" (in the Unicode vocabulary), either as a positive unit (a graphic sign) or as an "empty" spatial, topo-graphical relation between signs. It is sketched, then, a digital method processing sets of basic graphic features as non-linear combinations of variables; they display an overall structure similar to Unicode encoding of emoji. Finally, more coded variables are set to account for broader compositions, since coding systems available so far are not flexible enough to accommodate the encoding of Aztec units. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5bddb0fc793c4b96bfd5681d385d40012025-01-13T09:36:47ZengAssociazione OculaOcula1724-78102024-06-0125210.57576/ocula2024-5Alternative graphemics. Aztec writing system as a case study towards an integrated, digitalised model of non-typographic graphemicsAntonio Perri0Luciano Perondi1Daniele Capo2Roberto Arista3Giampiero Dalai4Antonio Perri Dipartimento di Scienze umanistiche, Università degli studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, Napoli, ITLuciano Perondi Dipartimento Culture del progetto, Università Iuav di Venezia, ITDaniele Capo CAST Società CooperativaRoberto Arista TypothequeGiampiero Dalai Alpaca Società CooperativaAztec pictographic writing conveys semantic (and linguistic) contents through conventional patterns of units. We argue that relevant visual values are ordered in subsets (topological, spatial and logical). Each unit is a "character" (in the Unicode vocabulary), either as a positive unit (a graphic sign) or as an "empty" spatial, topo-graphical relation between signs. It is sketched, then, a digital method processing sets of basic graphic features as non-linear combinations of variables; they display an overall structure similar to Unicode encoding of emoji. Finally, more coded variables are set to account for broader compositions, since coding systems available so far are not flexible enough to accommodate the encoding of Aztec units.https://www.ocula.it/files/OCULA-30-PERRI-PERONDI-CAPO-ARISTA-DALAI-Alternative-graphemics-aztec-writing-system-as-a-case-study-towaztec writingentaxissynsemiaunicode standardnon-linear digital typography |
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| title | Alternative graphemics. Aztec writing system as a case study towards an integrated, digitalised model of non-typographic graphemics |
| title_full | Alternative graphemics. Aztec writing system as a case study towards an integrated, digitalised model of non-typographic graphemics |
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