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<p>Another famous example was the Klington language developed for the famous series "The Star Trek Universe" (Late 1960s). Klingons were swarthy humanoids characterized by prideful ruthlessness and brutality. Klingons practiced feudalism and authoritarianism, with a warrior caste relying on slave labor and the fictional script came trying to reflect the nature of the characters.
<p><center><img src="images/TypoFiction.005.png" alt="Asemic writing in world-building" width="580"></center></p>
<p>More recent use of asemic writing was in the American movie "The Black Panther" (2018). Wakandan Script designed by Hannah Beachler based on Nsibidi symbols one of the oldest oldest form of writing in Africa between about 400 and 1400 AD. Wakandan script was not only used as a visual element in the world building but was also used to on screen then switches to English translation to immerse the viewers into the Afrofuturist world of Wakanda.
<p><center><img src="images/7.png" alt="typofiction" width="580"></center></p>
<p><center><img src="images/7.jpg" alt="typofiction" width="580"></center></p>
<p>During the workshop, the participants were introduced to the technicalities of lettering, mixing between the use of digital tools and tools making, inviting the participants to use objects and tools from the surroundings mixed with ink as a tool of making.
Following a session of sketching and drawing, we introduced a simple introduction to the font-making app Glyphs and we started a process of making an actual digital font using the asemic shapes created by the participants.</p>
<p><center><img src="images/9.png" alt="typofiction" width="580"></center></p>
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