The Codex Seraphinianus, 70s Italian illustrated encyclopedia of an imaginary world, with an equally imaginary writing system.

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Darthjaffacake@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (2 replies)

This is sick! I've seen a lot of systems inspired by this style before and it's obvious why😁. I think it's cool that the individual letters have lots of detail but also form very interesting calligraphy like shapes when together. I assume theres no meaning but still the style is to be admired.

Stamau123@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I believe in an interview the artist said there is no translation, and that it means whatever you wish.

If you look on the page I posted you can see examples of what appears to be an ancient form of the same language. More chunky and angular than what comes after.

Darthjaffacake@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Yeah I saw that script in the photo, it looks very strange and there aren't really any scripts at the moment that look like that for a number of reasons, but still could be interesting. As for the art though, I'm a real sucker for descriptions of drawn science/history with neographic writing.