The World’s Writing Systems

Presenting each of the world’s writing systems with a glyph, this website visualises the first step of “The Missing Scripts Project”, a long-term research project aimed at identifying writing systems that are not yet encoded in Unicode standard. Consistently satisfying modern responsive web design standards, the website provides playful access on nearly all devices. Users can browse, swipe, sort and scroll freely through 292 writing systems without having to type a single letter. The successful website is complemented by additional information on each font system to be found as links below the individual glyphs.

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Credits

Client:

Hochschule Mainz, Fachbereich Gestaltung, Mainz, Germany
Design:

Helmig Bergerhausen Cologne, Germany wysiwyg*, Düsseldorf, Germany
Creative Direction:

Ilka Helmig, Johannes Bergerhausen
Typography:

Morgane Pierson, Atelier National de Recherche Typographique, Nancy, France Arthur Francietta, Paris, France Jérôme Knebusch, Frankfurt / Main, Germany