ALPHABETICA 2: ENTERING OTHERWORLDS - Nunzio Mazzaferro, Franco Jonas & Ariq Syauqi: The Missing...

Entering Otherworlds is the second edition of the Alphabetica symposium series, exploring design and writing systems through a wide lens of their formal, cultural, and imaginative dimensions. While the first edition in 2019 focused on historical, logical, and systematic perspectives — such as Unicode and design technology — this second chapter deliberately leaves logic and reason behind, opening space for worlds shaped by intuition, vision, and everything we cannot fully express in words.

As of today, more than half of the world’s writing systems—past and present—are excluded from digital communication. By securing their presence in the digital environment, the Missing Scripts program aims to preserve the rich diversity of writing practices. In this talk, Ariq Syauqi, Franco Jonas and Nunzio Mazzaferro will offer both theoretical reflections and practical insights into the core activity of the Missing Scripts research group: the inclusion of minority writing systems in virtual environments.

Nunzio Mazzaferro (Italy, 1995), Franco Jonas (Chile, 1995) and Ariq Syauqi (Indonesia, 1994) are postgraduate student at ANRT in Nancy. All three are participating in The Missing Scripts, a research project conducted in partnership with Designlabor Gutenberg (Hochschule Mainz) and the Script Encoding Initiative(UC Berkeley).

Franco Jonas (Chile, 1995), Nunzio Mazzaferro (Italy, 1995) and Ariq Syauqi (Indonesia, 1994) are postgraduate student at ANRT in Nancy. All three are participating in The Missing Scripts, a research project conducted in partnership with Designlabor Gutenberg (Hochschule Mainz) and the Script Encoding Initiative(UC Berkeley).

Ariq Syauqi (Indonesia, 1994), Franco Jonas (Chile, 1995) and Nunzio Mazzaferro (Italy, 1995) are postgraduate student at ANRT in Nancy. All three are participating in The Missing Scripts, a research project conducted in partnership with Designlabor Gutenberg (Hochschule Mainz) and the Script Encoding Initiative(UC Berkeley).