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The first thing I thought of was Marain, from The Culture novels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture: “Designed
by neurobashing 8y ago
The first thing I thought of was Marain, from The Culture novels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture:
“Designed to be represented either in binary or symbol-written form, Marain is also regarded as an aesthetically pleasing language by the Culture. The symbols of the Marain alphabet can be displayed in three-by-three grids of binary (yes/no, black/white) dots and thus correspond to nine-bit wide binary numbers.”
- bencollier49 8y agoCame here to say the same thing. Interesting to see that someone has (independently?) had the same sort of idea.
- cpeterso 8y agoMe too. :) Here are some examples of Marain symbols designed by Iain M. Banks: http://trevor-hopkins.com/banks/a-few-notes-on-marain.html http://trevor-hopkins.com/banks/a-few-notes-on-marain.html