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New Alphabet by Crouwel

Tool for writing/translating Wim Crouwel's experimental New Alphabet typography, created in 1967 to adapt to the technological constraints of the screens and machines of the time.

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What is Crouwel's New Alphabet? (Definition)

New Alphabet is an alternative alphabet created to adapt to the technical limitations of CRT screens that had difficulty representing curved or diagonal shapes. The letters and numbers are therefore composed only of straight, vertical and horizontal lines.

How to encode using New Alphabet?

This is not strictly speaking an encoding but a change in the writing of the alphabet. The new characters replacing A-Z are:

Achar(65)Bchar(66)Cchar(67)Dchar(68)Echar(69)Fchar(70)Gchar(71)
Hchar(72)Ichar(73)Jchar(74)Kchar(75)Lchar(76)Mchar(77)Nchar(78)
Ochar(79)Pchar(80)Qchar(81)Rchar(82)Schar(83)Tchar(84)Uchar(85)
Vchar(86)Wchar(87)Xchar(88)Ychar(89)Zchar(90)
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The numbers also have their replacements: :

0char(48)1char(49)2char(50)3char(51)4char(52)
5char(53)6char(54)7char(55)8char(56)9char(57)
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Example: ALPHABET is written char(65)char(76)char(80)char(72)char(65)char(66)char(69)char(84)

How to decode the New Alphabet?

Here again, this is not strictly speaking a decoding but an adapted reading, replacing the alphanumeric characters with those of the new alphabet.

Example: char(49)char(57)char(54)char(55) is translated 1967

How to recognize a New Alphabet ciphertext? (Identification)

A message written in New Alphabet contains only straight vertical or horizontal lines and right angles. The characters are all composed of a single piece except exceptionally, a point or a horizontal bar can be displayed in addition above or above the character.

When was New Alphabet invented?

New Alphabet was designed by Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel in 1967

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