Some text from a constructed world I play around with that leans into an 80s tech aesthetic. FTL communication exists, but the data rate is comparable to a dial up modem. Vibrant multimedia experiences like we see on the modern web do exist, but isolated to planet-wide internetworks. Interplanetary communication is a purely text-based affair.

The text is read from right to left, and is just the word for operating system in one of my conlangs.

  • early_riser@lemmy.radioOP
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    23 hours ago

    Thanks! Here are a few more samples:

    Part of the livery of a particular spacecraft, spelling out the craft’s name, Dewfall.

    The word for ‘Mech hangar’ (Every sci-fi setting needs some big ol’ stompy walking war crimes).

    Another attempt at a glowing CRT aesthetic. This is the name of the worldbuilding project as a whole “The Lonely Galaxy”.

    And here’s what the writing system looks like when hand-written. The word is “egg eater”, which is a very vulgar insult among these oviparous aliens. The aesthetic of the script leans toward the Brahmic writing systems of South and Southeast Asia.

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      1 hour ago

      That’s so cool!

      Where did you derive the words from, and what do they sound like if they sound like anything?