Nüshu Traditional Sans (Typeface) Character Display , 2020
42 x 59.4 cm (h x w)
1500 AUD
Inkjet print
for sale

This work focuses on the re-drafting of Chinese Nüshu script as a typeface.
Nüshu translates into 'women’s writing', it is an endangered phonetic language used by women from the Jiangyong County, in Hunan province of southern China. It is the world’s only language that is gender-specific to women as a rebellion against patriarchal society, allowing women to express their feelings freely. I have completed 397 Nüshu characters listed from the Unicode Standard in three weights.

本作品是将“女书”制成字体的一种尝试。
“女书”指的是“女性的文字”,这是一种濒危的发音语言,由中国南部湖 南省江永县的妇女使用。“女书”是世界上唯一一种针对女性的性别语言,其表现了对男权社会的反叛,并帮助女性自由表达自己的情感。我按照Unicode标准,完整地列出的397个女书字符的三种字体。

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