Quadoo

The Quadoo alphabet was developed by Alexander Fakoó in 2008 as an alternative version of the Moon alphabet. Quadoo is easy to read, since the characters can be assigned to Latin letters without any problems and without any confusion. It is also easy to write with a square stencil, since there are no arcs, circles or the like.

Only the four sides and the two diagonals of a square are used to represent all characters. This means that the characters only consist of 1 to 6 lines and possibly additional dots at the corners to represent special characters. Special emphasis was placed on the easy readability of Quadoo.

Since the characters only consist of lines, there are other areas of application in addition to writing for the blind, where only simple materials such as twigs, nails, matches or the like are available to display information (outdoor or survival).

Notable features

Type of writing system: alphabet
Direction of writing: left to right in horizontal lines
Representation of Latin letters with 6 lines, so it can be used as writing for the blind. It can also be used as outdoor writing.
This alphabet can be encoded with six bits.

Quadoo alphabet

Download an alphabet chart for Quadoo (Excel - includes other scripts by Alexander Fakoó)

Sample text

Sample text in the Quadoo alphabet

Transliteration

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Links

Further information about Quadoo
https://fakoo.de/en/quadoo.html

Tactile Writing Systems

Braille for Chinese, Braille for English, Braille for Latin & Greek, Braille for Welsh, Moon, Fakoo, Quadoo, Siekoo

Constructed scripts by Alexander Fakoó

Fakoo, Quadoo, Siekoo

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