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Beyond asterisks and underlines 
Rethinking typographic gender
representation in German language 
through visual alternatives

Final Outcome
Glyph Testing Tool
Concept for Platform
Written Thesis
Research
Gramatical Forms
Overview new Forms
Survey and Workshop
Other approaches
Unicode and Licencing
Literature, Studies and Links
Gender-inclusive language in German faces structural limits. This research explores how typography can challenge these limits, making intersections of grammar and culture visible — and opening spaces for inclusion and transformation.
Viusal Experiments
a. Highlighting Words
b. Replacing Words
c. Replacing Letters with Signs
d. Replacing Letters with Ligatures
e. Connecter
f. Adjustable Connector in Variable Fonts
g. Variations in readability
h. Supplementary markers
i. Visualizing diversity
j. Fluidity
k. Glitch
l. Decomposition
m. Disruption
n. Outline Overlap
o. Stacked Forms
p. Mirroring
q. Blending
r. Additional German non-binary glyphs
s. Characteristics of Glyph families
t. Gendered readings
u. Variability in markers
v. Search and Replace with Non-Binary Terms
w. Customizing a non-binary Glyph
x. Exploring Glyph Alternates
y. Automatic Replacement by Punctuation
z. Automatic replacement by letter combinations
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