Transforming Sundanese Script: From Palm Leaf to Digital Typography

PRESENTER’S IDENTITY HEREName: Agung Zainal M. Raden, Rustopo, Timbul HaryonoAffiliation: Program Doktor ISI SurakartaAbstract Code: ABS-ICOLLITE-20026

Transforming Sundanese Script:From Palm Leaf to Digital Typography

AGUNG ZAINAL MUTTAKIN RADEN, RUSTOPO, TIMBUL HARYONO

ABSTRACTThe impact of globalisation is the lost of local culture, transformation is an attempt to

offset the global culture. This article will discuss the transformation process from the Sundanese

script contained in palm leaf media to the modern Sundanese script in the form of digital

typography. The method used is transformation, which can be applied to rediscover the

ancient Sundanese script within the new form known as the modern Sundanese script

that it is relevant to modern society. Transformation aims to maintain local culture from

global cultural domination. This article discovers the way Sundanese people reinvent

their identity through the transformation from ancient Sundanese script to modern

Sundanese script by designing a new form of script in order to follow the global

technological developments.

Keywords: Sundanese script, digital typography, transformation, reinventing, globalisation

INTRODUCTIONSundanese ancient handwriting in palm leaf manuscripts is one

of the cultural heritage that provides rich knowledge about

past, recent, and the future of the Sundanese.

The Sundanese script is a manifestation of Sundanese artefacts

that contain many symbols and values

Digitisation is the process of transforming analogue material

into binary electronic (digital) form, especially for storage and

use in a computer

The dataset consists of three type of data: annotation at word

level, annotation at character level, and binarised images

Unicode is a universal character encoding standard used for

representation of text for computer processing

METHODS

Transforming: Aims to reinvent an old form of tradition so that it

fits into and suits contemporary lifestyles.

Technique suggests any kind of technical knowledge or

technology.

According Fulton (1992) material refers to “any physical matter

from which things can be made or which can be used for a

specific purpose”

RESULT AND DISCUSSION

A. Sundanese Script on Palm Leaf

The Sundanese palm leaf were written in the ancient

Sundanese language. The length is about 25-45 cm and the

width is about 10-15 cm. The manuscripts have a centre hole

used to pass the string to link

A. Modern Sundanese Script

Since 1997 has began to digitisation Sundanese Script.

2008 the modern Sundanese script has began to enrol to unicode

system.

The Unicode Standard defines various properties for each

character, such as case, directionality, combining class, Unicode

name, and the like

The Unicode Consortium is the membership-based

organisation responsible for the Unicode Standard. It defines

the behaviour and relationship among Unicode characters

and provides technical information to implementers

Digital transformation is a technology driven continuous

change process of companies and our entire society. It’s

cornerstone is ubiquitous embedded computing, connectivity,

and flexible value streams

CONCLUSION

Old Sundanese script is still maintained After the text edit has been

completed, the paper is ready for the template until now.

Preservation of ancient Sundanese scripts is still carried out by some

observers of ancient Sundanese scripts.

Modern Sundanese script, which is the result of transformation of ancient

Sundanese script, has been widely applied as a learning medium in the

form of books, card games, and Android keyboard applications.

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