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This pixelated typeface is based on the binary encoding system of the Arecibo Message sent to the globular star cluster M13 on 16th November 1974 to mark the remodeling of the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. The capital letters are based on a 10 x 10 grid used to represent the average height of an adult male, the lowercase are larger 5 x 5 blocks just to add clarity to the glyphs. The decimal numbers from 1 to 10 as all glyph's appear in binary format with zero being the Arecibo telescope.
The original radio message transmitted at a frequency of 2,380 MHz was broken down into seven categories: Decimal Numbers; DNA Elements;Nucleotides; DNA Double helix;Humantity; Solar Sytem Planets; Arecibo Telescope. The message consisted of 1,679 binary digits the total broadcast was less than three minutes, it will take nearly 25,000 years for the message to reach its intended destination. This typeface was created to Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI)