Kinagram

First Appearance and Context

Kinagrams were brought into focus inside a math during exchanges with an artisan in a library setting, where a jacket tag showed a grid of tiny moving images identified as Kinagrams. During a gate opening (Apert), visitors handed out leaves written in Kinagrams that avout could not read. Outside the walls, Kinagrams have been observed on roadside placards and on product packages in shops.

Concept and Description

Kinagrams are animated pictographic icons, often arranged in grids of tiny moving pictures. They are presented extramuros as the successor to older, static symbol sets known as Logotype, and are frequently contrasted with reading words written in Orth. Kinagrams can depict specific actions in simplified, stick‑figure form and are meant to be grasped at a glance; some official devices use them to display a named condition or offense.

Use in Current Discourse

• Everyday extramuros usage includes labeling, public signage, simple device readouts, advertising, and consumer packaging.
• In one observed case on disposable‑razor packaging, the large front elements were Kinagrams while the fine print used the same alphabet familiar to avout. A Thousander elder, Fraa Jad, examined such a package and had not previously seen Kinagrams, suggesting—by example rather than rule—that some long‑secluded cohorts may have little exposure.
• Avout encountering Kinagrams during controlled contacts have noted difficulty “reading” them in the way they read alphabetic text.

Related Concepts and Affiliations

• Community interface: avout encounter Kinagrams mainly at openings and during supervised forays; structured interviews by Fraa Orolo explored how Kinagrams differ from Logotype and from reading alphabetic text.
• System lineage: Kinagrams are described by outsiders as displacing Logotype in common use; inside maths, they are chiefly a topic of comparison to Orth and to written accounts.

Current Status

Prevalent outside the maths across signage, packaging, and simple readouts. Within the maths, Kinagrams are not part of ordinary practice; exposure varies by cohort and setting, and some avout may have limited familiarity. Observations here reflect encounters to date and should not be taken as universal rules.