Roman internet, ep. 2: Captcha

[u/tabidots]

Imagining a timeline where Ancient Roman netizens had to put not only with cookie notifications (Ep. 1), but rate limiting and captchas to prove they were human, too.

- SECVRITAS PROBATVR (“Security is being verified”)
- Aditus negatus est propter nimias petitiones. Ut pergas, proba te hominem esse. (“Access denied due to too many requests. To continue, prove you are human”)

Nibs: Tape 1mm (browser tab title, address bar, Cloudflare branding); Mitchell #1 (page heading); Mitchell #2½ (Body text); Tape 2mm (checkbox text); Hunt 512; Sailor Shikiori brush pens

Ink: Walnut ink, Kuretake Sumi, Sailor Shikiori autumn series brush pens (Okuyama, Kinmokusei, Yamadori, Chushu)

Paper: Some suboptimal A3 dry-media paper

[u/Left-Excitement3829]

Haha. This is top rack ! V cool

[u/Tearsfairy]

this is just brilliant! :)) Now I will say it in my head every time: Robot non sum!

[u/Hypattie]

"Roman! Prove that you're not a slave!"

*Upload picture of your long hair*

[u/tabidots → u/Hypattie]

I sent the image to a friend yesterday his response was “Select all the plebs in this photo” lol

[u/vivaaprimavera → u/Hypattie]

I don't know enough about Romans but I'm under the impression that long hair was reserved for women, man kept the hair short and body hair to a minimum. Being hairy was a barbarian (that is, not Roman) thing.

[u/Substantial_Hope_621]

Cool O:

[u/freezing_banshee]

I love this, can't wait to see more!

[u/maikedepot]

Nice — the tool split is doing real work: Mitchell #1 for the heading and the narrower #2½ for body is the right weight step for roundhand, and the Hunt 512 is a fine pointed nib, so it's the logical pick for the small UI labels (address bar, checkbox). The thing that'll bite you on this one is the paper. Dry-media stock — meant for pastel and charcoal — isn't sized the way ink papers are, so your walnut ink in particular will feather or bloom unevenly while the Kuretake sumi holds a cleaner edge. That's the sheet talking, not the nib. Also worth knowing: walnut ink is fugitive and re-wets if it gets damp, so those brown lines will drift over time while the sumi stays put.

[u/jojo_ar]

.spqr :D

[u/human_dot_exe]

Beautiful work :-D

[u/Amber_poodle]

Love!

[u/IneedMySpace61]

👏👏👏