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26/09/2011 / Cinder, Mac, Windows

Textoy is a cinder app by Ariel Malka that is all about physical interaction with text and a slight touch of generative sound. Latest work in progress in the series of projects exploring interactive text and typeface, in this latest experiment Ariel has created an ...
    prototyp-0x

02/06/2011 / Processing

Created by Yannick Mathey (byte-foundry), prototyp-0 is an application designed for the drawing of typographical characters. Created using Processing, the application automates the process allowing you to manipulate a large number of character properties in realtime, reflecting on the results and applying it to ...
    helviface00

02/03/2011 / Flash

Created by Naoki Nishimura, Helvetica Face is a Livetype format font. This new Helvetica family font changes the “typeface” based on the posting of a new “face”. The site allows you to record your face within the font, adjusting the threshold ...
    chuck-close1

01/07/2010 / Events, Processing, Profile

We had a pleasure of hearing Craig speak at the recent OFFF conference and thought we'd outline his talk including influences, development and general typography interests he has evolved over the last few years. Interestingly, we do not have many ...
    reskin02

05/05/2010 / Flash

SoBe ReSkin in an installation created for SXSW Interactive this year, utilising Flash to provide the public with an opportunity to "Virtually reskin yourself, then fool your friends". Few words from Dofl Y.H. Yun, Lead Developer on the project: This project has ...
    cosmic00

04/05/2010 / Mac

"Happiness Brussels is looking for a graphic designer with taste. Before you send your candidature, please destroy Comic Sans from your computer immediately" says the specially designed site by Happiness Brussels, a Brussels based communication agency. Message is loud and clear..to ...
    nonsenseTypo00

11/04/2010 / Mac, openFrameworks

Since the cheesePlotter project (installation), deffekt (Martin Fuchs) has been making further experiments with type using openFrameworks. Latest in the series is nonsenseTypo, a generative font app available for download (mac Only). The application generates ambiguous variations on a letter in ...
    thefontgame000

18/12/2009 / Games, iPhone

From I Love Typography comes the new Font Game for iPhone & iPod Touch. Think you know your Arial from your Helvetica, your sans from your sans serifs? With three levels of game play from the ease-yourself-in, ‘Somewhat Difficult’ through ...
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03/12/2009 / Inspiration, vvvv

As soon as Rainer Kohlberger heard that the theme for 2009’s biennal stop.spot! festival was «Text and Music» he documented all the Hooklines that suddenly appeared in his head that day and visualized in realtime animated pictures. «Hooks» are those tiny edgy ...
    laika

10/10/2009 / Processing

A bachelor thesis project of Michael Flückiger and Nicholas Kunz, Laika is a dynamic typeface created using Processing. Via a custom designed control panel, user can adjust kerning, italics, size and other properties of a typeface. The final project installation included ...
    chasethedotinsane00

11/08/2009 / Games, iPhone

The very popular free Chase The Dot game for the iPhone, downloaded over 1 million times is back in a revamped edition by the renown Universal Everything. The new edition named "Insane" maintains same simple principles but introduces new elements like the Double ...
    font

31/07/2009 / Environment, Processing

Fontplore is an interactive application designed for searching and exploring font databases.Fontplore helps you to easily find the right typeface for your project in a collection of several thousands of fonts. It lets you browse, preview, compare and print the ...
    whatthefont

24/07/2009 / iPhone

WhatTheFont is an iPhone application and a service provided by myfonts.com. New site, currently in beta has become, for me, first place to go and check out new fonts. WhatTheFont is a service that lets you submit an image of a ...
    Overcross

23/07/2009 / News

Overcross is the YouWorkForThem font promo video. Created by Michael Paul Young with sound by Michael Madill of madsound. Absolutely wonderful. Also worth noting in the news is that Michael's Buamai iPhone app now supports Dropular. It appears that Apple really has ...