Thank you :) Yes, I'm definitely planning to develop this font further. One bottleneck seems to be that Python scripts in Glyphs only run on a single core. But maybe there are ways around that.
Thank you :) Yes, I'm definitely planning to develop this font further. One bottleneck seems to be that Python scripts in Glyphs only run on a single core. But maybe there are ways around that.
SURROUND is the second concept font I developed during my Bachelor's thesis at HKB (Bern Academy of the Arts).
Using three variable font axes (Animation, Wave Amplitude and Wave Direction) to control the motion, 208 masters were created to cover all steps. A Python script took around 20 hours to complete the pixel displacement for all 26 letters. But once rendered and saved as a font file, it runs butter-smooth — at least in the browser.
Bachelor thesis mentored by Edgar Walthert @eWalthert
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I ran into the COLR-font update for illustrator some months ago by accident, but it seems they did really mention it in the update preview! (thanks @khaled )
Nice to see Nabla (thanks to @justvanrossum & @googlefonts ) in a Adobe release 😆
@Adobe Interested in having your very own COLRv1 font? 😎
Between planning my trip to Colombia and everything else, I felt the need to update my website :)
(A projects page will have to wait for now)
Razzel Dazzel is one of four concept fonts I created during my Bachelor thesis at HKB (Bern Academy of the Arts), resembling Dazzle Camouflage.
Exploring the potential of #KineticFonts, designed as a #VariableFont.
Thesis mentored by Edgar Walthert @eWalthert 🔥
(The other fonts will follow :)
#FollowFriday #FF Swiss Edition 🇨🇭
Type
@typelady Christine Gertsch #TypostammtischZüri
@thierryblancpain #GrilliType
@simontruffer #KineticFonts
@ninastoessinger > @frerejonestype #NewYork
@burrowlab #Berlin
@rolandstieger #TÿpoStGallen
Roland @dill #TypostammtischZüri
@lineto
@rschloemer 🇩🇪 #TypeKnitting #Zürich
@sylvainmazas 🇫🇷 #Bern
Design
@dafikuhne #Poster #GraphicArtist
@peter
@superpixel
Please add, the ones I forgot
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@benoitbodhuin @fontspectrum @eWalthert
It's not that bad, maybe 10 seconds. But I think as I add more glyphs, the file size will keep growing too. The Glyphs file is already 250 MB.
@ElPamplina @eWalthert
Thank you!
WOW, super cool! 🔥
Tacmitac type — www.bb-bureau.fr
@fontspectrum @benoitbodhuin @eWalthert
Haha yes, not to mention the 20+ hours of rendering time the Glyphs script needed to calculate all the masters for 26 letters. 🥶 🥶
Yes, let the treasure hunt begin ;)
Surround might be the most exciting #KineticFont out of the four proof of concepts by @simontruffer
Also the physical knob and slider to manipulate the #VariableFont
In Bern at HBK to be an expert for @simontruffer’s bachelor presentation: Kinetic Fonts.
The manifest (in work) includes comments by @vectro @underware @daytonamess @typearture @lenaweber
@eWalthert
Very cool! Just remembered this post while sketching out some ideas for the thesis.
Super nice how the shape structure could be converted 1:1 into a morphing type within the font file :)) → same number of nodes across all glyphs and only linear movements.
MT-Shift Specimen as a Flipbook, showcasing the possibility of seamless letterform morphing between all glyphs, implemented right into the font file.
Printed with RISO.
Check out the whole project on the website:
https://motiontype.xyz
@liaizon 🔥 🔥
@eWalthert Thank you very much!
I am looking forward to more exciting projects with Animated Typography. :)
P.S. I'm almost finished with an updated version of MT-Shift and can’t wait to share it soon!