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Silicon Speech Shape
By modelling the geometric resonance of speech, visually expressive letterforms emerge. The advantages of light emitting screens rather than reflective paper are obvious: all the features of the letterform can modulate as sounded. Diaphragm, trachea, larynx, tongue, palette, lips: tubes that resonate to create resonance. Language landscapes labyrinth lingual. New letterforms grown from formulas. Coral…
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2008: Karsten Schmidt: programmable typography
Post-Spectacular studio, directed by Karsten Schmidt, in 2008 developed a dimensional typography Type & Form experiment that explores boundaries between animation, code, concrete poetry and sculpture. By synthesizing formal elements with technical skill, Schmidt establishes a benchmark for digital typography. The Type & Form font was grown generatively using a reaction-diffusion model. Pixels migrate into…