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Animated Fonts

In this lecture we will learn how to create animated fonts and kinetic typography.

Links

Animation

Stop Drawing Dead Fish by Bret Victor

Kinetic Typography

Research
- Using kinetic typography to convey emotion in text-based interpersonal communication
- CHEIRO: Creating Expressive Textual Communication and Antropomorphic Typography
Examples
- Kinetic Typography Channel on Vimeo
- Novoline by Andreas Gysin
- Typode by Santiago Ortiz
- TypeCon by Nicholas Felton
Libraries and Engines
- Ani Prossing Library by Benedikt Groß
- Kinetic Typography Engine by Johnny Chung Lee
- Generative Typography Tutorial by Amnon Owed
- Anitype Website

Homework

Think of a theme, an emotion or a story you want to express through animated typography
Create an animation in Processing
Upload the result to Vimeo

Writing Systems

In this lecture we will explore different writing systems.

Links

Research

Writing Systems

Software

RITA Library
- RITA Library Page
- RITA Reference

Homework

Create some kind of fictional alphabet

Create a Processing Sketch to display the letters of the alphabet — maybe draw a chart of letters (Did you know Processing can output PDFs?)
Use the RITA library to create text in your constructed script!
Please a short paragraph in the wiki detailing the background of your fictional alphabet / writing system / language
Just posting pretty pictures is not enough

Remember:

You have two weeks time to finish your homework!
Keep it simple. It’s okay if you create a writing system for a special domain (For example counting / numbers)

Physical Fonts

In this lecture we will explore 3D fonts.

Links

Fonts in Space

HoloPoetry by Eduardo Kac
Takeluma by Peter Cho
Tendril by Ben Fry

3D Glyphs

Isometric Font by Maxim Tictac
Type and Form by Carsten Schmidt
Heterosis 3D curvestitching typography by Brian Benton

3D CAD Tools

Open Source: OpenSCAD, Antimony , [Blender https://www.blender.org/]
Freeware: [AutoDesk http://www.123dapp.com/], SketchUp
MeshLab (Mesh cleaning + conversion)

Homework

1. Create a a couple of 3D letters using the 3D tools we explored in class
2. Use the processing sketch to typeset them in 3D space Remember:

Processing can handle only OBJ files
MeshLab is your friend when it comes to conversion between 3D file formats
You can use this sketch as a starting point

Reading Fonts

In this lecture we will explore optical character recognition

Links

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Homework

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 = Animated Fonts =
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 '''In this lecture we will explore 3D fonts.'''
 ==Links==
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+=== Fonts in Space ===
+* [http://ekac.org/holopoetry.hypertext.html HoloPoetry] by Eduardo Kac
+* [http://typotopo.com/projects.php?id=takeluma Takeluma] by Peter Cho
+* [http://benfry.com/tendril/ Tendril] by Ben Fry
+=== 3D Glyphs ===
+* [https://www.behance.net/gallery/7533397/Isometric-Font Isometric Font] by Maxim Tictac
+* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/toxi/sets/72157604724789091/ Type and Form] by Carsten Schmidt
+* [https://vimeo.com/19580048 Heterosis] 3D curvestitching typography by Brian Benton
+=== 3D CAD Tools ===
+* Open Source: [http://www.openscad.org/ OpenSCAD], [http://www.mattkeeter.com/projects/antimony/3/ Antimony] , [Blender https://www.blender.org/]
+* Freeware: [AutoDesk http://www.123dapp.com/], [https://www.sketchup.com/ SketchUp]
+* [http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/ MeshLab] (Mesh cleaning + conversion)
 ==Homework==
-...
+. Create a a couple of 3D letters using the 3D tools we explored in class<br>
+. Use the processing sketch to typeset them in 3D space
+Remember:
+* Processing can handle only OBJ files
+* MeshLab is your friend when it comes to conversion between 3D file formats
+* You can use  [https://github.com/bitcraftlab/Wild-Type/tree/master/3d/alphabet3d this sketch] as a starting point
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 = Reading Fonts =
-'''In this lecture we will explore optical character recognition'''.
+'''In this lecture we will explore optical character recognition'''
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 ==Homework==
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