I’m not sure that I’ll explain this correctly, but I’ll try. Basically, LAIKA is a web-based font project that aims to make type a changing and fluid part of the digital realm. The font interacts with several inputs given by the mouse based on the pointer’s location on a digital plane. And from those coordinates, the font changes dynamically in width, slant, and serif/san-serif (excuse me if I’m using the wrong words to describe a typeface’s attributes — I’m not a type specialist). [via]
House42 has designed this font disguised as an optical illusion and is giving it away for free for those of you who want to drive some people mad. I like it, but I don’t think I could make anything with it for very long because it’s making my eyes bug out.
Director Evan Roth created this neat music video for the song released by Jay-Z and Santogold called “Brooklyn (We Go Hard)”. The song is reportedly to be used in the upcoming 2009 release of Notorious, a film based on the life and death of The Notorious BIG.
The Ampersand Shoppe is selling a nice and plain gray T-shirt with a simple ampersand silk-screened on the front. You can choose from a variety of ampersand styles taken from several different fonts and typefaces.
At $25, these are a moderately priced commodity that show off just where you stand on typography. Nice, I’d like one.
