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A printed essay where each paragraph is rendered in a different, randomly selected typeface. Found on Il Covile, an Italian publication exploring typography, ph
by misone 11mo ago
A printed essay where each paragraph is rendered in a different, randomly selected typeface.
Found on Il Covile, an Italian publication exploring typography, philosophy, and design.
The text is presented in both Italian and English.
The text is presented in both Italian and English.
The authors also created a LibreOffice extension that applies random fonts to any document, allowing users to experiment with the same generative approach directly. It's called "Patina": https://www.ilcovile.it/V3_p_patina.html https://www.ilcovile.it/V3_p_patina.html
- MultifokalHirn 11mo agocool, thank you!
- rgovostes 11mo agoThe technique applied is not randomly selecting a different typeface per paragraph, but tweaking the glyph shapes when a character is repeated. Glancing at the LibreOffice extension, it seems to slightly vary CharScaleWidth by 90–110% and CharEscapementHeight by 97–100% of the base height.