Average Font by Mortiz Resl shows what a font would look like if it consisted of all typefaces installed on his system. Every character from a to z is drawn using every single font with a low opacity. In total there are over 900 typefaces in his library. And, he didn’t exclude the ‘ugly’ ones.
The Average Font is typographic poetry.
Gosh, what an interesting project. Actually I love the “X” image as a poster.
Sep 22nd, 2011 / 8:16 am
Interface designer W. Bradford Paley did something similar using only the outlines of fonts.:
http://wbpaley.com/brad/chartingAndGraphicWork.html
Crisper, cleaner, but a similar result.
Sep 22nd, 2011 / 8:48 am
I love these – especially the ghostly shadows around each letter! I wonder if he’ll be creating an actual font package out of these…
Sep 22nd, 2011 / 9:04 am
I don’t know, I love typography, but something about this just seems like too much time on his hands….sorry ?
Sep 22nd, 2011 / 8:28 pm
Poetry, maybe. But not very interesting.
Sep 29th, 2011 / 2:21 pm