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Scribo Write
Example of the dynamic typeface Scribo Write, a variable font with built in dynamics.
Scribo is the most intelligent handwriting font we can imagine. Scribo is a handwriting style in which the shape of every letter depends on its context. This bicameral style is supported by a Caps font, in case you need to set a word entirely in capitals. Additionally, Scribo comes with an Ornament font for the extra manual touch and individual soul by offering lots of arrows, strokes, scribbles and dingbats.
Next to the static fonts, there is also a dynamic version of Scribo. We’re in a technological age that offers far more possibilities than 20 years ago. Yet most of our software, as well as our habits of working with computers, are based on existing conventions and don’t take advantage of these new possibilities. So it’s time to rethink our existing practices, also as type designers. It is already possible to include time as a dimension in a digital font file. But what does that mean? In this case, it means that we can finally capture the action of writing in a font file.
This means that not only every facet that is part of writing, such as ductus and airtime, is built in, but much more than that. For example, ink bleed can be neatly controlled, and the visual impact of writing extended as a result. The dynamic font Scribo Write brings together the two worlds of analogue handwriting and technolgical digital typography, opening up new, previously unknown possibilities.
Find more info on Scribo on www.underware.nl
Scribo Write
Example of the dynamic typeface Scribo Write, a variable font with built in dynamics.
Scribo is the most intelligent handwriting font we can imagine. Scribo is a handwriting style in which the shape of every letter depends on its context. This bicameral style is supported by a Caps font, in case you need to set a word entirely in capitals. Additionally, Scribo comes with an Ornament font for the extra manual touch and individual soul by offering lots of arrows, strokes, scribbles and dingbats.
Next to the static fonts, there is also a dynamic version of Scribo. We’re in a technological age that offers far more possibilities than 20 years ago. Yet most of our software, as well as our habits of working with computers, are based on existing conventions and don’t take advantage of these new possibilities. So it’s time to rethink our existing practices, also as type designers. It is already possible to include time as a dimension in a digital font file. But what does that mean? In this case, it means that we can finally capture the action of writing in a font file.
This means that not only every facet that is part of writing, such as ductus and airtime, is built in, but much more than that. For example, ink bleed can be neatly controlled, and the visual impact of writing extended as a result. The dynamic font Scribo Write brings together the two worlds of analogue handwriting and technolgical digital typography, opening up new, previously unknown possibilities.
Find more info on Scribo on www.underware.nl