What if letters could digitally disintegrate?

Details

WIP pixel-typeface-making tool that allows letters to digitally disintegrate

Role

Self-directed experiment

Tools

p5.js


Thought

While wondering about typefaces that could change digitally, as an extension of my n=4 experiment, I wondered whether there was a way for typefaces to digitally disintegrate.

Each letterform is made up of a certain number of pixels, with every pixel having a unique position on screen. What if in certain conditions, such as when the person is not viewing the words on the screen, the letters could start to disintegrate; making a person more aware of their lack of attention.


Exploring the disintegration of a lowercase "a" with 9 possibilities, something that I explored previously by programming a random walker.


Output

You can play around with the letters 'shift' here.

A short video of the tool in use.


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