Opentype contextual fonts

Le Zapfino (Extra LT Pro (Contectual)) de Lynotype et le Bickham (Script Pro ) d'Adobe sont des typo contextuelles en openType.

Ces typos s'adaptent au contexte environnant (à la longueur de la phrase) et choisissent au fil de la rédaction les lettres les plus harmonieuses… 

Zapfino :

Berkham :

Sources :

· http://www.linotype.com/2326-17825/reintroducingzapfino.html

· http://typophile.com/node/8122

· http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/landing/bickham.html

Plus de détails sur la technologie OpenType contextual.

· http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype.html

· http://www.adobe.com/type/topics/FontsonMacOSX.pdf

· http://www.typotheque.com/fonts/opentype_feature_support

Clement Valla – graphics, inspiration

http://clementvalla.com/index.php?%2Fwork%2Fbridges%2F

Gmail adress + . etc

+ . -

via: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/13/world/asia/satellite-photos-japan-before-and-after-tsunami.html

Here are some neat things I’ve found recently. They might not be new, but I think I need to jot them down here so I won’t forget these tips. They could be helpful for fighting or tracing spam.

The Dot

Apparently, Gmail does not recognize the dot (or capitalization either) in gmail addresses. So yourusername@gmail.com is the same as your.user.name@gmail.com and all the different combinations are sent to your inbox.

The Plus

Did you know you have an unlimited amount of aliases with Gmail? You can receive messages that are sent to your.username+any.thing.you.want@gmail.com. For example, if you forced to register online, you can use Your.user.name+some.spammy.site@gmail.com. If you start getting spam, you ‘ll know who gave your address away and you can probably then set up a filter to automatically direct those messages to, oh, say, THE TRASH.

Googlemail.com=gmail.com

Of course, I don’t want to forget that yourusername@gmail.com is also the same as yourusername@googlemail.com. Mail from either address goes to your inbox. This is probably because they can’t use gmail.com in Europe. Just a reminder though, you’ll need to login with the original address you signed up with and some websites won’t accept symbols as valid email addresses. Still, I think these are pretty neat tricks.

Biblio

Tutuki-bako, juste un doigt

http://www.tuttukibako.com/toy/
http://remotedevice.net/blog/tuttuki-bako/

Interactive Catastrophy Map

Interactive world map of disasters in real time
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php#

Tinkering an Attack Drone

More about the process:
http://www.semageek.com/diy-armer-un-drone-fpv-tricopters-avec-des-feux-dartifice-pour-attaquer-des-ballons-dhydrogene/

Amiga Longplay [098] Another World

'Just found back the oldschool intro animation of this old video game = Another World.

It's amazing, inspiring, high level of challenge to reach a that complex level of details for an animation on the Amiga console… enjoy.

Full exploding high-five glove.

She's names Synthet on Youtube if I recall well and she made an exploding high-five glove…

Useless, geeky, awesome.

Back to the future

http://irinawerning.com/back-to-the-fut/back-to-the-future/

|| TheSoundOfTheDay ||

Contains extract of: electro, rock, dreamy keyboards, endless travel
Delphic – counterpoint (Delphic's En Route Mix)
• On Hypem

• On Spotify

Nintendo - pharmacy

An idea for a Tshirt?

Bloc-jam – Giant music sampler on buildings.

Giant music sampler on buildings.
Copied/pasted from their website: http://livingwithourtime.com/work/bloc-jam/

Bloc Jam takes the magic of musical improvisation to the streets, transforming buildings for anyone to take part in a session of collective musical making.
Passers-by are invited to call in and contribute to a giant collective composition by playing their own notes and beats using their mobile phones. Submitted rhythms are instantly visualised as animated colours on the wall – and join an ever evolving soundtrack that anyone can hear on phones or online.
To preview the application in your browser, or simply to learn more about the project, please visit blocjamradio.com.

Bloc Jam from missmoun on Vimeo.


http://livingwithourtime.com/work/bloc-jam/
http://www.missmoun.com/

Links obscession

Links, routes, strings… again and again.
From two designers I talks about a bit earlier on physical-hyperlinks.
http://www.maria-fischer.com/en/artlink_en.html
and
http://dancollier.co.uk/work/applez/


http://dancollier.co.uk/work/applez/

http://www.maria-fischer.com/en/artlink_en.html

Laptop comfortable working position

http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/personal-health/the-best-nopain-laptop-position-109233

After reading that article I think that working without a table is just non-sense for long typing.
Best solution is to avoid working on a laptop!!!! Rising the laptop screen to eyes hight and having a keyboard and mouse at wrist height, using a laptop riser or a second screen.

Solutions:

Haha this image is so old-school :)

Physical •—• hyperlinks

Two nice projects that reminds me concerns I also have, I never had the time to push my experiments further but those two already did it in a nice way ;)
Maria fischer – Traumgedanken
Dan Collier – Typographic links

It's all about playing with the limit between print and screen, and here how to visualize physically hyperlinks.

Maria fischer – Traumgedanken

Dan Collier – Typographic links

Prepare for the hold-up!

Results of the new Swiss bank notes.
Strange enough… the 1sr of that contest: Krebs Manuel, Zurich, didn't win in the end.
Here is the winner (the 2nd): Pfrunder Manuela, Zurich

All the results here:
http://www.snb.ch/fr/iabout/cash/newcash/id/cash_new_result/2


Preview of the winner, Pfrunder Manuela's work (Zurich)

Preview of Krebs Manuel's work (Zurich)