Over time, and as more and more marks are captured by it’s users, the typeface evolves, incorporating both flaws and common traits from those rolling up their sleeves and using Hand Drawn. No ligatures, serifs or elaborate quirks; the typeface that is beginning to emerge is the average of peoples’ perceptions as to how a character of Western type appears to them.
First and foremost however, it is a link in a process – a means of collecting 3-dimensional data acquired through gestural input and a tool with which to explore how gestures can be used to control an interface. In the latter, first time users of the application frequently rely on gestures that are more familiar: the screen is poked and swiped and hands in the air attempt to coax a double-click from an invisible mouse controller. In the former, the data acquired can become many things: print, animation, or models of the captured gestures, for example.
The above film was recorded at the Brighton Mini Maker Faire, 2011. Read more here.
With Daniel Soltis for Moving Brands, London. Filming and editing by Nicholas MacDonald.
