A little while ago I posted about illusionary lettering, drawings that made text look like you could grab hold of it. Well, Swiss artist Rylsee, aka Cyril Vouilloz, designs letters that appear as though they already have been grabbed, or poked, blown, squeezed, pulled…
Based in Berlin, Cyril has exhibited his dimensional busting letters all over the globe. He’s now playing with augmented reality designs (see his instagram) so I’m sure we’ll see the boundaries of 3D lettering blur even further.
Airports use a specialized font to number their runways. It’s highly geometric, which eliminates confusing curves and can be reduced to simple schematics, making it easy for groundskeepers lacking typographic training to recreate. The font apparently has no name, but the numbers are called «runway designators» in pilot parlance.
Coccolithophores are single celled eukaryotic phytoplankton that synthesize intricate exoskeletons from crystals of calcium carbonate. The functions of these coccoliths are unknown, and may include buoyancy, osmotic regulation, protection from UV light, predation, or mechanical shock. When nutrient and light conditions are optimal, coccolithophores can form massive plankton blooms that are visible from space. Large numbers of these organisms can accumulate on the ocean floor forming chalk deposits such as the White Cliffs of Dover.
