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Laika Font is a a great project discovering new possibilities for dynamic typography in digital media. Built with Processing. (Also, what an awesome controller!)

LAIKA is neither bold nor thin, but swings between these two extremes. Its form is no longer defined statically, but alters dynamically. As well as the font’s weight, the stroke contrast, serif lengths and italic angles of the font all behave dynamically too. All these parameters can be driven and influenced by a range of inputs, in order to create a typeface that changes constantly in real time.

LAIKA requires a whole new, dynamic understanding of typography.

LAIKA from Michael Flückiger on Vimeo.