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“Flux” is a particle system based generative display typeface created by Gabriel Comym. The program generates 1,000 particles at a random location within a limited masking area, the type. Each particle behaves singularly and follows a random direction and velocity based on values from sine and cosine mathematical sequences. Each particles’ time, point size, and transparency value is randomized. Line segments are created between the particle’s starting point and the different points along the path the particle follows.
Gabriel Comym is a visual designer who specializes in interface design, which explains his use of typeface to explore the possibilities of computational design. I admire how simple the process actually is and how he makes such simple geometries come together to create a complex whole.
