scanlate scanlate scanlate scanlate scanlate scanlate an unconventional typeface brought to life through scanning and printing

Technology today has rapidly evolved, and even though photocopying was only developed in the 1950s, it is no longer considered “new technology.” The contemporary version of xeroxing is now the portable camera.

Common occurances in scanning are unexpected distortion and artifacts through the mechanical operation. Inspired by this idea, scanlate is a typeface created through the repeated actions of “scanning” and printing.

Scanner Pro is an iOS app that has automatic bound detection for rectangular shapes because it operates under the assumption that it is taking a photo of a piece of paper.

Taking advantage of this function, printed copies of individual glyphs from Arial were “scanned.” Then the process was repeated with the new versions of the glyphs. The letterforms collected are produced from using technology in unintentional methods, and show the limits of bound detection technology. And the result is an unconventional typeface brought to life through scanning and printing.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789
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type specimen

Connie Zhao

Print to Screen

Ryan Waller

RISD 2015