Computerlove™

June 6th, 2008

Foam and Typography

Really intriguing type forms by John Caserta. Given the fact that these were created in 2002-03, they've probably been posted somewhere by someone before. The re-post police might whine, but whatever. These are great enough to bear a repeating viewing.

From John's site:

I spent two semesters experimenting with a hot-wire foam cutter. Using this room-sized machine, I applied speed and space to the familiar 2-D letterform. Five different results are included here: bi-directional letterforms, Helvetica cut when the cutter is moving quickly, type cut around a corner, type cut through punctuation, and the results from interstitial forms.

Interesting video frame grab implementation too. Have a look.