Letters&Code

Typography —the process of arranging, composing and experimenting with letterforms in a given space –has always been directly connected to technological developments, since its inception when Gutenberg developed metal moveable type.

In the age of the computer, a significant part of visual communication is generated within a digital environment through the use of Graphic User Interfaces (GUI’s). Code, the foundation of the software we work with, allows us to expand and further the possibilities and logic of the technology that we use.

Using basil.js —an accessible and open-source InDesign scripting library—students had the opportunity to use and apply principles of programming within a typographic setting. They responded to the brief by using creative code to design randomly assigned letterforms and numbers.