Category: Theory

Shaping Light series — Index—01: Introduction | 02: Building Waves So today, we’re going to go over some properties of light; namely, how it propagates in a field (no obstacles for now). And right, no weird math equations (scratches head). Let’s jump in. 1. Sinusoid Waves Sinusoid waves are the simplest (as in Nature simplest) […]

Shaping Light series — Index—01: Introduction | 02: Building Waves There are some things about The Art of Eyeballing series that really never satisfied me. First, it is too unfocused: it lives under a general practice of type design, sure — but theory of perception, of the stroke, optical adjustments, form analysis; all these can […]

This is a written (and expanded) version of the talk I gave, titled “Meaningless and Inhuman Gestures: Computational Explorations in Asemic Writing”, in Ligatures 2025. One subject that I’ve been chewing on for decades now, is the mechanics of writing: how a stroke is produced, how the tools and its manipulation change its modulation, how […]

0. Introduction If you ended up here, you probably heard about Optician Sans. I mean, it’s everywhere, from Fast Company to Gizmodo, introducing me to the experience of finding time to do e-mail and podcast interviews. I have even considered turning Behance notifications off, due to the constant phone buzzing (yes, I have now turned […]