Typography plays a key communication role in the contemporary information-dense culture. Type design is a central, complex, and time consuming task. In this work we develop the generative system to type design based on an evolutionary algorithm. The key novel contributions are twofold. First, in terms of representation it relies on the use of assemblages of shapes to form glyphs. There are no limitations to the types of shapes that can be used. Second, we explore a compromise between legibility and expressiveness, testing different automatic fitness assignment schemes. The attained results show that we are able to evolve a wide variety of alternative glyphs, making the proposed system a viable alternative for real-world applications in the field of type design.
['Tiago Martins', 'João Correia', 'Ernesto Costa', 'Penousal Machado']
Evotype: From Shapes to Glyphs