Alphabet Synthesis Machine

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The Alphabet Synthesis Machine is a work of interactive art which makes use of genetic algorithms to "evolve" a set of glyphs similar in appearance to a real-world writing system. The project was developed by Golan Levin, a new-media artist, in collaboration with Cassidy Curtis and Jonathan Feinberg.

[edit] References

• http://www.pbs.org/art21/series/seasonone/online.html (PBS and Art21 commissioned the work)
• http://www.flong.com/storage/pdf/reports/alphabet_report.pdf (White paper by artists that describes the work in detail)
• http://www.ciac.ca/magazine/archives/no_19/en/entrevue.htm (Interview with Golan Levin by CIAC's Electronic Magazine)

[edit] External links

• http://www.alphabetsynthesis.com/ (and a project page composed by Golan Levin)
• http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/font0000.htm (examples of fonts produced by the Machine)
• http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb26-1/tb82beet.pdf (brief mention in TUGboat)