Comments on: V is for violin

V is for violin

Robot Johnny — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:37:16 -0800

The alphabet like you've never seen it (quicktime movie).

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:55:03 -0800

quite a large quicktime, on a lumbering, barely head-above-water server. i'm on a hot shit cable link, going on 4 minutes now with no movie yet. content review pending :-)

By: quasistoic

quasistoic — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:59:26 -0800

5.0 MB - Could've used a warning. (4.6 so far)

By: carter

carter — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:02:21 -0800

Will you lot get off so I can download it???

By: quasistoic

quasistoic — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:03:07 -0800

Would that have seemed nearly as elegant if set to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody...or Welcome to the Jungle?

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:06:38 -0800

very nice, only 5 megs actually, but good luck viewing it. 14 minutes to cough it up here.

By: gwint

gwint — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:08:56 -0800

Kind of a cool combination of Yugop's Blackribbon piece and something by John Maeda. Very nice. Considering the domain though, I would have thought the letters would look like this.

By: funkbrain

funkbrain — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:32:25 -0800

Well, the server crapped out before I could download it all... I only got up to "N". Someone please tell me how it ends.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:03:30 -0800

I mirrored it here.

By: Fofer

Fofer — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:03:35 -0800

"the alphabet like you've never seen it" you're not kidding! at these speeds, I'll still never see it.

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:13:25 -0800

Funkbrain, I'll tell you how it ends. **SPOILER WARNING** Z.

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:17:49 -0800

More alphabet fun since the other link seems to on overload... Though this link is far less elegant.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:18:58 -0800

Thanks for the mirror, Matt. For some reason this video reminded me of that guy who drew a presentation with sand... though for the life of me I can't find the link.

By: bitdamaged

bitdamaged — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:26:11 -0800

Sand Animation (Windows Media Link)

By: Down10

Down10 — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:54:59 -0800

Lovely. I'll forward this to the aficionados at Typophile.

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:38:37 -0800

Bitdamaged link is well worth it, the letter animation is clearly not. I was hoping that "as I've never seen ir" would involve some sort of brilliant conceptuatlization or, at the very least, naked women.

By: adamms222

adamms222 — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:52:43 -0800

Boring.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:12:47 -0800

There was an amazing font-based illustration that came out a few years ago that I can't track down. It was like a flyover simulation of Manhattan, but everything was done in type (thousands of huge skyscrapers were built with the letters "BUILDING"). Ring any bells? It was freaking amazing. I think it was a part of a subscription art DVD thing.

By: of strange foe

of strange foe — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:40:57 -0800

I like 't' best. Most videos can be improved by Bach, why?

By: rafter

rafter — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:41:33 -0800

m/n did it for me. Nice link.

By: jozxyqk

jozxyqk — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:48:23 -0800

Add in children screaming out the names of each letter, and this reminds me of many many hours of Sesame Street.

By: shortfuse

shortfuse — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:40:18 -0800

Old-but-gold font fun: Peter Cho's Letterscapes - interactive work in Java, and winner of Tokyo Type Directors Club Annual Awards 2002, Interactive Design Prize.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:23:02 -0800

abc mr. abc

By: Down10

Down10 — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 01:25:12 -0800

mathowie: you may be thinking of the music video for Alex Gopher's The Child.