Blue Skies Smilin' At Me

August 6, 2007 10:12 AM

Type The Sky:font project by a student at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
posted by fandango_matt (14 comments total)

Das is neat.
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 10:43 AM on August 6, 2007

Skywriting at its finest.

Nice find.
posted by darksasami at 10:44 AM on August 6, 2007

Brilliant Idea.
posted by jeffamaphone at 10:54 AM on August 6, 2007

Fantastic.
posted by Abiezer at 11:07 AM on August 6, 2007

Love it. Now we need a Type the Ocean with waterfront views.

We can do without: Type the Garbage, Type the Alley, Type the Crackhouses...
posted by misha at 11:08 AM on August 6, 2007

Love that. Want to see nicky with the skye part in that font.
posted by nickyskye at 11:44 AM on August 6, 2007

Cool.
posted by sveskemus at 12:30 PM on August 6, 2007

Well, just for the hell of it, I coded up a little Flash app that lets you type with this font set here: typethesky. You need to click once on the page to activate it. Sorry, no word wrap. Best I could do in half an hour.
posted by gwint at 1:00 PM on August 6, 2007 [6 favorites]

Very cool!

I liked the Flash app too, gwint.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 2:14 PM on August 6, 2007

"So how did you pull off creating leading?"

"In-fill housing."
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 3:28 PM on August 6, 2007

Clever of you gwint!
posted by Cranberry at 3:51 PM on August 6, 2007

very cool--thanks! (and thanks gwint!) : >
posted by amberglow at 5:16 PM on August 6, 2007

Wow, very clever!
posted by PHINC at 6:00 PM on August 6, 2007

wow gwint, you brainiac you! That was fun! Thanks!
posted by nickyskye at 1:05 AM on August 7, 2007