Real 3D type

Papercut is a modern font designed specifically for use in three-dimensional environments. Instead of taking an existing font and giving it three-dimensional characteristics, Papercut is carved out of a physical shape. The resulting letterforms are all recognizable when viewed from a particular angle. Each letter’s rotation is an important feature of this font, although the designer who uses it has the freedom to use any rotation they want.

I found Papercut while going through this year's winners of the AIGA 365 Annual of Design. I couldn't find much else about it, but this other screenshot makes me act like a cat waiting for his can of tuna to be opened. I did a Google search and this kid seems to be getting a lot of attention for that piece of work.

Posted by Armin Vit | October 18, 2002 | LINK

Comments

so, I'm going through the AIGA site that you link too and can't help noticing that for a GRAPHIC DESIGN annual, there seems to be a lack of any visuals. Brilliant work, AIGA.

Darrel | Oct 19, 2002 10:37 AM

>there seems to be a lack of any visuals.

Some of the winners have accompanying images, but not all. Remember, most web sites (AIGA, TDC, ID) that list their award winners rarely have images on their site, they reserve them for their printed annual or upcoming issue. Otherwise nobody would buy them.

Armin | Oct 19, 2002 11:20 AM