Words that read you. FaceType is an experimental project which combines type design, speculative linguistics, and creative coding to produce the world’s first emotionally-sensitive font. The gestural interface links a variable font with an AI that can detect and measure facial expressions in real-time, allowing the user to navigate through the font using only facial expressions. The project speculates how we might use human-centred design to establish empathy in online spaces. Putting the ‘face’ back into typeface.
