Avería: The Average Font (2011)
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- #generative-design
- #open-source
- The author created a new font called 'Avería' by averaging all the fonts on their computer.
- Initial experiments involved overlaying letters at low opacity and averaging them using ImageMagick and PHP.
- The author discovered that aligning fonts by their baseline and origin produced slightly different results.
- The goal evolved to create a sharper average of letter forms, leading to exploration of shape averaging techniques.
- A method was developed to split each letter perimeter into equally-spaced points and average their positions.
- The font family includes Regular, Bold, Light, Italic variants, and a 'Gruesa' version made from 725 fonts.
- Avería is released under the SIL Open Font License, allowing free use in any project.
- Additional versions include Avería Serif, Avería Sans, and a TrueType collection for easier installation.
- The font is also available through Google Web Fonts as 'Avería Libre'.