Read a type specimen through its anatomy: ascender, cap height, x-height, baseline, and the shapes between them.
Explore the study ↗Typography · Vector intelligence · Generative design
Design technology for type, structure, and form.
Typvs works where typography, vector intelligence, and generative design meet structural representation and machine learning.
Prompt
Ready
Visual prototype. Not a released tool.
Product demonstration
An interactive study of form. Adjust the weight, angle, and construction layers.
A shared language for design and computation
TypographyVector intelligenceGenerative designStructural representationMachine learningCreative tooling
Use cases
From a letterform to a system.
Explore type, its underlying structure, and the relationships between forms.
Compare light, regular, and bold drawings side by side. Follow the decisions that hold a family together as its weight changes.
Compare the weights ↗Read the specimen as measured geometry. Compare its bounds, baseline, cap height, and the space around each form.
Read the platform ↗See how a drawing changes from roman to italic. Compare the structure, proportions, and character of the same letters.
Inspect the variations ↗Selected study
Anatomy and reference lines of a type specimen.
Illustrative type studies using one specimen across four views.
Developers
Design, expressed as structure.
Explore the data behind a drawing, from individual points to related forms.
Example data. The API and its endpoints are not yet published.
Working with type as data?
Read the docs ↗Applications
One structure. Different ways of working.
Study 01
Drawing type
Build and revise letterforms while the contour, nodes, and measures stay available as data.
Study 02
Studying families
Compare related forms and see what a change in weight does to the set.
Study 03
Inspecting decisions
Read a shape as structure, with its points and curves available for inspection.
Study 04
Exploring variations
Move between roman and italic to examine how the same letters change.
Research
How the work is framed
Typvs sits at six intersections: typography, vector intelligence, generative design, structural representation, machine learning, and creative tooling.
The work starts with a simple idea: a drawing and its underlying structure belong together.
About Typvs ↗From Typvs
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Writing
Essays & notes
A place for thinking about type, structure, and design technology.
First essay forthcomingDevelopment
Changelog
A record of changes as the work takes shape.
Updates will appear hereCompany
The Typvs approach
The intersections of typography, vector intelligence, and generative design.
Read about the workLet’s shape what comes next.
Explore type, structure, and form with Typvs.