Virus VujaDe
Barnbrook · Barnbrook · 2012
An open-source display typeface built for the Kyiv Biennale 2012 that cycles through four alternating glyphs per character, drawn from the DejaVu font's extended glyph palette.
About
Constructed by remixing the DejaVu open-source font, each Latin and Cyrillic letter or numeral is given four alternating glyph variants drawn from analphabetic characters, foreign scripts and symbols. As the user types, the font sequences through these variants automatically, producing unexpected juxtapositions that read as typographic interference. Developed as the typographic voice of Arsenale 2012, the project deliberately prioritised collaborative, open-source thinking over polished aesthetics.
Classification
A display typeface built from remixed glyphs drawn from DejaVu, combining symbols, foreign scripts and analphabetic characters to produce sequentially alternating letterforms. Its experimental, disorienting character places it firmly in the display category.