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Not Your Type · Xiaoyuan Gao · 2022
A single-style experimental display face by Xiaoyuan Gao that makes caps lock toggling part of the design, causing letters to jump between vertical positions as a typographic gesture.
About
Designed around what Gao calls 'typing design', the typeface treats the font file as a typewriter and the act of typing as a design decision. Shifting between caps and lowercase causes letters to jump up and down, and an extended hyphen allows users to spell out ---b-a-r-b-e-c-u-e--- style sequences. The glyphset covers Latin Extended with language support across English, German, French, Spanish and a range of other Western European scripts.
Classification
A single-style display typeface built around unconventional vertical alignment shifts triggered by toggling caps lock, placing it firmly in the experimental display category rather than any conventional serif or sans tradition.