Contour Type

Letters become a landscape of nested contours. Neighbouring outlines meet, merge and breathe as a slow wave passes through the word.

Contour Type: Letters become a landscape of nested contours. Neighbouring outlines meet, merge and breathe as a slow wave passes through the word.Contour Type: Letters become a landscape of nested contours. Neighbouring outlines meet, merge and breathe as a slow wave passes through the word.

About this pattern

Original GART geometric alphabet · distance contours

Contour Type, signed distance function, drawn by GART: Letters become a landscape of nested contours. Neighbouring outlines meet, merge and breathe as a slow wave passes through the word.
Contour Type · CC BY 4.0

A distance field surrounds an original monoline alphabet built from segments and ellipse arcs. Equal-distance contours expand beyond the strokes. The glyphs are geometry all the way through SVG and Figma export; no installed font is required. Use up to ten letters or digits.