Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Tech Article 10/4/2013

Surveillance-Proof Font


    Mun says that he understands the criticisms, but says that his fonts are meant to spark dialogue and make people think about their own online security: 'ZXX is a call to action, both practically and symbolically, to raise questions about privacy.'
  • New typeface called ZXX
  • ZXX includes 4 font which are Camo, Noise, Xed, and False.
  • Each font uses a different optical trick to make them difficult to scan.
  • It is used to disrupt the Optical Character Recognition. (OCR) 
  • Designed to protect privacy.


South Korean designer Mun designed four fonts: 'Camo' which adds camouflage-like patterns over letters, 'Noise' which overlays each letter with dots, 'Xed' which puts a neat X across each character, and 'False' where a small letter is placed beneath a larger false one.
  • Camo adds patterns over letters.
  • Noise overlays the letter with dots.
  • Xed puts a X over a character.
  • False uses small letter beneath a larger "false" one.


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