Typography

Spinning Type

Spinning objects cause an optical illusion. The car wheel spins forward and looks running backward in a specific speed range. Spinning helicopters fans are seen not moving in digital video footage. I experimented with how the human/machine error works on the Roman letterforms from A to Z in spinning. The optical illusion of spinning objects is everywhere. An objective observer might not be possible. The imperfect interpretations, however, allow us to discover a whole new perspective of such beautiful graphics.

All characters on the spinning disk look different. Of course, they are not readable.

The transition from the vertical stroke to a dot in spinning. At first thought, we should view a 6cm diameter black circle when the 6cm tall letter I spin. In the experiment, I saw a smaller than 6cm diameter circle; furthermore, my camera recorded it even smaller.

The spinning disk set under the lightbox with two 15 watt fluorescent lamps that splitting colors out of the spinning black W.

Korean Characters

Roman Characters

End. 2011/05/26