[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":93},["ShallowReactive",2],{"gql:data:qDXTnFX6oV":3},{"entry":4},{"id":5,"title":6,"bgColor":7,"fgColor":8,"hoverVideo":9,"titleCaption":9,"liveLink":9,"seoPageDescription":10,"tags":11,"thumbnail":21,"socialShareImage":27,"projectMatrix":29},"437","Typography to Sound","#b6e6f6","#194857",null,"A direct transformation from typography to sound. Letters are translated on a spectrogram.",[12,15,18],{"id":13,"title":14},"134","Tool",{"id":16,"title":17},"133","Typography",{"id":19,"title":20},"438","Experiment",[22],{"id":23,"mimeType":24,"path":25,"width":26,"alt":9},"439","image/png","tts2_2025-12-26-183917_xrkp.png",1337,[28],{"id":23,"mimeType":24,"path":25,"width":26,"alt":9},[30,35,44,48,53,56,64,67,71,75,78,82,86,89],{"id":31,"typeHandle":32,"initialLetter":33,"ckeditor":34},"440","projectText",true,"\u003Cp>The goal was to create an exhibition for the Gutenberg Museum on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus. In the end I realised the \u003Ca href=\"https://jeanboehm.com/work/open-type-face\">Open Type Face\u003C/a> project, but in the beginning I was experimenting with type and sound.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>I was fascinated by Lazlo Moholy Nagy's idea of an »Ritzschrift ABC« (Carved ABC). His idea was to carve single letters directly into a vinyl record and play it on a gramophone. The resulting sounds would be a direct transformation of typography to sound.\u003C/p>",{"id":36,"typeHandle":37,"caption":38,"image":39},"441","projectImage","Magnification of a vinyl record",[40],{"id":41,"mimeType":24,"path":42,"width":43,"alt":9},"442","Screenshot-61_2025-12-26-184646_yaqm.png",992,{"id":45,"typeHandle":32,"initialLetter":46,"ckeditor":47},"443",false,"\u003Cp>My question was, what is the vinyl record in 2019? During my research, I stumbled across a spectrogram. A spectrogram is a graphical representation of sound, it shows the spectrum and the individual tones and pitches of sound on a 2D surface.\u003C/p>",{"id":49,"typeHandle":50,"video":51,"caption":52},"444","projectVideo","fts-ringtone.mp4","Ringtone displayed on a Spectrogram",{"id":54,"typeHandle":32,"initialLetter":46,"ckeditor":55},"445","\u003Cp>During my research I also came across the artists »Aphex Twins«. In their song »Windowlicker«, is a hidden demon face, which is only visible on a spectrogram.\u003C/p>\u003Cp> \u003C/p>\u003Cp>So if thats possible, we could make the same with letters!\u003C/p>",{"id":57,"typeHandle":37,"caption":58,"image":59},"446","Source: http://www.bastwood.com/?page_id=10",[60],{"id":61,"mimeType":24,"path":62,"width":63,"alt":9},"447","aphex_2025-12-26-184736_lgrr.png",750,{"id":65,"typeHandle":32,"initialLetter":46,"ckeditor":66},"448","\u003Cp>For this I have developed a small tool that converts an image into sounds and thereby makes it visible on a spectrogram. The SAMPLE below is actually just a .wav file displayed on a spectrogram.\u003C/p>",{"id":68,"typeHandle":50,"video":69,"caption":70},"450","fts-sample.mp4","Simple tool to display fonts on a spectrogram",{"id":72,"typeHandle":50,"video":73,"caption":74},"451","fts-shapes.mp4","Exploring different shapes",{"id":76,"typeHandle":32,"initialLetter":46,"ckeditor":77},"452","\u003Cp>After that I had created a HTML-Canvas on which I could display fonts, variable fonts and additionally draw with a brush.\u003C/p>",{"id":79,"typeHandle":50,"video":80,"caption":81},"453","fts-hello-drawing.mp4","Drawing on canvas and translating it to sound",{"id":83,"typeHandle":50,"video":84,"caption":85},"454","fts-type-test.mp4","Variable Font experiments",{"id":87,"typeHandle":32,"initialLetter":46,"ckeditor":88},"455","\u003Cp>In addition to the font I also added a blur filter, this actually softened the image and sound. The goal of this project would have been to create a legible and good sounding font, which would have brought Laszlo Moholy Nagy's »Ritzschrift ABC« into the present. Since I decided to go with the OTF project (also available on this website), this work remained an experiment.\u003C/p>",{"id":90,"typeHandle":50,"video":91,"caption":92},"456","fts-hello-blur.mp4","Blur Filter on Variable Font",1775142922562]