New font is designed to foil ocr apps would also make a. It is a font that has somewhat of a smoke screen to trick robots into thinking it says something else or says nothing at all. This is sang muns degree project at the rhode island school of. Fluc bookpublished by falter verlag340 pages170 x 230 mmsoftcover, threaded bindingprint. So the south korean designer sang mun is a rarity, as his font is designed to be obscure. Designer sang mun creates font to fool the nsa huffpost. Download zxx a collection of special font designs that will make it hard for tracking companies to decipher written documents or social. The melange of different fonts is designed to thwart optical character recognition scanners. The project is more of a provocation than a legit security. Sang mun himself expresses his goal the following way. I have become dedicated to researching ways to articulate our unfreedom and to continue the evolution of my own thinking about censorship, surveillance, and a free society, he explained to reason magazine, after releasing the font online in june. The typeface was developed by the seoulbased designer sang mun for his final project at the rhode island school of design. This new experiment in obfuscation fonts is the work of sang mun, a recent graduate of the rhode island school of design. Zxx type specimen photograph we feel free because we lack the language to articulate our unfreedom.
Feb 22, 2015 rebirth of the enzo how the zr auto ferrari zxx came to be. The name zxx comes from the library of congress alpha3 iso 6392 codes for the representation of names of languages. Can the zxx typeface thwart and call attention to the nsa. Alpha3 iso 6392 codes for the representation of names of languages. Can the zxx typeface thwart and call attention to the nsas. Designers imagine the future in philadelphia museum of art. Sang mun has developed a typeface called zxx with four font styles that are designed to confuse ocr scanners, but are still readable to the human eye. Zxx is an advocacy platform in a font, as well as a turnkey tool to. Named zxx after the library of congresss threeletter code for books found to contain no linguistic content, the weird typeface was designed by sang mun to be unreadable to very specific type.
On the wall nearby is painted an example of the zxx typeface, created by korean designer sang mun. The lang attribute is a hint for web browsers and software readers html scrapers to choose the content language. The font has several styles, the most promising of which is called false. Over the course of a year, i researched and created zxx, a disruptive typeface.
Listen to xxzxx soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create reading. False hides its true message in tiny letters scattered inside big letters. Download a pdf transcript of design notes, episode. Zxxeverywhere nsa proof font tool chrome web store. I offered the typeface as a free download in hopes that as many people. Jul 04, 20 zxx type specimen video from sang mun on vimeo. How can we conceal our fundamental thoughts from artificial intelligences and those who deploy them. At first glance, zxx is just a decorative typeface designed in a style of wellknown captcha. The project focuses on the growing problem of privacy on the internet. After a year spent researching and creating, mun released the type as a free download in 2012. Sang mun served two years of mandatory service for the korean military.
Former nsa contractor designs surveillanceproof font. Zxx is a free font, and anyone can download it on the projects website. Taking up djing and electronic music at a very young age, signed to dirty fabric at the age of 17, and highly trained in sound. Shes a journalism reader, writer, photographer, videographer, data visualizer and general doer. Zxx, a typeface by designer sang mun, includes 4 different font styles designed to thwart optical character recognition.
A typeface designed to thwart spying computers gizmodo. The goal is to make the contents of a document unreadable by text scanning software while still being intelligible to a human reader. Mun spoke in detail with the walker art center about the zxx typeface in a 20 piece published in the gradient. Mun notes that the project is more of a provocation than a true security measure. Jul 21, 2017 the value zxx means the content has no linguistic content but it will still pass the validator as having included the lang attribute. Degree project at the rhode island school of design. Former nsa contractor develops font to combat government. Heres how the font designer, sang mun, explains his project. I decided to create a typeface that would be unreadable by text scanning software.
Jun 23, 20 named zxx after the library of congresss threeletter code for books found to contain no linguistic content, the weird typeface was designed by sang mun to be unreadable to very specific type. Rebirth of the enzo how the zr auto ferrari zxx came to be. I drew six different cuts sans, bold, camo, false, noise and xed to generate endless permutations, each font designed to thwart machine intelligences in a different way. A font family designed to be unreadable by text scanning software, in 6 styles, sans, bold, camo, false. This font called zxx is a creation of a rhode island school of design student named sang mun, and we must say it is quite brilliant. Consultez nos ressources pour vous adapter au mieux pendant cette periode. Jun 24, 20 sang mun, a former contractor with the us national security agency nsa, hopes that his zxx font will strike a blow for internet freedom making it harder for the authorities and hackers to spy upon our communications. Download scientific diagram zxx type family by sang mun, 2012. Graphic designer sang mun introduced a privacy font to thwart the nsa this week, called zxx. Sang mun s zxx fonts most typographers prize legibility and clarity of message above all other design consideration. Mun created the font as a response to increasing government incursions on privacy. Over the course of a year, i researched and created zxx, a disruptive typeface which takes its name from the library of congress listing of threeletter codes denoting which language a book is written in. New font is designed to foil ocr apps would also make a good.
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The font is named after the library of congress code, zxx, which labels a document as containing no linguistic content. Sang muns zxx fonts most typographers prize legibility and clarity of message above all other design consideration. Free zxx bold fonts free fonts search and download. Frankly, we thought so when we saw it for the first time. Learn more about band of colors, a mens underwear brand started by mun and two other interdisciplinary designers. Sang, a recent graduate from the rhode island schoold of design risd, has unleashed zxxa a disruptive typeface that. Former nsa contractor develops font to combat government snooping. Sang mun, a former contractor with the us national security agency nsa, hopes that his zxx font will strike a blow for internet freedom making it harder for the authorities and hackers to spy upon our communications.
Oct 04, 20 graphic designer sang mun introduced a privacy font to thwart the nsa this week, called zxx. By continuing to use the service, you agree to our use of cookies as described in the cookie policy. More info introducing the nsaproof font motherboard sang, a recent graduate from the rhode island schoold of design risd, has unveiled zxxa a disruptive. Zxx is a free font and anyone can download it on the projects website. Sang, a recent graduate from the rhode island schoold of design risd, has unleashed zxxa a disruptive typeface that he says is much more difficult to the nsa and.
Former nsa contractor designs surveillanceproof font cnn. Designer sang mun creates font to fool the nsa by betsy isaacson in light of the recent revelations about the national security agencys secret surveillance programs, designer sang mun has created a font that cant be read by machines and has made it free for anyone to download. Ferrari enzo zxx edo competition epic donuts, revs and start ups. The value zxx means the content has no linguistic content but it will still pass the validator as having included the lang attribute. Young and relentless zxx, born in macedonia, raised on the outskirts of chicago.
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