Cosmic Type is a kinetic type experiment that explores both graphic space as structural and semantic agency. Inspired by the early pioneering work of the concrete poets such as Dom Sylvester Houédard, Ian Hamilton Finley and Steve McCaffe, the project is a play with letters, words and graphic form in the computational and generative space.

Each iteration gives you the possibility to discover a variety of visual form through exploring the system. Please explore your iteration with the key interactions below. It is hoped that you give the time to explore and observe. If you don't, you may end up with just a blank canvas.

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Key Interactions

‘a’ activates forward motion on/off
‘b’ activates backward motion on/off
‘r’ rotates grid 45° [ rotates on key pressed]
‘f’ rotates the grid freely [ stops on key release ]
‘p’ switches grid scale on/off [ this can be CPU heavy on older machines ]
‘g’ extra glyphs on/off
‘q’ return to the initial state


Program written by Mark Webster
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