FF Kosmik

RandomFonts are a blunt way to make liveliness in text. A FlipperFont contains a number of alternative letters that will be called for in the right order. FF Kosmik is the first LettError FlipperFonts intended for public use. It contains three alternatives for each letter. During printing each letter is followed by a letter from the next alternative: one - two - three - one - ... This way a three identical letters on a row will be given different outlines. The fourth and first letter are from the same font, but by then they are so far apart that a possible sameness in the contour does not matter as much. We have found one word that actually has three letters on a row: Sauerstoffflasche. This is the German word for oxygen bottle. Recent addition is shown on the right: a railway station in Wales with four L's on a row. If anyone knows word that challenges this let us know! Order Kosmik OT from FontFont.com:

Erik Spiekermann offers these flipperable words: Passstra�e Fallleine Schrottteil Fusssocke. A German grammer rule states that ligatures cannot bridge combined words, so the 'sss' in Fusssocke can't have a ligature. But in flipperspeak this is perfectly possible.

The letters have to be the same, like ooo or ppp. Accented letters count as a different.

There are other ways in which a FlipperFont can function. For instance switch between two fonts regularly and only get the third font once in a random(30) characters. The way in which the FlipperFont is programmed has effect on the texture the typeface makes on the page, it is an integral part of its design.

This is Kosmik Billboard, a bevelled version of Kosmik Bold. The bevel and the fill are two different fonts, which can be given different colors. Kosmik Billboard is not part of the FontFont release.