Laurence Penney
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@Lorp
Fonts (variable), maps (one-dimensional & Ptolemaic), books, cataloguing. Creator @axis_praxis and Samsa, co-creator @FauxFoundry and @LetterLuvvers.
Introducing Axis-Praxis, my new tool for playing with #variablefonts in the browser axis-praxis.org
AIが復元した「清明上河図」に言葉を失う。確かに、AI特有の「滑らかすぎる質感」に違和感を覚える瞬間もある。だが、張択端が描こうとした千年前の喧騒が、圧倒的な解像度で迫ってくるのも事実だから、これは模写ではない。AIという異質なフィルターを通すことで、われわれは初めて「大宋」の熱気に触れる。賛否はあろうが、この没入感だけは否定できないかもしれない。
The Tapestry looked wonderful on the giant screen in Piccadilly Circus. Imagine how good it will be close up! (Forgive the background hubbub).
Apologies for failing to oxytonicise the terminal proclitic. (And🙌to anyone who understands that at sight).
the european mind cannot comprehend driving four hours and still being in the same state
Ezra Klein: Writers who outsource their research to AI operate on a flawed model of how the mind works.
