Bad Type Tool
A teaching tool developed in p5.js that allows users to quickly create a really bad font.
![A blue letter s with some alterations and paragraphs of text, showing the altered s.](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fb30da2e13b9a6a4e3a9fba/600ce0a0e4b1d81742a39c51_IntroImages-_BadTypeTool-1.png)
![A blue capital M and a blue lowercase n. Both with green anchor points.](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fb30da2e13b9a6a4e3a9fba/600ce0a7eba14609e36f49d7_IntroImages-_BadTypeTool-2.png)
![A close up of a paragraph of text with altered letterforms. The paragraph is not readable, but you can loosely make out the word "Instructions."](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5fb30da2e13b9a6a4e3a9fba/600ce0afeba146c3526f49d8_IntroImages-_BadTypeTool-3.png)
The Bad Type Tool is a teaching tool that I developed that allows users to quickly create a really bad font. I determined the fastest way to make a bad font and learn from it, was to start with a good font and royally mess it up. Students can quickly see how small changes interrupt the color of a paragraph of type, while being playful and experimental with letterforms.
This project was done as part of a Generative Type workshop, run by Space Type Continuum.