Designers imagine the future in philadelphia museum of art. Download a pdf transcript of design notes, episode. 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. Former nsa contractor develops font to combat government snooping. Former nsa contractor develops font to combat government. Ferrari enzo zxx edo competition epic donuts, revs and start ups. On the wall nearby is painted an example of the zxx typeface, created by korean designer sang mun. Over the course of a year, i researched and created zxx, a disruptive typeface. 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. I offered the typeface as a free download in hopes that as many people. 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. The project is more of a provocation than a legit security. Zxx, a typeface by designer sang mun, includes 4 different font styles designed to thwart optical character recognition.
Jul 04, 20 zxx type specimen video from sang mun on vimeo. 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. 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. Shes a journalism reader, writer, photographer, videographer, data visualizer and general doer. Free zxx bold fonts free fonts search and download. 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. More info introducing the nsaproof font motherboard sang, a recent graduate from the rhode island schoold of design risd, has unveiled zxxa a disruptive.
Stream tracks and playlists from xxzxx on your desktop or mobile device. This new experiment in obfuscation fonts is the work of sang mun, a recent graduate of the rhode island school of design. The font has several styles, the most promising of which is called false. Alpha3 iso 6392 codes for the representation of names of languages. 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.
Designer sang mun creates font to fool the nsa huffpost. By continuing to use the service, you agree to our use of cookies as described in the cookie policy. Can the zxx typeface thwart and call attention to the nsa. Zxxeverywhere nsa proof font tool chrome web store. Dec 09, 2012 840hp ferrari enzo xx evolution zxx full throttle and revving at spa 2015 duration. 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. New font is designed to foil ocr apps would also make a good. Listen to xxzxx soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create reading.
Degree project at the rhode island school of design. 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. I decided to create a typeface that would be unreadable by text scanning software. A font family designed to be unreadable by text scanning software, in 6 styles, sans, bold, camo, false. How can we conceal our fundamental thoughts from artificial intelligences and those who deploy them. Graphic designer sang mun introduced a privacy font to thwart the nsa this week, called zxx. 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. A typeface designed to thwart spying computers gizmodo. Zxx is a free font and anyone can download it on the projects website.
Fluc bookpublished by falter verlag340 pages170 x 230 mmsoftcover, threaded bindingprint. 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. Young and relentless zxx, born in macedonia, raised on the outskirts of chicago. We use cookies for various purposes including analytics and personalized marketing. Download zxx a collection of special font designs that will make it hard for tracking companies to decipher written documents or social. Learn more about band of colors, a mens underwear brand started by mun and two other interdisciplinary designers. Named zxx after the library of congresss threeletter code for books found to contain no linguistic content, the weird typeface was designed by. Zxx is an advocacy platform in a font, as well as a turnkey tool to. The font is named after the library of congress code, zxx, which labels a document as containing no linguistic content. 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. The lang attribute is a hint for web browsers and software readers html scrapers to choose the content language. Zxx is a free font, and anyone can download it on the projects website.
Frankly, we thought so when we saw it for the first time. Sang mun s zxx fonts most typographers prize legibility and clarity of message above all other design consideration. Download premium quality music by zxx on beatport, the worlds largest music store for djs. Former nsa contractor designs surveillanceproof font. This is sang muns degree project at the rhode island school of. Mun created the font as a response to increasing government incursions on privacy. The project focuses on the growing problem of privacy on the internet. The melange of different fonts is designed to thwart optical character recognition scanners. Consultez nos ressources pour vous adapter au mieux pendant cette periode. Download scientific diagram zxx type family by sang mun, 2012. After a year spent researching and creating, mun released the type as a free download in 2012. False hides its true message in tiny letters scattered inside big letters. 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 name zxx comes from the library of congress alpha3 iso 6392 codes for the representation of names of languages.
Sang, a recent graduate from the rhode island schoold of design risd, has unleashed zxxa a disruptive typeface that. Rebirth of the enzo how the zr auto ferrari zxx came to be. 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. Sang muns zxx fonts most typographers prize legibility and clarity of message above all other design consideration. The goal is to make the contents of a document unreadable by text scanning software while still being intelligible to a human reader.
New font is designed to foil ocr apps would also make a. So the south korean designer sang mun is a rarity, as his font is designed to be obscure. Can the zxx typeface thwart and call attention to the nsas. 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. Sang mun served two years of mandatory service for the korean military. 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. Sang mun himself expresses his goal the following way. Oct 04, 20 graphic designer sang mun introduced a privacy font to thwart the nsa this week, called zxx. The value zxx means the content has no linguistic content but it will still pass the validator as having included the lang attribute. Heres how the font designer, sang mun, explains his project. The typeface was developed by the seoulbased designer sang mun for his final project at the rhode island school of design.
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