Perwolf

Type Tool

A web-based type tool that applies Perlin noise, a type of gradient noise used in computer graphics to generate natural-looking patterns, to the outlines of characters from any imported font.

Based on user-defined parameters for noise intensity and scale, the tool distorts the letterforms and generates a downloadable SVG graphic.

→ Link to Tool (best viewed in Safari)

Tools:

p5.js, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Inkscape, pen plotter

Increasing the noise transforms clean typography into abstract expressionism.

Cycling through different noise scale values while keeping the same noise intensity offers different iterations of the distortion:

The associated DIN A0 posters were printed using felt pens with a pen plotter: