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Posted on May 2nd 2010

Biotypography, invented by type designer and experimentalist Oded Ezer, is a term that refers to typography that uses biological systems.


Biotypography, invented by type designer and experimentalist Oded Ezer, is a term that refers to any typography that uses biological systems and living organisms as the foundation for its design. Typosperma is the second experimental project in Ezer’s “Biotypography” series. The idea is born out of the creation of new transgenic creatures – half human sperm, half letter. The results are these imaginary creatures designed out of cloned sperm where the typographic information has been implanted into their DNA. Whatever happened to good ol’ Helvetica?

Oded Ezer

Graphic designer, type designer, design educator, a pioneer in the field of 3D Hebrew lettering and a typographic experimentalist who invented the term Biotypography… Oded Ezer’s projects, posters and graphic works are showcased and published worldwide, and are part of permanent collections of eminent museums such as the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoM

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