Gallery: A Living Typeface That Actually Grows in a Petri Dish

  • Ori Elisar created a typeface out of bacteria.
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    Ori Elisar created a typeface out of bacteria.
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    The bacteria is Paenibacillus vortex.
  • The letters are an evolution between an ancient Hebrew script and the modernday script.
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    The letters are an evolution between an ancient Hebrew script and the modern-day script.
  • Elisar wrote the ancient letters in bacteria then used a protein to outline the more current letters.
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    Elisar wrote the ancient letters in bacteria then used a protein to outline the more current letters.
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    As the bacteria begins to eat the protein it takes on the shape of the modern-day Hebrew letter.
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    Elisar at work in the lab.
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