November 09, 2009 from abduzeedo's blog
Last Saturday I was in São Paulo, Brazil for the Intercon 2009, one of the biggest events about the internet culture here in my country. I was super happy as well because I was invited to talk about Abduzeedo to that huge crowd. But what I want to show to you here in this post is this amazing project called Unique Types.
Raphael Vasconcellos from Agencia Click explained me about the Unique Types's idea, that is to support AACD - Associação de Assistência à Criança Deficiente (Brazilian Association for the Welfare of the Handicapped Children) - an association that helps children with physical disabilities.
The project aims graphic designers, digital artists and typographers; and challenges them to create fonts inspired by children suffering from physical disabilities. The fonts will be registered with Creative Commons license and could be used by other agencies in their campaigns.
Unique Types is a special collection of fonts inspired by children suffering from physical disabilities. Each font is created under the Creative Common license and is free of rights and limitations on use.
To understand a little bit more about the project check out this video:
What are Unique Types? from AACD on Vimeo.
Pre-launch for Designers
You and other renowned designers and studios from around the world are invited to participate in this unique project.
How does it work?
It's very simple:
- Create your own type inspired by disabled children.
- Explain your process: a text or a video on Vimeo
- Gather your material and send it to: contato@uniquetypes.cc
Visit the pre-launch site at http://uniquetypes.cc/designers/
Check out the first fonts created for the project
Nosewritten - Download
During the creative process, We studio designers were going through physical limitations
Nosewritten from Welab on Vimeo.
Ubiratan - Download
Gustavo Terra created a version inspired in the childen locomotion.
Ubiratan from Gustavo Terra on Vimeo.
I loved the idea of this project and how it mix one of the most loved areas of design that is typography with a very noble cause. I will start working on my font for the Unique Types collection and I would love to see more people joing that. For more information and keep up with the new fonts, visit http://uniquetypes.cc/designers/
About AACD
The AACD (Brazilian Association for the Welfare of the Handicapped Children) is a non-profit organization which has been helping people suffering from physical disabilities for the past 59 years.
