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No Design Foundry

Web-based interactive typography tools for distorting and styling text

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No Design Foundry (ndf) is an experimental digital typography lab featuring web generators like X-Ray, Pan, Rastr, and Rotorizer. It lets users upload fonts or input text, manipulate kinetic optical effects with custom sliders, and export styled results as vector SVGs.

What it's for

  • Distort custom fonts using kinetic optical and perspective filters
  • Generate stylized SVG vector lettering for branding or posters
  • Experiment with dynamic typography distortions directly in the browser

Features

  • Interactive text effects tools including X-Ray, Pan, Rastr, and Rotorizer
  • Custom font file upload support
  • Fine-tuning controls for angle, thickness, shadows, blur, and distortion
  • SVG vector export functionality

Pricing

Free to use online

Details

Type
Web app
Category
Design
Topic
Typography
Open source
No
Platforms
Web
For
Graphic designers, typographers, and motion designers
Tags
typography, fonts, svg, design tools, kinetic type

Why it was saved

  • @thedesignely, 18 September 2024: Enables designers to apply kinetic optical effects, angle shifts, and thicknesses to text and export the styled output as an SVG vector.
  • @groteskly.yours, 13 August 2024: Allows designers to generate and manipulate experimental 3D and extruded typographic compositions directly in the browser.

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