Fontplore is an interactive application designed for searching and exploring font databases on an interactive table. Fontplore helps you to easily find the right typeface for your project in a collection of several thousands of fonts. Let you browse, preview, compare and print the fonts on the table using the a pyramid and round object and your finger.
"The interaction with the table and Fontplore is based on tangible objects.
We have a primary navigation object (round shape), which can be placed, dragged and rotated on the table. Rotational movement cycles through the fonts in the current search result, while dragging is used to select a tag or undo a selection.
The pyramid-shaped objects are used to commit actions, like preview, save, print and reset. Any number of these objects is supported, although we feel that more than three or four would be more confusing than helpful.
Both types of objects feature a tiny transparent tube in the center. By rendering a small circle just beneath the object we achieve a nice colorful illumination (almost like an LED). This visual feedback is used to communicate the current status of the object. " |
