BT Flimmer
Bleifrei Type · Florian Beyeler · 2023
A display typeface built from letterforms photographed through a water-filled textured vase, giving each character a refractive, jagged quality reinforced by four contextual alternates per glyph.
About
Designed by Florian Beyeler and released in 2023, BT Flimmer exploits a photographic process to produce glyphs that appear to shimmer and shift. Each letter carries four variations, deployed automatically via contextual alternates so that no two consecutive characters appear identical. The family is structured as four stylistic sets alongside the base font, offering control over the degree of visual variation.
Classification
A display typeface with a deliberately distorted, organic character produced by photographing letterforms through a water-filled textured vase. The resulting jagged, refracted forms place it firmly in the experimental display category.