02/07 > «The Polymath of Pittsburgh» in The Nation ... on inter¶reting/transl8ing the inimitable 1 + onely Garielle lutʑ: «the map is the size of the territory»
ware rivers convurge [5ti|| halve nvr bin :( ]
02.07 > out¶ut: bin wurking on ^nother co-lab w/ mm [n0, n0t Emin·m, the Rtist ⁄ oƒ mm/dd/2020, hoo 2gether co||abor8ed 6uring the p&emic 2 6ring u Residue (2 ENdure the p&emic!)] ... ca||ing thi5 nu ¶roject [az uv 2day]: 9adỶooX! [wut mayB B4 I refurred 2 iT on ⳽ az: «45° an9els» (5ti|| mite uze dat az ^ 5ubtitel: looping li9atures @ 45° an9els)], thi5 time ^round bi mm/dd/2025 [az I ¶ointed out in ¶ost #1199 @ the 5tart uv the ye•r: 2025 = perfe§t 5quare (45 x 45) + 45 = ∑um uv 1st 9 inte9ers (∅r ev·n 10 (¿ll uv 'em! (in dewey de¢imal ¥y®tem)) iF u want 2 count 0 (Y n0t?)(bedder yet, ju5t 0 + 1 ... fu§k Lennon, 🎵 ¿ll u need = 0 + 1 🎵)):
0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 45 = ∑i
... ware the5e 5ingle-di9it inte9ers = 10-fin9ered X-10-sions uv I/dd's αl¶hanumeric αlphaβet/lexicon (in βeta, 5ti|| te5t-driving iT bi ty¶ing thi5 ¶o5t w/ 10 digits, doG wi||ing)][+ in case yr wondering, in ty¶oGraphy ^ «gadzook» = lộ¶ing ligature dat bRidges 2 leers, 4 e.g.gsample:
... ^ sort^ leer-lvl conseQ-shun, ligatured literature / lierasure (az o-posed 2 lutz's «fanatical» ver5ion oƒ the lishian wurd-lvl consecution menshunned in th ^bove polymath Rticle:
«a recursive procedure by which one word pursues itself into its successor by discharging something from deep within itself into what follows»
... n0t dat I utilizes fancy-panting gadzộky ligatures in thi5 hear codice ƒont ± dicebat 🎲 🦇 pigeon code [n0t yet, haha ... 5cribing thi5 ¶o5t w/ codice iz 9ivin9 I/dd 💡iDeas 2 dot is + cross Ts like Y n0t combine 2 ts in2 1? : ? hypertex:Xfer proto§ol (n0t commied in2 the font set, yet, dat's ju5t ^ ed ha§k:), ware, warning: u mite B-come ll 5tairing @ these ®nake-eY·d 🎲 🦇s! ... ∅r how ^bout ^ CHARactor dat cd st& 4 Ƈalamari ar§hive? ≈ (iF I ha§ked iT az a§tual .OTF iT'd x-10-d B-lo the ba5eline + B in w≤ite pro¶ortions ... evɘryThing = ha§k in HTML (eSpecia||y w/ wizzy-wigged)] bu how certain leers lộk (∅r lổk?? ... yes, I did make CHARactors 4 dub-l-o (in aʤdition 2 ∞)(or l👀k (twards lundone (wile tocking Toke-i-o, e i e i o)))) neXt 2 1 ^nother iz uv ¶aramount im¶ort ... I 5ti|| haz 1 we•k left on the lyphs ƒre· trial 2 make ƒinal twe•ks/ligatures]
> in N-E ev•nt, iT's n0t ju5t ^bout making the ƒont but learning 2 uze iT
[∅r leing iT uze meme ... thi5 codiced dicebat code iz yet ^nother meme inhabiting the (9)host .org, Ɖ] + uze [n0t abuze] iT afishant|y [helps 2 halve thi5 key-bored MAPping h&y:
... also ^ W.i.P. (+ sum keystrokes o-limits) az I/dd ƒinds other CHAR-a§tors I uze more o-10 (vari8ions oƒ I/dd inkloot Ɖ, Iʤ, ið, etc.)] > @ N-E R8, enu ^bout ƒonts, gadỶooX!! ... mm [∅r «» az wood rite iT] = D-ziner dat actua||y studyed ƒont D-zine @ cooper union [+ authored: word is drawn], shd B the 1 2 B cre8ing ƒonts n0t dd!! tho did advise (🙏) + ƒool disclosure: cre8ed
the logo
(n0t dat CHARa§tor but the 9-brained/8-legged octopus h&drawn in 5kewed ink:
02.08 > 5pe•king oƒ lutz/Pisburgh, also D-zined the §over + internal i§ons 4 The Gotham Grammarian [ộps, thi5 = alternet take]:
> unlike Warhol, did n0t 5lap his name on the §over [tho he did memetica||y mimic the h&-drawn ƒont (witch neɘds 2 B upd8ed w/ carwrecked 5pe||ing:)] ... I mene, the gall oƒ warhall! u'd think &y penned the muzic! + don°t get meme 5tarted on Nico ...
> 9adỶooX! = Δirent be•st ¿ll 2gether than Residue ... iF mm/dd/2020 maid Residue 2 endure the p&emic, mm/dd/2025 iz making 9adỶộX! 2 cope w/ the apocalyptic K-OS we ƒined R-selves now enduring ... 2 ƒurthere S-cape the 5cary ab5urdity oƒ iT ¿ll ≈ o5tri§hes 5ti§king CPUs in s& > also uv note iz dat the X-pression «gadzooks!» D-rives ƒrom «God's hooks» ... the nails naiLing G-zus 2 the ✝
> kneethere dd n0r halve precon§eived noshuns uv wut direXion thi5 ¶roject wi|| take, bu thair se•ms 2 B ^ devilipping paira||e|e B-tweɘn typography + ^nimals + vegetables (+ ƒre5h ƒruit 4) + ev·n minerules (fun,da’Mental alchemy) az 5cene thru doG-4-saken rose-culured 5tained-gla55 wind-doze ... redu§ing lan9ua9e + Rt down 2 wear each 9lyph + pen-5troke rePresents iTselƒ + n0thin9 more > 4 e.g.gsample hear's ^ banana I ink.orper8ed [n0t maid bi bu 5carlit.11.22 (dd.11.22.66's Ai bot dat authored the ^bove cọd.eXɘ.bọ§)] in2 9adỶooX! tXt (in gray5cale):
... iT wi|| ¿|| make 5ense if/when u re•d gadỶộX! witch ¿ll = 2 say dd haz gone CPU-conking bonkers + cumpletely ab&oned me•ning 4 how superfish|y the text l👀ks on the ¶a9e + how wurds ƒit 2-gether n0t in ^ line•r 1-dementia-nu|| stre•ming sen-10-ce bu in ^ 2-D n0n-line•r maytricks dat can B red m^ny Δirent waze deɘpending on the re•der / 5canner (+ may [×] tri§ks on yr mined:), 4 e.g.gsample hear's ^ 1st dRaft oƒ ¶g 14 [note nod 2 Cage acting az gadzook B-tween O + ¶]:
> the embedded<°()>< img = 5ketchy dRaft dat wuz gna chu§k but dd thawt iT'd beɘ cộl 2 5how the evolution, n0?
... the ƒun,da’mental ¶roce55 iz dat dd ¶rompts mm (∅r vice-versa) w/ the5e sorts uv 2-D αlphanumeric mesostic wurd mosaix az source code + mm resPonds in kind w/ h&-drawn geometric ab5tractions (far Δirent than the roar-shocky smears in Residue)
> I didnt evɘn get around 2 loggin9 in¶ut, so biz-e in out¶ut mode, [‡]ing, n0t [×]ing ...irl, I's bedder-⁄ jj iz wearing the pants in France ∴ n0t watching much TV/movies thi5 we•k ... actua||y, I iz siing @ jj's desk 4 ^ change oƒ ¶ace [nicer vu + direct ☀️ lite] bu weird b/c when I messages jj I can C the messyjiz ¶o¶ up on jj's 5creɘn [uzing jj's maChine 2 stre•m 🎵 muzic (nu ❤️🪱s)] + can imperson8 jj + rite messyjiz 2 I, truly B-coming Ị!