×5 (pronounced Times Five) is a simple typeface, constructed from a 5 by 5 grid of squares. This concept is far from new: Web designers will remember Kottke’s Silkscreen, but examples can even be found in Bauhaus-era tiles. What makes this version different/special, is that the grid is used recursively to construct more complex structures. These structures are self-similar, and behave like fractals in that sense.

Also, other rules and variations can be introduced to create non-standard glyphs. These fall into two categories: static (red) and dynamic (blue). The static ones represent characters like ligatures and monograms that do not have a code point in the Unicode standard. The dynamic ones include extra algorithms in order to introduce principles of Nivan figures and randomness, et al.

Base

! " # $ % ' ( ) + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ { | } ~ · ÷ … ₿ ∴ ∵ ∞ ⋮ ⌂ ⏏ ■ □ ▬ ▭ ▮ ▯ ▲ △ ▴ ▶ ▷ ▼ ▽ ◀ ◁ ◆ ◇ ◢ ◣ ◤ ◥ ◫ ◻ ☉ ☰ ☱ ☲ ☳ ☴ ☵ ☶ ☷ ♡ ♥ ✝ 𓃑 22 ACJ AF Hb LE code Feed Glider .notdef ΤΤΤ Uni x5 Blinker Toad n Circle² Network WiFi Battery Identicon Custom rand()

Second power

! " # $ % ' ( ) + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ { | } ~ · ÷ … ₿ ∴ ∵ ∞ ⋮ ⌂ ⏏ ■ □ ▬ ▭ ▮ ▯ ▲ △ ▴ ▶ ▷ ▼ ▽ ◀ ◁ ◆ ◇ ◢ ◣ ◤ ◥ ◫ ◻ ☉ ☰ ☱ ☲ ☳ ☴ ☵ ☶ ☷ ♡ ♥ ✝ 𓃑 22 ACJ AF Hb LE code Feed Glider .notdef ΤΤΤ Uni x5 Blinker Toad n Circle² Network WiFi Battery Identicon Custom rand()

Third power

! " # $ % ' ( ) + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ { | } ~ · ÷ … ₿ ∴ ∵ ∞ ⋮ ⌂ ⏏ ■ □ ▬ ▭ ▮ ▯ ▲ △ ▴ ▶ ▷ ▼ ▽ ◀ ◁ ◆ ◇ ◢ ◣ ◤ ◥ ◫ ◻ ☉ ☰ ☱ ☲ ☳ ☴ ☵ ☶ ☷ ♡ ♥ ✝ 𓃑 22 ACJ AF Hb LE code Feed Glider .notdef ΤΤΤ Uni x5 Blinker Toad n Circle² Network WiFi Battery Identicon Custom rand()

Higher powers

Applications

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