presenting Word-As-Image. Fan describes the technique as"pretty sophisticated," with a"differentiable rasterizer" that allows gradient to propagate from the rendered pixels back to the original shape parameters. In other words, it turns letters into the object the word is describing without abandoning the shape of the letter.is such a complex and creative art form, the concept isn't going down a storm with designers on Twitter.
The idea that text with letters that look vaguely like the Literal Subject of a word is better than a custom-made logo that conveys the TONE and MOOD and ESSENCE of a work is an ACTUAL TRAVESTY https://t.co/6PH2TJs5Bs pic.twitter.com/TTY9XVxnIjIs this nonsense the reason I can't sleep? Probably not, but just in case, here goes.For more people than probably realize it, the predictability of print is why they can read at all. https://t.co/EBf9jBLBhQI cant stop thinking about this.