Worlds collide! Next month, typography geeks and science geeks will unite, and nobody gets hurt.
German typographer Harald Geisler has spent the last few years on a unique project, and he's taken to Kickstarter to get it finished — and take preorders. Those aforementioned typography lovers and scientists are both going to want the fruits of his labor. So, what is it?
Through a painstaking process of research and refinement, Geisler has turned the handwriting of Albert Einstein into a font. Einstein's handwriting had elements of cursive/calligraphy writing in a flowing, idiosyncratic style that was all his own. Just when you think you understand the overall feel of it, Einstein throws in a curveball with an unexpected sharp angle or turn of his pen.
Geisler got the rights to transform Einstein's hand into a font through a Harvard grad named Elizabeth Waterhouse, who'd managed to acquire the rights from Einstein's estate sometime prior. For his part, Geisler had years ago demonstrated his creds by transforming Sigmund Freud's hand into a font.
On Kickstarter, you can preorder the Einstein font for $25 and you'll receive a digital copy of it in June. Other rewards are available for higher pledge amounts. At the time of this writing, Geisler's modest goal of $15,000 has already been doubled in pledges.
One last thing: June just happens to be the 100th anniversary of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. What better way to celebrate than dressing up your own words in Einstein's handwriting?
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