Watch Words Beautifully Express Their Own Meaning On An Old Typewriter

Watch Words Beautifully Express Their Own Meaning On An Old Typewriter

Video: This austere and delightful little short shows just how much you can communicate with few resources and a decent amount of ingenuity.

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Clocking in at just over a minute long, Disillusionment of 10 Point Font is like an amuse-bouche of viral videos — doesn’t waste your time and leaves a nice impression. Its creators simply type out words and animate them in a metaphorical way that conveys their meaning. Typed on a Smith Corona Galaxie Deluxe Typewriter, the little unique variations in the way the same letter never makes an identical impression on the paper makes me

ha

ha

happy.

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