A Digital Variable Typeface that Responds to Sound

Tracing the etymology of aesthetics, rooted in the Greek aisthitikos, it originally referred to sensuous perception; cognition through our senses; our bodies' way of perceiving and responding to signals in the world. Aesthete illustrates this, sensing and reflecting the environment it is used in. Its variability, ranging from focused to illegible noise, mimics our own sensory systems in our technologically-mediated environments. Volume input, in this instance, stands in for sensory noise as a whole; the more stimulus we encounter the more we must dull our senses to compensate, shutting out experience. Aesthete intentionally engages the body within digital space and technology differently – not as a means for gathering data or capturing attention, but as a mirror for our being in the world, encouraging bodily awareness and play.