So apparently you can make the letters of the alphabet by stretching weirdly shaped glands.
These impressive photographs arose from a conference in America, the annual Olympus BioScapes contest. The glandular font was created by Dr. Ma. Ivy Clemente.
Thank god for scientists.
[via Boing Boing]
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3 comments
you can email me on [email protected]. luminosity eh? we’ll have a think about it..
your contact link at the bottom of the page (http://www.shinymedia.com/contact_us.phpContact%20Us) is returning a 404.
i wanted to tell you that the pale blue text on white background, while very pretty, is completely illegible and fails luminosity, colour contrast, and colour difference tests which are based on algorithms recommended by the w3c.
thanks.
Wow, this is amazing pictures, science make our lives getting more wonderful.
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