About Collective
Collective is a type rendered with a flow of dynamic particles that leave semi-transparent traces behind. It uses the glyph outlines of standard font formats, like TrueType and OpenType, to control the motion of particles attracted and trapped by letterforms. The particles originate from a specified location around the glyphs, which create small imperfections, lighter areas that depend on the shape of each letter.

The typeface is fairly simple when used statically, like a scratchy filter applied to the typeface it is based on. Collective becomes more interesting when used dynamically and interactively, where the rendering of each glyph can be controlled to reveal a text and produce subtle nuances in its characters.
> type specimen video
> applet (requires java 1.5+)

Collective was built with Processing and NextText. It allows to easily adjust parameters to create different styles (e.g. light, medium, bold) by adjusting the particle's tracing behaviour.