iPhone font created out of 540 apps and a love for the arcane (video)

No, we can't give you a clear reason why this particular chap did this particular thing, but good gravy, look at the pretty pictures! We've come across an iPhone-inspired font that looks to have been created by collating and color coding a vast collection of apps in order to properly represent the English alphabet. There's not much info given beyond the app count and the fact it required an architect with "too much free time" on his hands, but we're not going to begrudge a visual attraction when we can get one. You might be able to get the typography for yourself by contacting the author at the source link, or you can skip past the break to see it on video -- if you're careful enough you should be able to spot the world's greatest mobile app making a guest appearance.

[Julio604 Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:38PM]

Cool

[MSM Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:57PM]

@Julio604

You can see "Engadget" in the background of the letter "U"

[flett Posted Mar 21st 2010 10:04PM]

@Julio604 or bored, lol

[werty1432k Posted Mar 21st 2010 11:29PM]

@Julio604 Why was there no "W"?

[werty1432k Posted Mar 21st 2010 11:34PM]

@werty1432k I guess the "W" would just be the "M" rotated upside down? So they just left it out...?

[cobalthex Posted Mar 22nd 2010 12:15AM]

@werty1432k the v and the w are the same i guess

[UnderPaidOrphan Posted Mar 22nd 2010 2:58AM]

@Julio604

No W.

ruined it for me. but still pretty cool. good job

[rederikus Posted Mar 22nd 2010 3:36AM]

@UnderPaidOrphan
At least it's not Yet Another Fart App for the iToy

[tobsmonster2 Posted Mar 22nd 2010 8:37AM]

@Julio604
Way too much free time.

[optical10 Posted Mar 22nd 2010 12:47PM]

@MSM Here is a screen grab http://uiopyg.blu.livefilestore.com/y1pBCfu5dcUHAN7aUOsiz5_-TsVe9hXF-vF9nkaWya01RJf465Dj7msoTR3RXuB3cFPBkBlo_We8CjZycMOQ8J-3N2zF-AWvaDZ/Iphone%20font%20screen%20grab.jpg

[ohanmer Posted Apr 10th 2010 10:46AM]

@werty1432k The M was pretty messed up...

[andrewwg94 Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:41PM]

the m is bad...

[RLBurkes Posted Mar 21st 2010 11:04PM]

@andrewwg94 Since this beast is jailbroken, I dont understand why he/she wouldn't of used 5 icons per row, and iBlanks. 25 pixels might have made the M and W look a bit better, or exist at all in the case of the latter.

[Bkm72 Posted Mar 21st 2010 11:41PM]

@andrewwg94 So is being lonely and having to read about vagina's.

He should really explore the far-away magical place called "outside".
It doesn't bite....but it might make him sneeze.

[akbc Posted Mar 21st 2010 11:54PM]

@andrewwg94

Indeed the "M" is bad. haha, yeah but if this phone is jailbroken, why not use the 5 row icons?

[viper24 Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:41PM]

Nice app launcher

[I was swhite237 I lost my passwo Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:41PM]

It's in the B.

[Dafrety Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:41PM]

"if you're careful enough you should be able to spot the world's greatest mobile app making a guest appearance. "
I see what you did there. Oh, wait, no I don't. It might be because I don't have an Engadget app on my Android phone.

[Steve B Posted Mar 22nd 2010 2:57AM]

@Dafrety
Isn't that supposed to be here by the end of March? I sure hope you guys don't play it like Motorola and delay it for a month after announcing it...

[Peesch Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:42PM]

No W?

[From My Cube Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:47PM]

@Peesch

the W is a bag of hurt

[loocas Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:53PM]

Vhy oh Vhy!

[cflip2x Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:55PM]

@Peesch

The W and X appear to be interchangeable

[theweeklymancast dave Posted Mar 21st 2010 11:27PM]

@Peesch it's double you, so they just doubled U and it's a W

[TangoEchoXray Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:42PM]

W?

[Ron111 Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:42PM]

Where is W???

[Tank2007 Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:42PM]

Where is the W?

[Shenyue Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:43PM]

there's no W....
but seeing how M turned out....

[Edobe Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:45PM]

Awesome. An iPhone with 26 home screens.

[J3 L U N T Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:50PM]

@Edobe

Fail. 25 screen captures.

[Kamil R Posted Mar 21st 2010 10:15PM]

@J3 L U N T
First thing i noticed were:
Jailbroken
Using screen captures.
They're all free apps

[Edobe Posted Mar 21st 2010 10:21PM]

@Kamil R since it's jailbroken you could have just used iBlanks and it would have been much easier. But maybe this is more clever...Maybe

[NizP Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:46PM]

Next step is getting a whole bunch of iPhones and displaying a series of messages, then the iPad version.

[bySeon Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:48PM]

Would have looked better if done with the Metro UI... This just drives home the point that the iPhone screen of apps is stale.

[FallenArms3 Posted Mar 22nd 2010 12:19AM]

@bySeon Is this sarcasm, or do you actually think that's possible...

[abedinthehouse Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:48PM]

@nicholiservia
Since friday they have only had like a total of 6 posts...REALLY slow news weekend if you ask me.

Im gadget deprived here, needs more news p1ease!

[eeraser Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:51PM]

@abedinthehouse Slower day is the fact that I noticed that "W" was skipped!

[Peter F Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:51PM]

Illegible.

[papplay Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:52PM]

nonsense

[iName Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:52PM]

thats just stupid.

[jpsoraire Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:53PM]

Really nice Tech Art. Although, I do miss the "W"...lol

[jak2rocks Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:55PM]

Really... No "W"?!?!?!?!

[mbsaeger Posted Mar 21st 2010 9:59PM]

@jak2rocks LOL, I noticed that!

[bhuggs Posted Mar 21st 2010 10:03PM]

WTF w?

[Zunerheart Posted Mar 21st 2010 10:05PM]

he forgot the "W"

[Massive Poop Posted Mar 22nd 2010 12:52AM]

@Zunerheart Because W stands for Windows

[Steve B Posted Mar 22nd 2010 2:58AM]

@Massive Poop
I see a flaw in your logic: M stands for Microsoft

[koolerz1569 Posted Mar 21st 2010 10:13PM]

@nicholiservia weekend=slow news day

[kyle shappley Posted Mar 21st 2010 10:17PM]

First Engadget post tomorrow: Urikane sued by Apple for "disclosing their trade secrets"
"Apple drops case against HTC"

[Physicsguy89 Posted Mar 21st 2010 10:46PM]

@nicholiservia
I hate how on the weekdays when I don't have a lot of time to read they post a ton of stuff but on the weekends when I have nothing to do, there's hardly any posts. It must be a fundamental paradox of nature.