Making a Typeface with VQGAN: Harder Than Expected, One Letter at a Time
makeitrad1 · x · 2026-09-22
A designer shared an experiment creating a typeface using VQGAN, posting the resulting letters A through D and admitting the process was much harder than anticipated. The rest of the alphabet follows in a thread — a fun creative use of an early generative model.
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