Zercon - Animated Typeface

A highly customizable animated typeface for Adobe After Effects. The animation for each character is generated with random input, so no two animations are the same. Control color, duration, stroke width, particle count, offset, random seed and many other parameters with 31 convenient controls.Order 4 or more Animography Typefaces and save an additional 25%

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Description

Zercon is a highly customizable animated glitch typeface. The animation for each character is generated with random input, so no two animations are the same. Customize color, duration, stroke width, particle count, offset, random seed and many other parameters with 31 convenient controls. The design is a single weight, single style typeface with no linear modulation, by Hanken Co. The animated version has a full latin character set and the static version comes with a latin extended character set.

Customizable Features

An overview of all 31 customizable parameters can be found in the images below.

See Zercon In Action


Connect, by John Flores
Unbearable, by Brian Neon San
All This Future, by Animography
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Glitch
Hyperwarp

Available Characters

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØŒÙÚÛÜÝÞß
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
àáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøœùúûüýÿþ
0123456789
! ¡ ? ¿ . , : ; ' " ‘ ’ “ ” „ * «» · –
# % & @ ( ) [ ] { } / \ + - × ÷ =
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Includes JSX Version

JSX typefaces are a fantastic light-weight format for animated typefaces that seamlessly integrate with Font Manager. Besides the the JSX format you'll also get a neatly organized .aep-file that includes all the animated characters.

Free Trial

This allows you to check out the A, B and C of the animated typeface for 7 days. Click on the green TRY button above for a free trial version (Requires Font Manager to use which also has a free trial available).

Type design: Hanken Co.
Animation: Jeroen Krielaars

Optimize Your Workflow

Zercon is fully prepped to work with Font Manager and Animography Controller. Use Font Manager to simply type with Zercon, and set things like size, tracking, line spacing, text alignment and time offset. Font Manager will automatically create a controller to customize Zercon's settings.

Or use the free tool Animography Controller to simply drag characters to your comp, and parent the controller settings with the click of a button.

Easy To Follow Tutorials

Click on the VIDEOS-tab above or check out this playlist on Youtube to quickly learn the basics of working with animated typefaces.

Static Version

The static version sports a latin extended character set. Get it at Hanken.co

Create Your Own Animated Typefaces

Learn how to create your own animated typefaces like this one, in our 4-hour online course. Check out the full curriculum on Motion Design School.

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Discussions

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Version History

1.1.3 -

Aug 26, 2019

- Fixed a compatibility issue for older versions of After Effects

- Fixed a bug in the lowercase y

1.1.2 -

Jun 28, 2019

- Fixed a compatibility issue for older versions of After Effects

1.1.1 -

Feb 22, 2019

- Fixed expressions that we're not compatible with non-English versions of AE

- Fixed expressions in the numerals for compatibility with Javascript expressions engine

1.1 -

Feb 7, 2019

- Updated the expressions for compatibility with the new and faster Javascript expressions engine in CC19

1.0 -

Jun 7, 2018

initial release

Compatibility

After Effects

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