The Polite Type
Award: Wood Pencil
Wood Pencil / Typography / New Realities & Emerging Media / 2021
The Polite Type is an open-source font that recognises and rewrites hate speech. By launching a self-moderating font, TietoEVRY wanted to create discussion about toxic online culture and cyberbullying, the social responsibility of tech companies in solving these issues, and innovative ways companies could use tech to foster empathy online. The Polite Type is a font that can be used on any platform. All the functionalities are incorporated inside the font itself, so no applications, keyboards or such have to be installed.
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