Aug 20, 2025
DECODE PROP
The second machine-born font in the Process Zine archive. This one comes from the OKI ML3320 dot matrix printer, set to its proportional spacing mode.
Every character was printed in UTL (Utility), then scanned and redrawn — keeping the dot-grid texture, the uneven alignments, and the soft edges of impact.
The result isn’t a smooth re-interpretation but a document of output, a record of signal shaped by pins and ribbon.
The DECODE family was originally intended to include multiple pitch widths (10, 12, 15, 17, 20 CPI). But proportional felt like the most alive version to start with: less rigid, more like speech, more like interference.
Next in line is TIPPA_ECHO — a typewriter-derived set (likely in pre and post ribbon states).