Font generator / processing : prototyp-0 from yannick mathey on Vimeo.Chalk it up to the recent design boom, but there have been a number of programs emerging of late with the goal of letting you create your own typefaces, just like a modern day Max Miedinger. This has produced some stunning results from individuals who have worked with their own programming, such as the generative typography of Mis.shap.en.ness or Chris LaBrooy‘s architecturally inspired typefaces. That’s all well and all when you want to start from scratch or have a typeface that needs a major overhaul, but what about when all you want is just a couple of tweaks? Even simple adjustments like changing the height, density or angle of the characters can be quite time consuming to produce and still requires specialized knowledge to program. Well, it appears that graphic and web designer Yannick Mathey has created an easy-to-use program called Prototyp-0 that will help you do just that. The French artist, a member of new collective Byte-Foundry, has come up with a way of simplifying the design process with a typical typographer’s focus on the smallest of details.Prototyp-0 seems more like a program designed to reinvent classic typefaces than find new ways of creating them, but those little additions to the already familiar are sometimes all that’s needed. With its simple interface, you can zoom right in to an individual character to edit the smallest detail using the scale controls, then with a click of a button, apply those settings to the entire set of type characters. Since the program is still in an early stage of development, there is a rather limited selection of raw typefaces to start with, but the variations you can create with them seem limitless.Prototyp-0 is Yannick Mathey’s diploma project. Updates on Prototyp-0’s progress will be posted on Mathey’s website as well as on the @bytefoundry Twitter page.[via Creative Applications]