Creative use of Typography in Screen Savers

The fields using ‘Fonts/Typography’ are uncountable…From Currency notes to the Space Shuttles utilizes the Typography ! We cannot think of a world without typography. Letters are familiar to humans since they learned to use it.

Screen Savers are one of the eye-candies in Computers. There are many screensavers available for download on the Internet, Many of them are not unique and exhibits same characteristics… Typography make ScreenSavers unique.

Here are some best typography based screensavers for your PC as well as Mac Systems.

DropClock

This huge 137+mb screen saver is not just one like all other screensavers, Its special ! the slow motion video of falling heavy Helvetica characters are unforgettable for a designer. Try it by downloading the 137mb file or see a preview of the ScreenSavers in their demo video. 

Platform : Windows, Mac OS X

Cost : Free to try, And $15.00 to Buy.

FLIQLO

A fantastic flip clock for your Desktop.

Platform : Windows, Mac OS X

Cost : Free

Word Clock

Word Clock is a typographic ScreenSavers for Mac OS X. It displays a fixed list of all numbers and words sufficient to express any possible date and time as a sentence. Word Clock displays time by highlighting appropriate words as each second passes.

Platform : Mac OS X

Cost : Free

Club-21

A ScreenSavers that can generate random words and colors to create a piece of retro-futuristic modern art that never looks the same twice.

Platform :  Mac OS X

Cost : Free

If you know some other creative application of typography in ScreenSavers, let me know. I am glad to add it to this entry