Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Practical Drawing: Typography Week 2

This was the second task of my process and production lesson, the purpose of this task was to construct 3 complete alphabets forms. I have completed three styles of alphabets, each using a particular method of producing a particular shape. However all of these typefaces are being constructed under the theme of compression.

This alphabet is focusing on using shapes to cut out of a square block to produce a an identifiable letter form. This alphabet is mostly using triangles to form negative space for the shapes. This is a really nice and unique looking typeface, however for letters like the G, O and P the letters a much harder to read, this is an obvious complication as a good typeface can be read easily.

Square Box Cutout Typeface



I personally really like the way in-which this typeface formed, giving the impression of digitalisation and almost like a retro themed design. This type of design had a unique form of structure due myself limiting the area of space which I could work with. During the creation of this typeface, I understood how good typefaces require good transition from one letter to another, as it this makes the typeface much easier to read in a sentence or when words are constructed.

5 by 4 Square Limited Ratio Typeface




This typeface focused on compressing the size of letters. Making them look much thinner and removing any curves. This would give the type a particular shape edged look. I also thought about completely filling the lines but I thought that the the way in-which you see the construvtive shapes and lines added to the overall character of the typeface.

Reduced Letter Size Typeface



Overall I am very happy with my three created alphabet typefaces, I will also look forward to producing one of these typefaces further seeing how I can improve and refine the overall design.