Typography/ Task 3 Type Design & Communication

Week 10 - Week 13

LI SHIQING (0366582)

Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Typography (GCD60104)

Task 3: Type Design & Communication

Instructions

Task 3: Type Design & Communication

"You will be tasked to design a limited number of western alphabets. To begin, choose an existing font design that adheres to the direction that you would like to head in. Study the font carefully by analysing its anatomical parts. Start with rough sketches, explore a variety of options and upon approval begin digitization of the drawings—software for digitization Adobe Illustrator and later FontLab. Artworks shall be printed out for critique sessions followed by refinements. If time permits we shall generate the font for actual use. Watch the video before starting."

Research

First of all, I started to explore by observing other people's fonts. But it turns out I couldn't get any ideas from their work, so I started to refer to objects on either comic elements or fashion magazines.

I also refer to the resources given by Mr. Vinod, it also inspire me on later's work.

Draft

Fig 1. Sketches.

All of the works is according to comic books and fashion magazines, for example, number 3 refers to the explosion effects in comic books. My first choice will be number 3 and 4.

I showed the draft to Mr. Max, he chose number 3 and asked me to work on with it.

I drawed the draft on the graph paper too. 

Digitisation

 I follow to the video tutorials and done my work.

Fig 2. work digitalized.

Its  kind of confused to me since once I combine the shape the zipzap texture of the work will become smooth.

First

Fig 3. draft

Final 

Fig 4. Final draft

Fontlab

After finalizing the final sketch, I started to upload my font to fontlab.

I upload each of my work into fontlab, it was confused at first, but it gets used to at the end. 

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Final Type construction Ai

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Final A4 black&white poster

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