When working on a font – even if on a hiatus like mine – it can get a little bit monotonous. Luckily we have something called the Internet which keeps throwing out amazing new inspirational material. Just look at these two videos. Here is version number two.
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After a rather long Christmas hiatus, I’m glad to report that a) I haven’t given up on the font (in case anybody was wondering) and b) there is actually some progress. First, I finished the complete revision and refinement of the lowercase letters. For comparison, check out the “first draft” from November below: It is still pretty generic and “unpolished”. The width of the stems seem too dominant. The round [...]
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Alright, making a font is not always fun. Ok, many people would probably say it is never fun. But there is a time in every creative project where you are ready to just give up. Don’t worry I’m not quite there yet but it certainly was not easy-going the past two weeks. Two reasons: a little bit of doubt about the “uniqueness” and quality of the work so far, plus [...]
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After a week of frantic end-of-term scrambling, I finally got some time to work on the details of the font. The idea here is to distill the essence of each letter while simultaneously refining the overall character of the typeface. Below, you see my own personal a-team, with the first (top left) probably the closest to my work so far. Now, if you think these letters are pretty generic you [...]
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So far I just put out a few letters here and there but not a complete alphabet. No more. This font time-lapse video below is my first attempt at a full set of letters. The video itself is only 48 seconds long but the actual drawing took much longer. Go ahead, take a look and see if you can spot the parrot. For a little bit of explanation: I’m using [...]
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It has been suspiciously quiet on this blog for a week so here is a quick update from the road. Yes, I have been travelling across the country for Thanksgiving (without much luck when it comes to flight connections, I might add). And no, I have not given up on the font, I’m still working on it. In fact, I have been drawing the full lowercase alphabet – visual examples [...]
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Let’s face it: typography is a little bit of an acquired taste (but a good one). It’s full of obscure specialist terms. Designers can argue forever about what seems to others like a minor detail. But there is also a more playful side to it. If you believe or not, there are actually quite a few typography games out there – as apps or on the web. Many have an [...]
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It’s been a while since my last progress report but life and having to grade 50 exams intervened. Anyway, building on my previous work and trying to take in some of the suggestions I got, I expanded my range of letters. What I found out Drawing these letters and comparing them to established fonts really helped me to get a better idea on how to achieve some kind of “harmony”. [...]
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When I tell people with no interest in typography (like most of my friends) about this project and the blog, I typically get one of two reactions. One is astonishment that somebody actually would have to design a font – many don’t think typefaces are a human artistic expression, they are somehow just there. The other one is: Comic Sans! Love it or hate it, but Comic Sans and the [...]
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Here is how things stand: after drawing many, many B’s and posting some here, I got some good advice on which letters to start with (thanks to the people commenting and folks at typophile.com ). While there was no general consensus, it seemed like a and g were solid choices to build from. So, off I went. I had two goals: getting to know the different shapes and creating something [...]
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