Type Workshop Session 3 & 4

My Typefaces are coming along nicely. I have completed one in FontLab and with a few minor adjustments it will be ready to use. This font is a block font with an urban feel to it. It would be used for headers and titles that would be printed big. Using bright colours and a little drop shadow this works as a vibrant font that stands out. I named it Barry.

My second typeface is based on brush strokes and taking letter forms from Chinese writing. I wanted to achieve a natural feel to this font. I have finished the designs on paper and now I have to put them into Illustrator or FontLab. I am going to make this font available in Regular, Bold and Italic.

My final typeface is still in the early stages. It was inspired by block text I saw whilst in Berlin. When I got back I started sketching out ideas for a font that is very top heavy. I have a almost half the alphabet, but some letters are posing a real problem. It is hard to make them fit with other letters around them. I might make this a 3d font.

Creative Business Cards

I found this site that shows some really good business cards. I think having a business card that is a little different is very important and here you can see what kind of things you could do.

60 Creative Business Cards.

Back from Berlin

Berlin was amazing. I wasn't really sure what to expect and on the first day I must admit I wasn't really feeling it. Once we started visiting galleries and exhibitions though I really started to enjoy myself. We visited the Jewish War Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Bauhaus, Brandenburg Gate and The Reichstag just to name a few.

We explored Berlin on foot and public transport and found some beautiful architecture all around. We saw some old parts of the Berlin wall that had been saved and lots of German graffiti and street art.

Type Radio

Last week we were given our new brief which last for 6 weeks. We all had to pick names out of a box for the designer we would be using. I got Stefan Sagmeister. I have transcribed the article from www.typeradio.org and now I just have top start looking into different ways of laying it out.

SBC1 Done & Dusted

Flash went well. I got everything handed in on time and I was pleased with my final piece.