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.

Type Design Workshop Session 2

Today we had our second Type Design Workshop with Sally Castle. We are developing our own typefaces using the techniques she had shown us. I am creating a script type font to be used for signs and headers.

We have until the end of February to complete of designs which is when we meet again with Sally and complete the typeface in FontLab.

Type Design Workshop Session 1

Monday morning we had a Type Design Workshop with Sally Castle. Sally has done a lot of great work and worked with designers such as the late Alan Fletcher.

Session 1 was looking at 'morphing' or changing one letter to another through a series of steps.

We had to create a graphic representation of a letter morphing from one typeface to the other.