Typography Task 3 - Type Design & Communication

 10/06/2024 - 26/07/2024, Week 8 - 14

Suzanne Heleen Libbers / 0372671

Typography / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University

Task 3 / Type Design & Communication

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INSTRUCTIONS

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WORK

For this assignment I designed 3 different tetter types. I wrote all these fonts down with 3 different markers to see the effect.

Figure 1: First design pen 1

Figure 2: First design pen 2

Figure 3: First design pen 3

Figure 4: Second design pen 1

Figure 5: Second design pen 2

Figure 6: Second design pen 3

Figure 7: Third design pen 1

Figure 8: Third design pen 2

Figure 9: Third design pen 3

I decided to continue with the first design.

Figure 10: Digitized font (first design pen 1)

Figure 11: Digitized font (first design pen 2)

 

Figure 12: Adjust thicknesses and sizes

Figure 13: Final font

The next step is to upload the designed file into the FontLab program. You can then download and use your own font.

Figure 14: Adjust sidebearings & kerning in FontLab

Figure 15: Adjust for all different options in letters

Figure 16: Final poster (black)

Figure 17: Final poster (white)

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REFLECTIONS

Week 8

I showed my work to the teacher, she said it's best to continue with design 1. She also said that I still have to think of something for the O, because my O now has no extra design.

Week 9

The teacher thought the font with the written letters (pen 2) was best to use. I thought so too. I still have to adjust the letters E, L, H because those letters have too thin lines. 

Week 10 

The teacher gave me a tip on how best to indicate the thicknesses and sizes. You do this by making a circle in a new layer and copying it against every other letter and so you can adjust each letter so that everything is the same size.

Week 11

The teacher explained to me how to set the baseline, median line, cap line, ascender line and decline line. I was also unable to place the # in FontLab, so the teacher helped me with that.

Week 12

The feedback for this week is how to adjust the sidebearings & kerning in FontLab. Other feedback is how to insert the comma without making it too big