p2: FINAL

p2:6

More thoughts...

The method of my madness is starting to come into question. I've made too many simple demonstrations of my typeface in use but not enough explanation. Another obstacle remains finding a good picture that's high-res enough to look good at the final size. I love this picture but it just prints too grainy.

p2: 5

My teeny tiny first draft

p2:4

SAILOR

I finally nailed it down. If you'll notice between my last post and now, I've made FontStruct bend to my will. I really want my dear reader to understand the severe anguish this program has put me through. Really almost to the
point of questioning my enrollment in any method of formal education. Still, I emerged the victor (I think). I heavily modified the M, Z (which was backwards, that's embarrassing), N, and W. I also added figures to the family.

BONUS JONAS: Gotham

Gotham is a font created in 2000 by Tobias Frere-Jones. It became more widely notable when it was adopted for Obama's campaign. In addition, the University Daily Kansan uses Gotham as its' headline font, which may make my decision biased. 

p2:3

Sailor

Tattoo font is a heavy inspiration as well as old Western aesthetic. My keywords are gritty, tough, and polished. I dig the tough-guy vibe each of these inspiration fonts gives off. It's the more challenging of my two fonts, but the aesthetic feels more original and it appeals to me more than my second one...

Mr. Roboto

Mr. Roboto is influenced by cartoonish far-future aesthetics, such as the Jetsons. What might type look like on all of our mechanical robotic screens? I think it would look like Mr. Roboto. My key words for this one are definitely futuristic, square, and quirky. 

p2: 2

Digital

My first typeface is a foray into digital replica. It is heavily inspired by vintage video games, 8-bit arcade style, and minimalistic retro digital typefaces before beautiful design was standard among home computers. Keywords: digital, analog, 8-bit, square

Futuristic

My next typeface was inspired by futuristic-looking type. My Life as a Teenage Robot kind of embodies the aesthetic I was going for. It's futuristic but heavily stylized to the point where it could also be used to portray a retro vibe. Keywords: curved, narrow, futuristic

Calligraphic

My next attempt was inspired by the New York Times font, with varying stroke widths mimicking calligraphy. Calligraphy is characterized by it's alternating of thick and thin strokes. One method of calligraphy is making thick downward strokes and thin upward strokes. There are no hand strokes in typeface creation so I tried to mimic it with the stupid thick bricks in fontstruct and it did not really come across at this point in my remedial understanding of this program. 

Keywords: calligraphic, angular, bold

 Tattoo
Tattoo font is very interesting to me as it has elements of handwriting yet it still has a unified style over the hundreds of thousands of artists who have used lettering in their tattoos. I tried to mimic the traditional Sailor Jerry tattoo typeface but in a more polished manner.
Keywords: Tattoo, caligraphic, hand-drawn, serif

Hazard

This font was my "fun" font, where I tried to make an unconventional method come across as legible. Not super successful. With some refinement I believe I could improve upon it but the program makes it difficult and demands a high level of detail to create a legible font. Regardless, it was inspired by caution tape. It shows how negative space can create a legible letter form just like positive space can.

Keywords: negative space, caution, bold

P2: 1

Garamond - Claude Garamond

Garamond is one of the oldest typefaces in the world. It is a highly legible serif font which gives connotations of seriousness and honesty. It was developed for printing presses and even today is still used for body copy and high legibility.

Serifa - Adrian Frutiger

Serifa is a slab style serif font. It is more whimsical than its predecessor Garamond, despite sharing the serif family. It much less austere, and it is a less serious serif font. It resembles a typewriter rather than a printing press.

Platelet - Conor Mangat 

Platelet is a sans-serif font but does not have the typical angular look of a sans-serif. It has a funky vibe, especially evidenced by the alternating heights of the numbers. The letters are ambiguous as to whether or not they are upper or lower case. This font is the least structured of them all and more useful in a headline font but not a body copy font.