Progress on the typeface.

Further progress of the typeface.

Since the last time, I've included more angles into the typeface itself. The B for example has an extra kink to the crossbar. This adds more interest yet still relating to the angles of scandinavian buildings.

My favourite letter so far is the Q.

This was the old Q. The newer design is much more consistant with the other characters and is more recognisable as a Q.

NEW Q



Other successful letters are the R.  I quite like the uncomfortable joints around the middle. A lot of scandinavian architecture are quite uncomfortable, visually, but have always been considered.

To get a real sense of how a typeface works, it's always best to try using the typeface to spell out
words. For this example, I've written the word TYPE. I think the new angles work really well, however  the T and Y look very flat in comparison. They need to be more dynamic.

As a test I printed off my letter Q on a a4 piece of paper.
This was to see how the character functions on the page as well as how it handles when printed.

Just realised the crossbar on the Y wasn't consistant with the other characters so I've altered it as well as incorporating angular elements.

Typeface development (illustrator)

List of deliverables for Typeface brief.


Two typefaces -

1. Traced from scandinavian buildings

2. Based on Scandinavian architecture.

two booklets for each typeface

type posters (for each)

Postcards (for each)

Online foundry

Nordic mag (Change header into my typeface and proposing how it could  be used practically.)

ANGLES

Seeing as the angles need more work/refining it made sense to get the correct angles directly from the architecture itself.

I started with a few photos of Scandinavian architecture

Which I printed out...

I then began tracing over some elements of the buildings to see what letters could be formed.
In this case I used the windows from the top building.

This instance, it created the letter ; C.
This is a simular design to what I was doing before but this time the angles have come straight from elements of Scandinavian buildings.

The final result - It came out pretty well. As mentioned before, it's much like my previous designs but because it's come straight from the angles of the building it's much more justified and holds a stronger concept.
I also prefer the format of this characer. It's not too tall nor is it too short. It fits comfortable within it's own space.

Further typeface development.

It's slowly becoming an obsession. I need to move onto another character.
Not much development going on as such. I was just trying to perfect certain angles and the curves of the character.

I quite like the tall ones. I think they work well. I find the small and very tall R on the left very interesting.  My least favourite has to be the two biggest ones. They seem to resemble a spider or an insect.

I then moved onto another letter. The letter C
Here are some initial designs.

Again i experimented with rounded and sharp edges as well as different angles.

I tried out different weights and different thickness of pens. I also sat it next to the newly developed "R" to see how it would work and also to see if both letters are consistant.

Some further development. Although I think it's working well with the angles I reckon I need to revise different angles/shapes. I think the two on the right have the most potential to work as a typeface (at this moment in time)

Louis Sullivan Typeface

Open publication - Free publishing - More brief