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Published: 2nd November, 2013
Last edited: 7th December, 2013
Created: 7th October, 2013
"Ain't no party like a knife fight party."
I used the word 'sharp' as starting point for this fonstruction. I wanted to make something with sharp angles, and the edges are supposed to look a bit like a blade.
223336
Published: 2nd November, 2013
Last edited: 6th November, 2013
Created: 13th October, 2013
Based on the word 'order', my type design comes from the idea of books. Books are typically ordered neatly on a bookshelf, yet they also have an underlying sense of representing an educated 'order' within society, and in many ways connoting heavily with the court and justice. I found it very hard to get the angles I wanted in relation to the design I had hand drawn and it took me a long time to even try and get it to look vaguely right. It was stressed to me to keep away from pixels, so I had to work with the angles that Fontstruct gave me. Having also been given some feedback, I did some experimentation in terms of making the letters look more like books; using shading, lines and boxes but none of them had a successful outcome so I stuck to what I think looks best and right. There have been many challenges in creating this typeface but I am fairly pleased with the current outcome.
256463
Published: 2nd November, 2013
Last edited: 14th November, 2013
Created: 29th October, 2013
Font inspired by a mixture of the sharp lines used in ancient calligraphy, and cuts in sheets of metal. I used these influences and involved elements such as the rivits used in metal sheets. In this edit I cut up the bricks creating more spacing between them , It gives the font a sharper and more mechanical/construction feelThis is a clone of Knife Edge
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Published: 1st November, 2013
Last edited: 22nd November, 2013
Created: 30th October, 2013
I started off looking at the word 'curves' and after generally looking at spirals and curved objects I decided to make the letters themselves curve. I cut the letter 'A' out of black cardboard and placed it in a glass of water, and then photographed it at many different angles and positions. I really liked the distorted effect the water had on the letters, and so after changing the theme to 'reflection' I carried on this technique with the rest of the alphabet. 'Pane in my glass' is made up of my favourite shapes that came out of this experimentation.
2542710
Published: 1st November, 2013
Last edited: 23rd November, 2013
Created: 29th October, 2013
I created this type face on the theme 'Sharp' - I started by looking at sharp shapes and the obvious one was a triangle. This lead me to the Star of David and I looked at Daniel Libeskind's designs for the Jewish Museum in Berlin. I experimented with which letters fit into the religious symbol and it turned out that they all did! After making a 3D version of the font I decided to fill it with black to give more of a contrast and make it more legible! So here it is... The Star of Harriet 3D Black!
Improvements welcomed!This is a clone of White Star
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Published: 1st November, 2013
Last edited: 23rd November, 2013
Created: 29th October, 2013
I created this type face on the theme 'Sharp' - I started by looking at sharp shapes and the obvious one was a triangle. This lead me to the Star of David and I looked at Daniel Libeskind's designs for the Jewish Museum in Berlin. I experimented with which letters fit into the religious symbol and it turned out that they all did! I decided after making the line version that it needed more to it so added a 3d effect! So here it is... The Star of Harriet 3D!
Improvements welcomed!
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Published: 30th October, 2013
Last edited: 10th November, 2013
Created: 9th October, 2013
Starting from the word 'squishy', I thought about how children play with very tactile things. If something has a tactile nature it will appeal to children to play with it and 'squish' it. From this I explored how sponges are very squeezable and photographed them in different ways. Alongside this thought process I was also sketching water in letter forms and loved how it appears to have a squishy texture in itself because it is fluid. Combining these ideas, I experimented with cutting sponges into letter forms, applying paint, squishing them and creating a typeface based on the marks they leave behind on a laminate table surface.
31105115
Published: 28th October, 2013
Last edited: 17th November, 2013
Created: 19th October, 2013
First fontstruction by the theme of 'ornate'.
An all caps display font with sharp accents, crisp lines and solid highlights inspired by black letter.
Not at all complete and would appreciate any comments.This is a clone