Month: November 2015

Further continuing the development of my typeface, I noticed that adding the extra line made the typeface look uneven. Because of the slant in the vertical lines in the lettering. Adding two parallel lines in a horizontal position made it look uneven and didn’t give it a good look- so I decided to add a further two lines and to change the starting point and the end point of them.

I think this typeface looks a lot better than my other two, it looks more tidy and professional. I’m still not entirely happy and think it still needs a bit of work but it is definitely along the right lines of what I am aiming for. To improve on this typeface I am going to continue adding horizontal lines to fill the letters out, and maybe get rid of the vertical lines.

Geometric Typeface 3

In my opinion the first typeface I made needed quite a bit of improvement. I wanted to try and expand on it and make it more dynamic and interesting. Continuing with this line of thought I played around with pen and paper and came up with an idea to add another horizontal line to each letter. This made the typeface look a lot more unique and professional. I think it still needs quite a bit of improvement but it is definitely a good advance from what I have previously made.

Geometric Typeface 2

Type is all around, it is in our everyday lives; from the ingredients of our breakfast cereals, the roadsigns that direct us and even on the cards we use to prove our identity. ‘Professionals in all trades, whether they be dentists, carpenters or nuclear scientists, communicate in languages that seem secretive and incomprehensive to outsiders; type designers are no exception’ (Spiekermann and Ginger, 2003). This backs up my initial thoughts on how influential type is and the power it holds over people- no one wants to read an exciting headline in a magazine with comic sans font. They want a typeface that matches the power of the headline, something that sticks out and catches your eye. 

With type, there is so much more than meets the eye. Designers spend hours, days, even weeks, developing and perfecting original typefaces for a range of mediums. To the untrained eye, typefaces are just a tool used to write word documents and emails. To designers, typefaces are so much more. They open up a window to numerous possibilities. Theres so much you can do with type – manipulation, altering, skewing – the list is endless. I have created my unique typeface based on a geometric style, and therefore I don’t want it to be classed as just another piece of type. I want it to be seen as a work of art. A unique take on a font. The stylistic choice I made of using two thin lines to accentuate the main features of each letter makes my typeface stand out, and different to the bog standard style you see in every day life.

I created my own geometric typeface on Illustrator. Using grids, the pen tools and skills I learnt in my workshops I was able to create a very basic font. I think my typeface is quite unique as it all leans to one side using very thin, straight lines. As the design is in a basic format, I aim to develop the style to create a more visually appealing piece of work, that can be used on multiple platforms.

Geometric Typeface

So I started off by searching the internet, looking at different geometric type faces, seeking inspiration from different designers. I found Pinterest was a very good starting position, as it has hundreds of type faces to explore and experiment with. I made my own Pinterest account so I could save the type faces I liked. This really helped when deciding what type face I wanted to create as I had plenty of great fonts too gather inspiration from.