Week 8 - Week 12 / 26 May 2023 - 23 June 2023
Leem Sejin / 0362419
Typography / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media
Task 3 - Type Design and Communication
Lecture
INSTRUCTIONS
SKETCHES
Week 7
We have to explore different writing materials by drawing the strokes.The black marker has two brushes at either end, one thicker and the other thinner.
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| Fig 1.1 Tools Use 5 different pens to draw on grid paper and draw the characteristics of their strokes.  After the exploration, this is the finalise of the letters. |
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| Fig 1.3 Exercise |
When I use these markers, I think the STANDARD FINE feel is better for me, and I prefer the pen that can make changes in thickness. So for the rest of the drawing, I used STANDARD FINE.
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| Fig 1.4 STANDARD FINE hand writing |
After few variation, I can finalise the design that I want to work with, so I wrote them down several times to give consistency.
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| Fig 1.5 Final Outcome |
DIGITALISATION
First create a 1000pt x 1000pt artboard in abode illustrator
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Fig 2.1 Interface layout |
According to Mr. Vinod's instructions, the length of the drawing board is extended so that it has enough space to complete the creation of the font.
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| Fig 2.2 Interface layout |
Create auxiliary lines according to Mr. Vinod's instructions
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| Fig 2.3 Interface layout |
I took a line suggested by Mr.Vinod as a reference in my practice draft.
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| Fig 2.4 Interface layout |
According to the method that Mr.Vinod taught me in class, I started with the pen tool to create A basic "A".
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| Fig 2.5 Preliminary alphabet |
Then use the width tool to work on the details, such as some pen details, until you are satisfied.
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| Fig 2.6 The letter "A" is complete |
Then I use the same method to complete all the letters.
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| Fig 2.7 All the letters are complete |
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| Fig 2.8 Final Outcome of Digitization. |
After receiving feedback from Mr.Vinod, he suggested that I change the height of the letters because they now look different. In addition, he recommends using Adobe Illustrator to implement these changes instead of redoing them on paper.
After making changes to the original font I had created earlier, Mr. Vinod began asking us to finalize the font format and create a ", ". ! # ".
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| Fig 2.9 After finalized. |
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| Figure 2.10 font. |
Development in Fontlab
After AI production, I began to use FontLab, the software recommended by Mr.Vinod, for follow-up production. I copied and pasted the fonts I designed in the AI into Fontlab.
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| Fig 3.1 Copy and pasting fonts to Fontlab |
Use the same method to import all the digitized letters into Fontlab
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| Fig 3.2 Copy and pasting fonts to Fontlab |
Then I have condensed all the letters
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After finalizing the adjustments for all the letters, I proceeded to export the font and downloaded it onto my laptop. With the font now available, I could begin working on my poster design using Adobe Illustrator.
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| Fig 3.4 Export the font from FontLab. |
POSTER DESIGN
I imported the finalised font into adobe illustrator, to work with poster, to promote my typeface. I research through chat gpt, and make a sentence according to word suggestion.I try to find inspiration on Pinterest
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| Fig 4.1 Poster from Pinterest |
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| Fig 4.3 Poster from Pinterest |
With reference to the font posters from Pinterest, here is a preliminary poster that I created
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| Fig 4.4 Poster Design |
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| Fig 4.5 Poster Design |
Then, with the help of my classmates, I used Adobe Photoshop to make a background of marble texture with lower transparency, and then imported Adobe Illustrator to add a background of marble texture to the poster.
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| Fig 4.6 Poster Design |
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| Fig 4.5 Renderings under the presentation |
Final Outcome
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| Fig 5.1 Final Outcome JPEG |
Fig 5.2 Poster Design in JPEG
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Fig 5.3 Poster Design in JPEG |
Fig 5.4 Final Outcome PDF
week 8：
This is an amazing experience. I have never tried to create a font before. This task allows me to experience the process of font creation, which will be an important experience for my future study.
week 9:
I design fonts with a lot of inspiration that I think is interesting. Some of my inspirations were a bit complicated and I chose a design that was easy to digit·ize.
week 10:When I was digitizing, I had some problems with some letters, but Mr. Vinod saw it and gave me a solution.
week 11:
General feedback: Make sure all the letters are on the same level, pay attention to angles, and that the style of the letters is consistent.
Specific feedback: Create a auxiliary line where the height of the letters is not uniform so that they are all on the same level.
week 12：
General feedback: Mr. Vinod made changes to each of our posters and helped us change the texture of the posters.
Specific feedback: Font line spacing is very important, establish a guide line to ensure that each line of font line spacing is the same.
REFLECTION
Experience
This is an amazing experience. I have never tried to create a font before. This task allows me to experience the process of font creation, which will be an important experience for my future study.
Observation
I never knew the steps of making fonts before, and I thought it would be difficult. After Mr. Vinod's guidance, I learned how to make fonts, which felt so good.
Findings
A work you don't try, you never know if you can do it, you look at the task is difficult, but when you really try, problems will be solved one by one, don't underestimate your own energy.
FURTHER READING
A Type Primer by John Kane.
Fig. 6.1 A Type Primer
I chose this book on the recommendation of Mr. Vinod. This is a good book for beginners and a very practical book. It talks about the fundamentals of typography and the history of development. There are detailed explanations of letters, words and sentences. I know a little bit about the text in the book because Mr. Vinod explained it to us in the lecture. Finally, the importance of grid to text and how to use grid are discussed. This book is of great help to me as a beginner in typesetting.
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