Font Making/Typography Tests
In todays session we were looking at combining different types of fonts together to create a completely new look and feel for the type. We did some experiments with our initials with mine being “J”. I came up with some ideas of new type with slicing and changing the sizes of my initial to make a new look. For the next part of the session we were asked to collaborate with another designer to change their initial into a new format. Furthermore for this task I worked with Osiris so my initial was “O”. I decided to try and combine to fonts to make the “O” have a fun and playful feel, this was a very weird experiment with some of the tests looking like bold “C”s . Finally for the last task we were asked to merge both of the initials “O” and “J” this ended up looking nothing like the initials and more like a claw shape font.
During this session today I have developed my skills in Adobe Illustrator with font making and manipulation, this can be seen with my collaborative work with another designer in the class when merging two of our initials together to create a new font or letter style. Furthermore learning this new skill on merging to fonts has improved my Adobe Illustrator skills and I will use this to help develop my typography in upcoming projects. The opportunities which have come from this session is I have enhanced my knowledge in typography and to gain more understanding I can deeper research into text manipulation.
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