OUGD404- Study Task 2 - The Birth of A Font

Task

Using the principles, processes and resources introduced in the first four studio sessions we have to develop a series of practical investigations into the development of new letterforms and fonts. 

The Process - Use the individual anatomical elements of your chosen fonts (Gothic, Roman, Block, Script) to create a range of possible new letterforms.

Starting letterforms 

I cut out the letterforms and laid them out so I could work in a systematic way.

I separated each letter into the anatomical elements ready for practical investigation.

Practical Investigations 

I have included the most successful letterforms as i found the majority to be unusable. However, working in a systematic way allows you to create a large body of work to choose from with out wasting time.

Hybrid letterforms

I chose the five most successful letterforms and developed them further creating upper/lowercase 

a, b, c, x, y and z.



1. ANTONYMS Thick

 Here i have combined Block and Script to create a chunky style font.

Hand rendered letterforms

2. Urbanity

This is a combination of Roman and Script. I think this worked well to create a subtle but elegant font.  This experiment has the best continuity and looks like a proper typeface. 

Hand rendered letterforms

3. Maladroit

This is a combination of Gothic and Block. I think this is the least successful out of the five. It looks clumsy and disjointed, they were the least compatible fonts once together. 

Hand rendered letterforms

4. Scriptura 

I created this by combining Gothic and Script.

Hand rendered letterforms

5. New Breed 

Here I experimented with elements from all the groups (Roman, Gothic, Script, Block).

Hand rendered letterforms