Decay of TNR

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by Sebastian Bland (blandsdf)

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I began by exploring the theme of decaying objects, such as fruit, and studied the shape (and change of shape) of the objects, as they progressively fell apart. By creating hand drawn sketches i began to create a typeface that looked as though it was rotting/melting away. I used a traditional typeface, Times New Roman, that could be considered as quite boring and a font which has been around for a long time and then used it as a base font which i then made to look as though it was rotting and falling apart by refering back to my earlier sketches. Overall I aimed to create a typeface that represents the decay of an older, more traditional and perhaps overused typeface.
Info:

Created on 20th October 2009. Last edited on 9th November 2009.
License:

Creative Commons
Categories:
- Display
- Serif
Sets:
- Grunge
Tag:
- Uwe(1046)
- Decay(90)
- Times New Roman(23)
- Tnr(2)
- Bugs(4)
- Flys(1)
- Dripping(14)
- Old(219)
- Dying(1)

16 Comments

Very impressive. The greyscale coloration gives a great effect. 10/10

Comment by Christian Munk (CMunk) 8th november 2009

Really cool technique and amazing results.

Comment by aphoria 8th november 2009

Wow! Hope you got a 10 from your professor as well.

Comment by thalamic 8th november 2009

Superb stuff, great concept and highly detailed with each character telling a different story. Top marks.

Comment by djnippa 8th november 2009

Oh boy! This is good ... it's more than good, it's great! At lower sizes it looks hand painted. A big 10 and much respect :)

Comment by p2pnut 8th november 2009

Hey guys, thanks a lot for all your kind words. Much appreciated. any feed back on anything will not ignored. thank you!!

Comment by Sebastian Bland (blandsdf) 8th november 2009

I especially like the worms! 10.

Comment by fontcollector 9th november 2009

TNR made of rotting organic material, feeding maggots. A bizarre, almost surreal concept with masterful execution. Fortunately, poor Stanley Morison passed away long before he could have witnessed the fate of his creation. :) 10/10

Comment by Frodo7 9th november 2009