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I started off looking at the word 'curves' and after generally looking at spirals and curved objects I decided to make the letters themselves curve. I cut the letter 'A' out of black cardboard and placed it in a glass of water, and then photographed it at many different angles and positions. I really liked the distorted effect the water had on the letters, and so after changing the theme to 'reflection' I carried on this technique with the rest of the alphabet. 'Pane in my glass' is made up of my favourite shapes that came out of this experimentation. ]]> https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/895103/pane_in_my_glass Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:21:05 +0000
I created this type face on the theme 'Sharp' - I started by looking at sharp shapes and the obvious one was a triangle. This lead me to the Star of David and I looked at Daniel Libeskind's designs for the Jewish Museum in Berlin. I experimented with which letters fit into the religious symbol and it turned out that they all did! After making a 3D version of the font I decided to fill it with black to give more of a contrast and make it more legible! So here it is... The Star of Harriet 3D Black! Improvements welcomed!]]> https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/894895/black_star_3 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:33:50 +0000
Starting from the word 'squishy', I thought about how children play with very tactile things. If something has a tactile nature it will appeal to children to play with it and 'squish' it. From this I explored how sponges are very squeezable and photographed them in different ways. Alongside this thought process I was also sketching water in letter forms and loved how it appears to have a squishy texture in itself because it is fluid. Combining these ideas, I experimented with cutting sponges into letter forms, applying paint, squishing them and creating a typeface based on the marks they leave behind on a laminate table surface.]]> https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/884483/not_on_the_table_kids Wed, 30 Oct 2013 18:45:32 +0000
First fontstruction by the theme of 'ornate'. An all caps display font with sharp accents, crisp lines and solid highlights inspired by black letter. Not at all complete and would appreciate any comments.]]> https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/889806/blakkor Mon, 28 Oct 2013 01:53:16 +0000
This san serif, textured, bold font is inspired by the old cast iron type on train carts. When I discovered the old train carts down at the 'Bristol Harbour Railway' I was fascinated by these incredible forms. To create the structure of these characters I worked from one of the rubbings I took of a particularly nice iron plate and then scanned it into the computer to replicate the letters which where missing. I then printed this on to graph paper and transferred the bricks one by one to try and get the most accurate representation as possible.]]> https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/890211/having_a_cast Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:12:04 +0000