Fontstructions tagged with “Bristol”

4 5992 Published: 12th December, 2018
Last edited: 16th December, 2018
Created: 12th December, 2018

We live in a world controlled by technology. As a creative professional I rely on tech to perform my primary business activities, whilst I am extremely pro-technology, I also recognise the negative impacts it has on society.

The theme for this project is ‘Dangerous’.

Please feel free to use this font as you wish, I would appreciate being told in advance as I love to see my work in use.

Ed Garrett / edgarrett1982@gmail.com

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8 0321 Published: 30th November, 2018
Last edited: 30th November, 2018
Created: 23rd October, 2018

HIGH SOCIETY

This font was created based originally on the word 'Gregarious'. From that I researched Social Housing in the UK. These are spaces designed to house many people for as cheap as possible. I used compound blocks to create complex detailed flats that stack up as high as a tower block usually would.

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230 39921 Published: 1st December, 2017
Last edited: 18th January, 2019
Created: 1st December, 2017

This font draft was created with the theme of massive, I wanted to create something that looked physically imposing and noticeable. To create the structure, I looked at buildings and cityscapes around the busiest parts of Bristol City and wanted to play with perspective as if the viewer was standing beneath a building and looking up at it, I ended up making a font that reflected the uniformity and scale of buildings.

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7 0311 Published: 29th October, 2017
Last edited: 28th October, 2017
Created: 23rd October, 2017

#UWE #Smart #Simple #Elegant #Design #Bristol

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9 0260 Published: 20th October, 2017
Last edited: 24th October, 2017
Created: 16th October, 2017

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9 2261 Published: 24th October, 2016
Last edited: 24th October, 2016
Created: 12th October, 2016

I designed my font around the theme ‘Elegant’ studying the Crown Jewels that are owned by the British Royal Family. I focused on the structure within each jewel and particularly was interested in how the light catches on certain shards within the stones. My initial idea was to shade each of the sections using a different colour, however this proved difficult with the ‘Fontstruct’ software. Eventually instead of shading with different colours I shaded uses the small dots to create a stipple effect which I believe to still be just as effective.

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6 0300 Published: 26th October, 2015
Last edited: 26th October, 2015
Created: 7th October, 2015
My typeface is an angular and bold sans- serif typeface based on and inspired by the cranes at Bristol Harbor. I attempted to mimic the shapes of the metal work on the cranes. It is industrially decorative theme, inspired by mechanical objects and cranes discovered across the urban landscape of Bristol. It was developed over a series of hand rendered live drawing sessions and experiments. As the research and planning developed, the resulting type became sketches to a more refined and simple final outcome.

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18 8322 Published: 27th October, 2014
Last edited: 7th November, 2014
Created: 6th October, 2014
This is the font I created as a graphic design student at UWE, it is based on the themes messy and disintegrate. The letterforms are based on Federico Landini's font Excellens but with something more. The idea behind this font was to recreate Excellens font but in a new and more disintegrated way. To create it I first rebuilt the basic letterforms on fonstruct, which I then started dismantling different size triangular sections, but still keeping the letters legible. I then also added the triangular sections next to the letters in order to create a sense of disintegration and movement. The font is designed to be used selectively and not for large pieces of text.

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14 0330 Published: 24th October, 2014
Last edited: 3rd November, 2014
Created: 13th October, 2014
This is my first attempt at a full alphabet fonstruct, created around the theme of the word “eager.” The letters all lean forwards, like one might if they’re eager to listen. I’m not fully satisfied with it, but am pleased to have been able to complete it.

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12 0312 Published: 23rd October, 2014
Last edited: 24th November, 2014
Created: 11th October, 2014
For my Fontstruction I chose the theme condensed, which was part of our typography brief on our Graphic Design course at UWE. With my theme being condensed, I went with a very skinny typeface, this is because I was going to call it anorexic. On certain letters that have right angles I added an inner curve, to represent how skinny a human body goes when anorexic. The hardest part of this, was the limitations of FS and trying to get around them, this includes letters like M, N, W, R & K. Once I knew how to nudge and stack blocks, the challenge of combining blocks to make the correct letters wasn't as hard. This typeface isn't based on any current typeface.

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17 3314 Published: 20th October, 2014
Last edited: 27th October, 2014
Created: 13th October, 2014
This is the typeface that I have deigned in my first term doing Graphic Design at Bristol UWE. I was looking at the word Dangerous. In the beginning I looked at broken things, construction sites, sharp tools, thorns etc. until I narrowed down my themes to sharp objects and the swift way that a knife can cut paper. Looking at this fast movement I tried to minimise the number of lines that I used in my typeface. In my opinion this font can be used for promotional ‘danger’ posters or advertisement.

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20 4279 Published: 1st November, 2013
Last edited: 23rd November, 2013
Created: 29th October, 2013
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!This is a clone of White Star

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26 0276 Published: 1st November, 2013
Last edited: 23rd November, 2013
Created: 29th October, 2013
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! I decided after making the line version that it needed more to it so added a 3d effect! So here it is... The Star of Harriet 3D! Improvements welcomed!

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15 2262 Published: 29th October, 2013
Last edited: 23rd November, 2013
Created: 22nd October, 2013
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! So here it is... The Star of Harriet! Improvements welcomed!

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13 6264 Published: 27th October, 2013
Last edited: 20th November, 2013
Created: 13th October, 2013
For this project I chose the word 'Chaos" as a starting point. From there i started looking at Chaos theory and was inspired by the forms and shapes of Lorenz Attractors. The shapes and lines reminded me of contour lines on maps, and I thought this idea would create a better typeface. The typeface has ended up being quite psychedelic which fits with my original theme of 'Chaos".

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16 0274 Published: 17th October, 2013
Last edited: 21st October, 2013
Created: 17th October, 2013
I recreated my own handwriting

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83 92627 Published: 9th December, 2012
Last edited: 11th December, 2012
Created: 5th November, 2012
This font was based on the word ornate. It draws inspiration from neo-classical architecture, tattoos the base outline takes elements from church windows holding the inner detailing which was somewhat inspired by a combination of knit-work and the forms within the glass holding together stain glass windows. The flourishes and filigree forms are a more simplistic take on tattoo lettering. With all this combined I created this typeface to represent my chosen theme of ornate

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7 0241 Published: 26th November, 2012
Last edited: 26th November, 2012
Created: 26th November, 2012
Clone of Ornate Vines. http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/ornate_vines Vines and flower to accompany my Ornate vines fontstruction.This is a clone of Ornate Vines

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11 3313 Published: 29th October, 2012
Last edited: 29th October, 2012
Created: 23rd October, 2012
a typeface centred around the key theme/word 'shadow'. I started looking at how the time of day effected the shape and the size of the subsequent shadow cast. However, I then moved onto the ideas of bevels and a more subtle shadow effect created by raised centres of the letterforms. The 'impossible triangle' effect came from a idea that was brought up in a critique about 'extending it and making it really elaborate'. The name is chosen because I think that typefaces should have friendly names.

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13 0302 Published: 29th October, 2012
Last edited: 5th December, 2012
Created: 25th October, 2012
Part 2 in a series. Best viewed small. This is for my first project at uwe bristol, it was my first time using the software fontstruction. Influenced by a book named 'elsewhere'. It isn't completely finished and some letters are in the process of being changed. Extra characters coming soon...This is a clone of Cast A Shadow

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18 8372 Published: 29th October, 2012
Last edited: 5th November, 2012
Created: 19th October, 2012
As part of my "Found Type" project at UWE, we had to design a font for a theme that we chose. I chose Ornate. I was particularly drawn to this theme due to its relations with Biblical manuscripts and the architecture within Churches. I ended up combining the manuscript like lettering with features of Churches. I realised that this combination creates a great contrast between thick and thin, straight and curves. I found it difficult to create curves on font struct, but I rose to the challenge and created this. I hope you enjoy!

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14 0313 Published: 29th October, 2012
Last edited: 5th December, 2012
Created: 15th October, 2012
This is for my first project at uwe bristol, it was my first time using the software fontstruction. Influenced by a book named 'elsewhere'. It isn't completely finished and some letters are in the process of being changed. Extra characters coming soon...

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6 0392 Published: 29th October, 2012
Last edited: 3rd November, 2012
Created: 11th October, 2012
This is my first Fonstruction whilst studying my degree in Graphic Design at UWE. It is themed 'dynamic', however once i started research and mind mapping i went more in the direction of dynamic dance and movement; which is what lead me to looking at ribbons and ballet. I wanted to bring the letterforms back towards the dynamic theme, so decided to make the sides and corners more angular. With some of the letters i tried to create a joined up handwriting feel, inspired by the way that ribbon floats and would fall if it was making the letters naturally.

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146 215745 Published: 28th October, 2012
Last edited: 11th November, 2012
Created: 15th October, 2012
This typeface is based on the theme of "Vibration". From the beginning I wanted to create a unique design, looking at sound I decided to use my voice as the starting point. After recording myself pronouncing the alphabet and uploading it to a sound editor I looked at the different shapes and patterns it created. This was my voice that was unique to me and was the inspiration for the typeface. I then researched fonts and looked at bold, chunky designs which could hold the pattern without taking too much away from the letter form as it was important to me that my design was still legible. I decided to use the corresponding sound with the letter (i.e. the A has my pronunciation of the letter running through it)making it different from anything I have seen before. Please comment and share your opinions. Thank You

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Pattern Fill

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28 57310 Published: 27th October, 2012
Last edited: 27th October, 2012
Created: 21st October, 2012
This typeface is the response to the word order. I was influenced by Art Deco design, as well as the form of grids. It was developed by hand using a ruler and pen, experimenting with spacing and curves. The same shapes and angles are used right throughout, lending to the idea of an ordered typeface.

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41 34311 Published: 22nd October, 2012
Last edited: 31st October, 2012
Created: 21st October, 2012
This is the second of two typefaces that I have created in response to a brief set in my first term studying Graphic Design at UWE Bristol. My chosen theme for the six week project was decay. I decided to create two fonts, an original and a decayed version. I took inspiration from photos I took of graffiti and tagging around Bristol. For this specific font I was inspired by the way graffiti changes and breaks down over time. 'Decayed Spray' is my interpretation of the spray painted letter forms that crowd the walls of this city... after weather and humans have done their thing for a fair few years. www.jenniferlouisejohnson.tumblr.com This is a clone of spray

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Grunge

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139 187630 Published: 24th December, 2011
Last edited: 4th January, 2012
Created: 22nd December, 2011
Typeface based on the work of Victorian Designer and Architect E. W. Godwin (1833-1886) born in Stokes Croft, Bristol. He was influential in the Aesthetic movement that created "the look" of Victorian Britain. He began his career working in the strongly polychromatic "Ruskinian Gothic" style of mid-Victorian Britain, inspired by The Stones of Venice, then moved on to provide designs in the "Anglo-Japanese taste" of the Aesthetic Movement and Whistler's circle in the 1870s. A friend of Oscar Wilde, James Whistler and William Burges he was also the father of revered actress Dame Ellen Terrys illegitimate child. Godwin's influence can be detected in the Arts and Crafts Movement. To judge from his sketchbooks at the Victoria and Albert Museum, one might have expected an eclectic historicist, but Godwin, by no means a tame reproducer of antiquarian Gothic designs, was among the first to extend the European design repertory to include the arts of Japan, which had been opened to the Western world in 1853. His work is undergoing a revival since he was jokingly adopted as the patron saint of Stokes Croft by community action group the Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft. The group aim to to put some of his finest architectural achievements in the city back to good use as many of them despite being buildings of some historical significance lie empty and unused. His design work is being reincorporated into the urban landscape through the community organisation's programme of public art and his style has recently been adopted by a number of Street Artists including Dones and Felix Braun so his work is undergoing some kind of a revival.The glyphs are all based on the patterns from his sketchbooks.

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19 5272 Published: 9th December, 2011
Last edited: 7th November, 2011
Created: 14th October, 2011
This is my font that I created for my University Brief. I wanted to express energy with this font and designed it around the natural electrical build up of lightning.

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20 3303 Published: 30th November, 2011
Last edited: 29th November, 2011
Created: 29th November, 2011
i created this font as part of a graphic design project while studying at uwe. i chose the theme of decay and after research and development decided to go with the idea of radioactive decay. i really like the particle effect. the inspiration for this came from images from electron microscopes i found during my research. the build up of particles that make up solid objects is really interesting to me. i wanted to capture the idea of the many tiny particles so i made my font rather large using many circular tiles to gain detail in my letters.

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17 0562 Published: 28th November, 2011
Last edited: 29th November, 2011
Created: 21st November, 2011
i created this font as part of a graphic design project while studying at uwe. i chose the theme of decay and after research and development decided to go with the idea of radioactive decay. i really like the particle effect. the inspiration for this came from images from electron microscopes i found during my research. the build up of particles that make up solid objects is really interesting to me. i wanted to capture the idea of the many tiny particles so i made my font rather large using many circular tiles to gain detail in my letters.

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22 54112 Published: 18th November, 2011
Last edited: 28th November, 2011
Created: 17th November, 2011
First year UWE student. Our task was to create a typeface based on a chosen word. I picked 'energy' and went on to look at sci-fi concept art and power stations, as well as all things radiating. just filled in a little.This is a clone of Radiating

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5 0262 Published: 15th November, 2011
Last edited: 15th November, 2011
Created: 15th November, 2011
Clone of Loud.This is a clone of Jank

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