My Typeface
By Erika Goering,
Filed under: KCAI, Typography3
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I’m thinking about my typeface, and I decided to relate it to something important in my life. I’m leaning towards something urban and dynamic, with a youthful feel. It’ll be my homage to MyARTS.
So, some keywords I have in mind:
- urban
- high school
- youthful
- energetic
- attitude
- personality
- art/craft
- design
- multimedia
So, here’s some visual things I have in mind:
- varied slope (only slightly varied. nothing too crazy)
- combinations of round and angular shapes
- unconventional absence (or limited use of) counters
Despite the urbanness of my typeface, I want to stay away from the whole graffiti/tagging/handwriting look. I want to allude to that and make it feel hand-rendered without it being overly so. If that makes sense. I hope it does. I want it to be more hipster than ghetto.
Something like these:
…Not to get ahead of myself, but I’d be really interested in continuing this typeface after this project is done and graded. I’d like to have various weights, ligatures, display & text versions, etc. That’d be fun.