This week we had to develop our previous typefaces and draw up rough alphabets and select the best option to carry over to task 3. I enjoyed this task and did manage to create a few typefaces that I was happy with.
This is the first rough alphabet I began to produce. I realised the letter sizes and spacing weren't right and scrapped this font as I didn't like the look of it either. However, I have a loose style and this really is apparent in this typeface. I decided to move onto a new alphabet.
This style is vastly different and I was still to keen on how it looked. However, after some guidance, I started to measure letter sizes and spacing. After i got the hang of how to do this, I felt it made a big improvement to how my letters looked. I decided to move on from this and begin a new alphabet, working roughly and quickly to try and achieve a typeface i was happy with.
I then created this the top typeface to elaborate on the previous font. I liked how this looked and liked the negative space within the letters. However, after a brief experiment with this, I moved onto a different font that had more in common with the first font I did. I liked this, however, it was suggested to not add the doted lines that went along the straight line of the letter. I did this but then preferred it with the line as I felt it was more unique. I enjoyed doing this one as it wasn't as tedious and let me work quickly and loosely.
This is the final font I produced and the one that I'm most likely to take onto the final stage of the brief. It is clear and bold which I like. However, it needs to be tidied up and the letters aren't all the same size and not all space correctly.
I did enjoy this task because it let me work loosely and quickly and explore a range of techniques and styles. I will have to work with more detail in the letters and be more careful with spacing and letter size to refine the font and conclude the brief.
