Final Boards

Open publication - Free publishing

Open publication - Free publishing

Open publication - Free publishing

Open publication - Free publishing

Open publication - Free publishing

Open publication - Free publishing

Gig posters.

Development of context and typography to produce prints, with type layout.

AITB - combining ideas

The nature of the type meant that compositions were almost forced into a landscape format, getting the spacing of letterforms and meant it had to be done. Layouts of portrait forms meant point size was smaller than desired, especially for promotional material.

 Type spacing fits to a very simple universally spaced grid, both vertically and horizontally.

With adjustments to type aswell as format of layout, the point size of elbow has been increased, but still keeping to the gridlike format of the letterforms.

In the process of producing a typeface, in the end it feels I have ended up with three. The expansion of the layered typeface explores other possibilities. The only character I have the most concern for is the S character in the purple outline. Because the weight is so heavy, end terminals are touching which could be seen as an issue, but comparison to the B and Z show there is an obvious distinction. 

Combining ideas and applying to patterns created from the repeat pattern, although visually quite interesting, is noway readable on busier patterns of the composition.

A simpler direction was opted.

AITB - introduction of colour

LOTFW - maps.

AITB - development 1

COT - compositions and tidy up

COT -

After another attempt at a handwritten type, the development wasn't working so another alternative was introduced. Working from a typeface created in the first year(!) that I've been meaning to redo. Here are the first attempt.

LOTFW - compositions

Working with sample covers for potential covers. the type works really nicely as a square format, so this will be continued.

A nice natural colour scheme for the type, with a few ideas for context, I will develop some cover ideas.

LOTFW - Type development - better results!

Much better attempt at a serif typeface, keeping ideas much more simple and creating rules for letterforms to be applied to. 

All serifs are the same, and stroke weights stay the same for horizontal and vertical sections for each character, the information was built up from there. With each character built up in a certain surface area, this also limited scale and height of characters.

Counters and rounded sections were hardest to define, but with practice came quite naturally.