7 November 2011

Design Principles - Typefaces and Letterforms

In the lectures, we learnt about the idea of naming fonts and identifying characteristics that make typefaces similar or different. 
There are 4 different styles of typeface -
Gothic

Script

Block

and Roman

There is also the font family - Light, Regular, Bold, and Bold Condensed, plus Italic.

I played with the idea of several names for my letter A, which included - 
Bebas Bridged Gothic, Bebas Bridged, Bebas New, Gothic Regular Bold Bridge and Bebas Extended. I finally settled for 
Bebas Bridged Gothic Regular. 

I then had to name my other 4 letters, based on the principles of font family and the category it fell into, and also some visual elements of it. 
Obscure Script Regular
Circus Block Bold
Heightened Gothic Regular
Rockwell Roman Variety Bold

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