Saturday 29 March 2014

Type Journal

Type Journal 

Production method: Lead. Gothic. 
Anatomy: Consistant weight, no extensions from bowls in 'd' and 'a' giving a very round feel to the type, lowercase and uppercase, medium weight and short legs on the lowercase 'k'
Identity: Looks Bauhaus influenced so a modern geometric sans serif. 
Character: Geometric, round, unstable o, d, a. the a looks like an upside down e that has been manipulated, confusing, constant structure. 

Production method: Woodblock. 
Anatomy: Heavy weight, extended terminals create a square within the negative space of the 3. Square terminals, very angular terminals, acute angles in joints in Ms negative space. 
Identity: Grotesque sans serif, functional style. 
Character: Structured, tightly kerned, heavyweight, solid structure, squared off block of glyphs. 

Production method: Wood. Block classification. 
Anatomy: Consistant line weight
Identity: Geometric sans serif. 
Character: Playing with negative space and interactivity of joint letterforms. 


Production method: Woodblock.
Anatomy: Consistant weight, short horizontals long vertical strokes, all uppercase. 
Identity: Modern grotesque. 
Character: Condensed, interactive, simple, confusing. 

Production method: Digital. 
Anatomy: Angular joints, consistent line weight and length on horizontal and vertical strokes. 
Identity: Modern twist on geometric sans serif, instead of been perfect circle elements perfect squares create the base of each glyph. 
Character: Squared off, reversed out type, angular, even, set square style accuracy. 

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