Type Journal

Type Journal

Production method: Rendered/Digital. 

Anatomy: Thin line on bowl contrasting on very thick vertical stem with sharp point serifs contrasting with the floral image within the negative space of the aperture within the bowl. 

Identity: Logo identity. Heavy manipulated old style or glyphic serif. Roman. 

Character: Ornate, floral, decorative, illustrative, experimental. 

Production method: Stencil. 

Anatomy: Heavy verticals with contrasting thin horizontal elements even though they are small. Rounded off small serifs. 

Identity: Roman. Traditional.

Character: Abstract, manipulated to look like analogue paint, moody aesthetics, glum, bold, high impact. 

Production method: Digital. 

Anatomy: Consistant line weight, angular bowls instead of perfect roundness, contrast of soft edges of joints and sharp edges of joints, a random 45 degree angle leg on the h and m wich looks weird and unreadable. Lowercase. 

Identity: Decorative, modern. 

Character: Bauhaus style influenced, random, abstract, irregular, playful, digital appearance. 

Production method: Lead. 

Anatomy: Uppercase, consistent line length, constant line weight, squared off terminals and apexes, long extensions on the E though? slightly but I think its because they are equal length to the vertical stem of the E

Identity: Geometric sans serif. Gothic. Header on a poster. 

Character: Opaque

Production method: Woodblock. 

Anatomy: Small lettering , combination of uppercase and lowercase, all the caps follow the lowercase cap height but they do all work together. Solid weight, constant weight throughout, square apex and terminals. 

Identity: Geometric sans serif. Gothic. 

Character: Structured, sturdy, high volume block appearance, large pt size full stop to work alongside heavy weight glyphs. 

Production method: Digital, would be far to thin and delicate to woodblock print or carve in stone.  

Anatomy: Very strong contrast of heavy and light weights within the strokes here. Very sharp serif points contrasting with elegant simple line serifs. 

Identity: Neoclassical serif. Roman. 

Character: Extreme intricacy, delicate, sharp, angular, extreme contrast. 

Production method: Digital. Based on a geometric sans serif with added serifs

Anatomy: Consistant weight throughout from regular dot size and positioning alone an imaginary guideline, I like the addition of serifs on the Z in this angular way. 

Identity: Decorative digital sans serif with abstract serifs added on Z.

Character: Pixels, colourfull, cryptic, code, 

Production method: Bone.

Anatomy: Inconsistent line weight, angular terminals, bold weight, slight curves within normal straight strokes. 

Identity: Pure decorative script, taking influence from blacklister with obvious extravagant editions. 

Character: Floral, spirographic, spirals, ornate, decorative, confusing, arabic. 

Production method: Lead. 

Anatomy: Uppercase lightweight strokes, even line lengths, consistent line weights.

Identity: Geometric sans serif. Gothic. 

Character: Geometric, small, delicate, accurate, colorful, feminine, sexsist, contrasting. 

Production method: Origins would be lead.

Anatomy: Uppercase, medium weight, long verticals, shorter horizontals, 

Identity: Grotesque sans serif. Gothic. 

Character: Manipulated, photocopy, abstract, stretched, unreadable, illegible, photocopy. Condensed.