As a starting point for my typography I decided to delve into the hand drawn element. I had looked into some of the typefaces beforehand before drawing out these ideas, specifically researching the serifs and sans-serifs and how to draw them using the grid method that we used in our workshop.
To draw these I marked out a size of 3cm for the height and 2cm for the width, meaning that hopefully all of them would end up a similar size and would look more professional in order to turn them into vectors in the future. I began by only drawing the outlines of lowercase ones, where I learnt how time-consuming the process was and how to accurately draw letters correctly. I then went on to draw the letters in capitals in the same style to allow me to develop them into vectors on Glyphs in the coming weeks.
The style that I wanted to achieve was a sans-serif contemporary font that incorporated aspects of boldness and subtlety. The outlines bring an element of simpleness, yet by having the diagonal lines in some of the individual letters I feel that they stand out off of the page and would work well on packaging and advertising campaign. The typography would also be suitable for modern and contemporary designs, as well as for practical situations because of the readability and boldness when it jumps off the page.
I will develop this further by filling them all in to juxtapose the differences with just the outlines, as well as developing them into vectors in order to use them as a real font. I think I will also experiment with all of my styles and letters that I create in a David Carson style way and in other different styles so that I can research into what is most suitable for the genre and product.
