Bitmap typeface 3

This is my third typeface design. This design is the most structured of the three. I used thick stems and even serifs to make this typeface more solid. 

Bitmap typeface 2

This is my second typeface design. This design is slightly more structured than my first with bold bottom serifs.

Bitmap typeface 1

This is my design for my first typeface. It is more of a script typeface with thin curvy lines. 

Color and emotion

Tried to match names of the colors as best as I could. Not too many of the names grab your attention. I will try to be more clever in the future. 

Helvetica

One of the most interesting moments in Helvetica for me was the conflicting idea about type being expressive. At first you hear that type should not be expressive and that it should be strictly informative. Then you hear that type has personality and that it can be expressive. I personally believe that type is both. Type should be used appropriately to communicate in a manner that suites its content. I find myself being drawn to fonts that are more expressive than informative. I can appreciate good design with informative type though.

Chinese graffiti

These are examples of type that are expressive. These would not be ideal for something that is supposed to be informative

My second favorite moment from Helvetica was when Helvetica was mentioned as a default. I find this very interesting. Why would Helvetica be considered a default? Is Helvetica too safe? I believe it is a strong typeface for something that is informative. I also believe that helvetica should not be viewed as a default. I think that it has its own appropriate uses just like every other typeface. 

In no way does this express how I feel about Helvetica

   

Fontstruct

Introduction to FontStruct from fontstruct on Vimeo.

Everyone should check this out!

Simple Image Color Comparison

The swatches to the right show the difference between the CMYK and the Pantone colors.  I started trying to match my pantones to my cmyk by using photoshop to sample my colors but they were not matching up when I would select them in illustrator. I then tried to match the colors by eye and that became very time consuming and not very efficient. So I began to search for a more efficient solution. In illustrator I was able to use the color guide window to change my colors from cmyk to the pantone. This produced a window of the pantone swatches that were close to my cmyk swatches. I then just went about selecting the pantones from this library to get the results I have posted with my image.