For project 2 I designed a typeface called Funky Pixel. To communicate its attributes I had to design a fold-up brochure to display its funky, retro energy. The final deliverables for the project were two large format prints of a 16 page, double parallel fold brochure/poster with a sheet size of 21 x 24.5 inches. My typeface was inspired by pixelation and 70’s album covers and can be downloaded on fontstruct.
funky: modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way: she likes wearing funky clothes.
energetic: showing or involving great activity or vitality
retro: imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past
pixelated: a minute area of illumination on a display screen, one of many from which an image is composed
decorative: make something look more attractive by adding extra items or images to it
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Two refined typefaces created on fontstruct
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pixel-a minute area of illumination on a display screen
space age- the era starting when the exploration of space became possible
retro- imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past
mismatched- a failure to correspond or match
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sharp- having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something
oriental- of, from, or characteristic of East Asia
geometric- of or relating to geometry, or according to its methods
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Results
Garamond is a typeface first introduced by Claude Garamond when he cut types for a Parisian scholar-printer. Sixty years after Garamond’s death Jean Jannon created a set of typefaces similar to garamond, but were more asymmetrical and irregular in slope and axis. The typeface disappeared for two hundred years and when it resurfaced it was wrongly attributed to Claude Garamond until 1972. The typeface is a serif font that has thicker tails, stem, and shoulders with thinner strokes for bars, cross bars, and terminals. keywords: sleek, contrast, thin
Serifa is a typeface designed in 1966 by a Swedish designer, Adrian Frutiger. It is based off of Frutiger’s earlier typeface, Univers, and was designed for the Bauer foundry. It is a slab serif font typeface with humanistic forms that make it easier to read than most slab serif fonts. This makes it readable for headlines and logos. keywords bold, consistent, strong
Platelet is a typeface designed by Conor Mangat when he attended a 4-day workshop to create a typeface for a specific outdoor purpose at CalArts in October 1992 . Mangat based platelet off of characters found on California’s license plates and Emigre decided to put it on the market in July 1994. The font is unique for its direct imitation of license plate lettering as the letters were traced on wax paper. keywords: curvy, robotic, fun
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