'ABSTRACT' - Typographic Inspiration

I am intrigued by the word abstract and the subsequent words that followed it. It could give me a great basis to work from when designing a typeface. It's also something I have never experimented in great detail with. Could definitely be a challenge. No pain no gain!

Alex Varanese//

Cutting away from letter forms but still maintaining their legibility could bring an interesting element to a type face. I need to figure out a way to push away from the norm. 

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I was more interested in the letters formed during the transformation in this animation. As it morph's into the next letter/number it creates some interesting variations on the original. 

Viga Font - Fermin Guerrero

Looks like it was drawn on an isometric plane. It definitely uses a form of grid as the base of inspiration.

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Funnily enough this image is 'stretch' which is the word I was given for the previous task. The above two are much more abstract and seem far less concerned about any legibility issues it may have. This may not be a bad thing though when tackling the word abstract. Legibility should maybe not be my priority concern as it may stifle the creativity and the word abstract in it's purest forms try's to break away from general rule.

Bloob by Erik Erdokozi.

Tri-Face Font - Sean A. Metcalf

Keeping in mind the breakdown of abstract and the words shape and form I came across this angular typeface. I'd like to experiment with shapes and filled block areas in my visual work. I particularly like the triangle pattern above which can either be seen as a collection of black triangles or negative space made from triangles in a black square. 

5 Words.

SEB NEEDLER.


- ABSTRACT.
- Minimal, Shapes, Form, Different and Unusual.


- CHILLED.

- Cool, Relaxed, Calm, Balanced and Passive.

- CASUAL.

- Informal, Laid-back, Careless, Indifferent and Unconcerned.

- SKATEBOARDING.

- Concrete, Grind, Flip, Slide and Slam.

- SICK.

- Mint, Ace, Vomit, Hurl and Ill.

Alphabet Soup Brief 2

I've been asked to design a hand rendered typeface based on a partner from the class which has been given at random. My partner is Seb Needler.

I will upload the interview and 5 words exercise we undertook after this overview. 

Obviously not all the question's asked are possible to transpose into a typeface. After talking to seb however I got a feel for some of his interests and passions that might be worth looking into.

- Abstract (his design sense)

- Skateboarding (his hobby)

- Chilled (his personality)

  

LETTER FORMS :

The variety of typefaces these days is mind boggling. I think it's probably best if I choose a few nice examples from different groups of type.

- Serif
- San Serif
- Slab
- 3D?

Ultimately I don't need to spend too much time on this so I can get stuck into the practice.

  CRAW MODERN - Serif

Stumbled upon this in the type face encyclopedia. I like how clean it is. Plenty of options to play with.

FUTURA - Sans Serif


One of the popular San Serif typefaces. Other options are Helvetica or Gill Sans. The differences for this purpose aren't massive so Futura is as good a choice as any.

BRACCADOCIA - Slab / Stencil

Found this font during my final major project at college. Some nice stencil form letters knocking about in there.

Stretch...

STRETCH

- To lengthen, widen or distend.
                   
- To cause to extend from one place to another or across a given space.
                   
- To make taut; tighten.

These are the relevant definitions which can be made applicable to type. It does give me freedom within the letter-forms to experiment and still remain within the brief criteria.